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Full Length Research Paper
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A research of
occupational safety in forest products industry in Turkey
Derya Sevim Korkut* and Tarık Gedik
Department of Forest Industrial Engineering, Faculty of
Forestry, Duzce University, Duzce, 81620, Turkey.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
deryasevimkorkut@duzce.edu.tr.
Tel: +90 380 5421137.
Fax: +90 380 5421136.
Accepted 4 June, 2010 |
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Abstract |
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Nowadays, occupational
safety has become an important discipline which ensures that
employees work at healthier and safer places by providing safer
working conditions. Therefore, occupational safety is important
in terms of not only employees’ safety but also the safety of
the whole enterprise and its production. In the study, analysis
was made on worker’s health and occupational safety of employees
of forest industry enterprise operating in Duzce, an important
city with regards to the forest products industry in Turkey. For
this purpose, a study was carried out in Duzce, where every
sub-sector of forest products industry operates, and a
questionnaire was administered to employees of forest industry
enterprise. In the study, factors affecting employees’ health in
forest industry enterprises, occupational safety and the
situation of the enterprises were analyzed. The results of the
study determined that 55.3% of employees did not receive
occupational safety education and are not pleased with the level
of natural and artificial lighting. Furthermore, employees
pointed out that back and belly ache, head and neck ache, foot
and ankle ache and general pain complains cause them discomfort.
Key words:
Occupational safety, forest industry, Duzce, Turkey. |
