An Evaluation of Combine Harvester Accidents in Turkey

Abstract

There are over 17 000 combine harvesters in Turkey harvesting over 10 million ha of cereal, corn, soybean and sunflower crops. No study was found on combine harvester accidents in Turkey; thus, the aim of this study was to examine the combine harvester accidents towards understanding and decreasing the injuries, fatalities, and monetary losses. Accident data were obtained based on accident news and included accident type, place (road, field, region, province), time (month, day), driver age and gender, etc. A total of 194 accidents between 2002 and 2017 were studied. 116 of the incidents (59.8%) occurred on fields while 78 of them (40.2%) were on road traffic. The total number of casualties were 228 (61 killed and 167 injured). Field accidents were more fatal than the road accidents (25.0% vs. 9.0%). The most two common incident types were fires (41.4%) and entanglement of body parts to machinery (25.9%) in field incidents while crash / collision (65.4%) and rollover (16.7%) in road incidents. Incidents were more frequent in Southeast Anatolian (25.9%) region and Central Anatolian (30.8%) region in field and road accidents, respectively. Both field (72.4%) and road (75.6%) accidents occurred dominantly in summer months. In 65.5% of the field accidents and 91.4% of the road accidents, the victims were transferred to the hospitals by ambulances. All operators (100%) were male in both field and road incidents. As most accidents are of human error, safety training and inspection are needed to reduce the incidents.

Keywords

• Agriculture,Machinery,Combine harvester,Safety,Accident

Türkiye’de Yaşanan Biçerdöver Kazaları Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme

Öz

Türkiye’de 10 milyon ha’dan fazla alanda tahıl, mısır, soya ve ayçiçeği hasadı yapan 17 000’inin üzerinde biçerdöver bulunmaktadır. Türkiye’de biçerdöver kazaları ile ilgili bir çalışma bulunamamıştır. Bu nedenle bu çalışmanın amacı, biçerdöver kazalarını; yaralanma, ölüm ve maddi kayıpları anlama ve azaltmaya yönelik olarak incelemektir. Çalışma verileri kaza haberlerinden; kaza tipi (tarla, yol, bölge, il), zaman (ay, gün), operatör yaşı ve cinsiyeti gibi bilgileri içerecek şekilde elde edilmiştir. 2002 ve 2017 yılları arasında gerçekleşmiş toplam 194 kaza incelenmiştir. Kazalardan 116’sı (%59.8) tarlada gerçekleşirken 78’i (%40.2) yollarda meydana gelmiştir. Toplam kazazede sayısı 228 (61 ölü ve 167 yaralı) olarak tespit edilmiştir. Yollarda meydana gelen kazaların tarladakilere göre daha ölümcül olduğu belirlenmiştir (%25.0 ve %9.0). Yol kazalarında en çok görülen kaza tipleri; çarpma / çarpışma (%65.4) ve devrilme (%16.7) iken, tarla kazalarında yangın (%41.4) ve vücudun bir bölümünün makineye kaptırılması (%25.9) olarak belirlenmiştir. Tarla ve yol kazalarının en sık gerçekleştiği bölgeler sırasıyla Güneydoğu Anadolu (%25.9) ve İç Anadolu Bölgesi (%30.8) olmuştur. Hem tarla (%72.4) hem yol (%75.6) kazalarının büyük bir bölümü yaz aylarında olmuştur. Tarla kazalarının %65.5’i, yol kazalarının %91.4’ünde kazazedeler hastaneye ambulans ile taşınmıştır. Hem tarla hem yol kazalarına karışan operatörlerin hepsinin (%100) erkek olduğu belirlenmiştir. Kazaların çoğunlukla insan hatasından kaynaklandığı dikkate alındığında, kazaların azaltılması için etkin bir iş güvenliği eğitimi ve denetiminin gerekli olduğu değerlendirilmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Tarım,Makine,Biçerdöver,Güvenlik,Kaza

Kaynakça

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