Research Article

The Determination of Consciousness Level About Occupational Health and Safety of the Employee in the Landscaping Unit in Ataturk University

Volume: 2 Number: 4 October 16, 2016
  • Emre Çomaklı
  • Cevdet Ağyürek
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The Determination of Consciousness Level About Occupational Health and Safety of the Employee in the Landscaping Unit in Ataturk University

Abstract

The conscious level of occupational health and safety of the employee in the landscaping unit, who are responsible for the university campus sites’ being clean, healthy and tidy, has an important role in their being confident and successful in their workplace environment. This study has been planned and conducted to determine the conscious level of the personnel working in the landscaping unit. The personnel working landscaping unit in Atatürk University are included in the scope of study.(n=64) The data of the study was collected in October- November 2014. The personnel taking part in this study are male and 46,9% of them are in 41-50 age group. Employment duration of the personnel varies from 1 year to 26 years and 48.8% of them work for 26 years. At the end of the study, it has been determined that most of the personnel (84,4% ) have taken the basic training of occupational health and safety. When the personnel’s opinions on occupational health and safety is analysed, their expressions are as follow; the highest proportion state ‘our workplace’s institutive knowledge about occupational health and safety is insufficient ‘(48,4%), ‘my workplace is in the least dangerous workplace class ‘(43,4%), ‘our workplace wasn’t arranged to protect our physical health’ (70,3%), ‘In the department I work, there isn’t any technical substructure related to prevent occupational accidents and wounding (57,8%), ‘sufficient safety precautions haven’t been taken in the unit I work’ (53,1%) ‘ some precautions have been taken to regulate the weakness on occupational safety by enterprise management’ (71,9%), ‘In our workplace, the factors threatening our health are being ignored’ (50,0%),’ In the precautions of occupational accidents the biggest cause of the accident chain is insecure conditions ‘(67,2%), ‘teamwork is the most important element in occupational health and safety’ (65,6%), ‘ we should be more educated to play an effective role in occupational health and safety’ (54,7).

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English

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Research Article

Authors

Emre Çomaklı This is me
Türkiye

Cevdet Ağyürek This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

October 16, 2016

Submission Date

November 8, 2016

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Year 2016 Volume: 2 Number: 4

APA
Çomaklı, E., & Ağyürek, C. (2016). The Determination of Consciousness Level About Occupational Health and Safety of the Employee in the Landscaping Unit in Ataturk University. Ardahan Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 2(4), 145-157. https://izlik.org/JA97GT88NW
AMA
1.Çomaklı E, Ağyürek C. The Determination of Consciousness Level About Occupational Health and Safety of the Employee in the Landscaping Unit in Ataturk University. ARU JFEAS. 2016;2(4):145-157. https://izlik.org/JA97GT88NW
Chicago
Çomaklı, Emre, and Cevdet Ağyürek. 2016. “The Determination of Consciousness Level About Occupational Health and Safety of the Employee in the Landscaping Unit in Ataturk University”. Ardahan Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi 2 (4): 145-57. https://izlik.org/JA97GT88NW.
EndNote
Çomaklı E, Ağyürek C (October 1, 2016) The Determination of Consciousness Level About Occupational Health and Safety of the Employee in the Landscaping Unit in Ataturk University. Ardahan Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi 2 4 145–157.
IEEE
[1]E. Çomaklı and C. Ağyürek, “The Determination of Consciousness Level About Occupational Health and Safety of the Employee in the Landscaping Unit in Ataturk University”, ARU JFEAS, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 145–157, Oct. 2016, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA97GT88NW
ISNAD
Çomaklı, Emre - Ağyürek, Cevdet. “The Determination of Consciousness Level About Occupational Health and Safety of the Employee in the Landscaping Unit in Ataturk University”. Ardahan Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi 2/4 (October 1, 2016): 145-157. https://izlik.org/JA97GT88NW.
JAMA
1.Çomaklı E, Ağyürek C. The Determination of Consciousness Level About Occupational Health and Safety of the Employee in the Landscaping Unit in Ataturk University. ARU JFEAS. 2016;2:145–157.
MLA
Çomaklı, Emre, and Cevdet Ağyürek. “The Determination of Consciousness Level About Occupational Health and Safety of the Employee in the Landscaping Unit in Ataturk University”. Ardahan Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 2, no. 4, Oct. 2016, pp. 145-57, https://izlik.org/JA97GT88NW.
Vancouver
1.Emre Çomaklı, Cevdet Ağyürek. The Determination of Consciousness Level About Occupational Health and Safety of the Employee in the Landscaping Unit in Ataturk University. ARU JFEAS [Internet]. 2016 Oct. 1;2(4):145-57. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA97GT88NW