A study on precautions to be taken in the event of a pandemic in the mining industry in Turkey

Year 2023, Volume: 25 Issue: 1, 49 - 64, 16.01.2023

Hasan Eker

https://doi.org/10.25092/baunfbed.1055913

Abstract

The Covid-19 epidemic, a new species of coronavirus, has taken over the world. Like most industries around the world, the mining industry has a negative impact on this situation, such as stopping their business, loss of production, stopping new projects or postponing them, and their employees being infected by the epidemic. In this study, measures to be taken in the mining industry in Turkey have been attempted. In the study, the measures set out are to update the risk assessment according to the epidemic, identify the responsible people, arrange the work plan, set rules to be followed in vehicles, inform employees, organize training content, establish and apply hygiene rules, set rules to be observed in the workplace, limit interaction between employees and establish and apply rules related to common use. With the implementation of these rules, the Covid-19 outbreak is expected to reduce the impact on the mining industry in Turkey. The Covid-19 epidemic has no mining workers in Turkey who have been affected by this virus, but have died from this epidemic.

Keywords

Occupational health and safety., Mining industry, Covid-19 outbreak, epidemic measures

Thanks

Author; thanks to the mining engineer Mahmut YILMAZ, who did not spare his help in this work, he knows a debt.

Türkiye’deki madencilik sektöründe bir pandemi durumunda alınması gerekli önlemler üzerine bir araştırma

Abstract

Koronavirüsün yeni bir türü olan Covid-19 salgını, bütün dünyayı etkisi altına aldı. Dünya’daki çoğu sektör gibi madencilik sektörü de bu durumdan işletmelerini durdurma, üretim kaybı, yeni projelerini durdurma veya ileri bir tarihe erteleme, çalışanlarının salgına yakalanması gibi olumsuz olarak etkileri olmaktadır. Bu çalışmada; Türkiye’de madencilik sektöründe alınması gereken önlemler belirlenmeye çalışılmıştır. Çalışmada, belirlenen önlemler; risk değerlendirmesinin salgına göre güncellenmesi, sorumluların belirlenmesi, çalışma planının düzenlenmesi, ulaşım araçlarında uyulacak kuralların belirlemesi, çalışanların bilgilendirilmesi, eğitim içeriklerinin düzenlenmesi, hijyen kurallarının belirlenip uygulanması, işyerinde kullanılan araçlarda uyulacak kuralların belirlenmesi, çalışanlar arasındaki etkileşimin sınırlandırılması ve ortak kullanım alanları ile ilgili kuralların belirlenip uygulanması. Bu kuralların uygulanmasıyla Covid-19 salgınının, Türkiye’deki madencilik sektöründeki etkilerinin azalacağı düşünülmektedir. Covid-19 salgın sürecinde, Türkiye’de bu virüsten etkilenen maden işçileri olmasına rağmen bu salgından ölen maden işçisi bulunmamaktadır.

Keywords

Madencilik sektörü, Covid-19 salgını, salgın önlemleri, iş sağlığı ve güvenliği

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