AN INVESTIGATION OF AWARENESS LEVEL OF THE CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY

Year 2017, , 245 - 254, 30.06.2017

Zafer Utlu , Serenay Sahin

https://doi.org/10.17261/Pressacademia.2017.540

Abstract

Occupational safety is an essential element in the prevention of
occupational accidents, but more importantly, employees should be aware of the
necessity of occupational safety and must avoid dangerous movements that can
cause accidents. The safe behavior of employees can be considered as the most
important factor in preventing occupational accidents, especially in the
construction industry where work place accidents are very common. Working
conditions in the construction sector have been changing because of rapid
development of technology. Also, demand for different construction types has
been increasing. The most difficult task is undertaken by workers to meet this
increased demand. Working conditions have become inharmonious because of the
need to meet the demand and the construction with the costumer and also the
difference between the working areas. This situation brings about the employees
are treated like machines and forced to work in hazardous areas. The most
common reasons of accidents in this sector are mainly the various dangers arise
from the structural features of the sector, lack of knowledge about the
conditions of occupational health and safety, not to change the standard
working style and the desire of
employers to make more profit. The aim of occupational safety in this sector is
to diminish the level of the workplace accidents and to make workers conscious
of the issue consequently transforming their safety attitudes to a culture. The
aim of this paper is to investigate the opinions of workers in construction
areas on occupational health and safety. For this purpose, a questionnaire is
conducted and applied in various construction sites in Niğde. The obtained
results are thoroughly analyzed by SPSS 24 packet programme.

 

Keywords

Construction, occupational health, occupational safety, SPSS, survey

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