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Assessing Workforce Loss in a Turkish Food Factory Before and During COVID-19's First Year

Cilt: 10 Sayı: 3 6 Kasım 2025
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Assessing Workforce Loss in a Turkish Food Factory Before and During COVID-19's First Year

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The COVID-19 pandemic spread rapidly in 2020, impacting public health and disrupting the global economy through halted trade and business suspensions. Countries responded with quarantines, border closures, and travel restrictions. This study investigates the workforce disruptions caused by COVID-19 in the food processing industry. A retrospective analysis of 1,034 occupational health and safety records from an Ankara-based food factory examined work accidents and health-related absenteeism, comparing pre-COVID (2019) data with the COVID-19 period (1 May 2020–30 April 2021). Total workforce losses increased from 28,995 hours in 2019 to 31,920 hours during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Losses due to work accidents decreased significantly, from 3,750 hours pre-pandemic to 982.5 hours during the pandemic. Conversely, work-related illness resulted in higher losses during the pandemic (7,245 hours) compared to the pre-COVID-19 period (5,542.5 hours). When non-COVID-19-related causes, workforce losses during the pandemic amounted to 18,720 hours—noticeably lower than the 28,995 hours recorded in 2019. COVID-19 was directly responsible for 41.4% of the total workforce loss during the pandemic year. Within this category, the majority of hours lost (55.8%) were due to quarantine following exposure to confirmed COVID-19 cases, while only 5.5% were attributed to hospitalization or death. Although the food sector workforce experienced substantial impacts from COVID-19, the implementation of strict factory-level health and safety measures appears to have effectively mitigated workday losses, particularly by limiting virus transmission and reducing quarantine durations.

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Etik Beyan

Institutional permission for the research was obtained from the from the from the relevant factory management, and ethical approval was granted by the XXX University Ethics Committee (Decision No. 38/04, dated November 16, 2022). The research was carried out in accordance with the rules and ethical codes specified in the Declaration of Helsinki.

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Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Halk Sağlığı (Diğer)

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

6 Kasım 2025

Gönderilme Tarihi

8 Nisan 2025

Kabul Tarihi

4 Haziran 2025

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2025 Cilt: 10 Sayı: 3

Kaynak Göster

APA
Kılıç, M., & Saygılı, S. (2025). Assessing Workforce Loss in a Turkish Food Factory Before and During COVID-19’s First Year. Eskişehir Türk Dünyası Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi Halk Sağlığı Dergisi, 10(3), 284-298. https://doi.org/10.35232/estudamhsd.1655337
AMA
1.Kılıç M, Saygılı S. Assessing Workforce Loss in a Turkish Food Factory Before and During COVID-19’s First Year. ESTÜDAM Halk Sağlığı Dergisi. 2025;10(3):284-298. doi:10.35232/estudamhsd.1655337
Chicago
Kılıç, Mahmut, ve Serpil Saygılı. 2025. “Assessing Workforce Loss in a Turkish Food Factory Before and During COVID-19’s First Year”. Eskişehir Türk Dünyası Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi Halk Sağlığı Dergisi 10 (3): 284-98. https://doi.org/10.35232/estudamhsd.1655337.
EndNote
Kılıç M, Saygılı S (01 Kasım 2025) Assessing Workforce Loss in a Turkish Food Factory Before and During COVID-19’s First Year. Eskişehir Türk Dünyası Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi Halk Sağlığı Dergisi 10 3 284–298.
IEEE
[1]M. Kılıç ve S. Saygılı, “Assessing Workforce Loss in a Turkish Food Factory Before and During COVID-19’s First Year”, ESTÜDAM Halk Sağlığı Dergisi, c. 10, sy 3, ss. 284–298, Kas. 2025, doi: 10.35232/estudamhsd.1655337.
ISNAD
Kılıç, Mahmut - Saygılı, Serpil. “Assessing Workforce Loss in a Turkish Food Factory Before and During COVID-19’s First Year”. Eskişehir Türk Dünyası Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi Halk Sağlığı Dergisi 10/3 (01 Kasım 2025): 284-298. https://doi.org/10.35232/estudamhsd.1655337.
JAMA
1.Kılıç M, Saygılı S. Assessing Workforce Loss in a Turkish Food Factory Before and During COVID-19’s First Year. ESTÜDAM Halk Sağlığı Dergisi. 2025;10:284–298.
MLA
Kılıç, Mahmut, ve Serpil Saygılı. “Assessing Workforce Loss in a Turkish Food Factory Before and During COVID-19’s First Year”. Eskişehir Türk Dünyası Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi Halk Sağlığı Dergisi, c. 10, sy 3, Kasım 2025, ss. 284-98, doi:10.35232/estudamhsd.1655337.
Vancouver
1.Mahmut Kılıç, Serpil Saygılı. Assessing Workforce Loss in a Turkish Food Factory Before and During COVID-19’s First Year. ESTÜDAM Halk Sağlığı Dergisi. 01 Kasım 2025;10(3):284-98. doi:10.35232/estudamhsd.1655337

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