Abstract
The textile sector is one of Turkey's most advanced sectors. Most of the workers in the textile industry are women. Ergonomics risks appear as an essential factor to be addressed in ensuring occupational safety and health in this area where the dependency on people continues, and labor-intensive production is present. The textile sector consists of cutting, sewing, ironing, quality control, printing, packaging, and shipping departments. Most of the women working in textiles are working as sewing machine operators.
The most critical production stage in which machines are operated for sewing fabrics is the sewing department. The aim of the study is to determine the ergonomics risks of working women in this department using the multi-criteria decision-making method. As a result of studies in the literature and expert opinions, six criteria and 36 sub-criteria were formed. In the study, the criteria were weighted in line with expert opinions using the analytical network process method. The criterion with the highest weight has formed sitting for a long time and repetitive movements among the physical risk factors. First of all, these risks should be tried to be eliminated.