Hayvancılıkta İş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği

Abstract

ÖzÜlkemizdeki işyerlerinde, iş sağlığı ve güvenliği ile ilgili birtakım kanun ve yönetmeliklerde iş sağlığı ve güvenliğini sağlamaya yönelik hükümler yer almış ve 30 Haziran 2012'de 6331 sayılı İş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği Kanunu yayınlanarak yürürlüğe girmiştir.Koruma ve önleme anlayışı üzerine odaklanan yasa, iş kazaları ve meslek hastalıklarının ortaya çıkmadan gerekli önlemlerin alınmasını sağlamaya yöneliktir. Tarım işleri, çeşitli sağlık sorunlarını beraberinde getirebilmektedir. Tarım çalışanları; kanser, solunum hastalıkları, yaralanmalar ve kazalar konusunda önemli risklerle karşılaşmaktadırlar. Çalışma ortamı; havadan, araziden, ateşten ve makinelerden kaynaklanan ''fiziksel tehlikeleri", pestisit, gübre ve yakıttan kaynaklanan "toksikolojik tehlikeleri" ve Occupational Health And Safety in Livestock AbstractIn work places in Turkey, on a set of laws and regulations related to occupational health and safety, provisions have taken place to ensure occupational health and safety and the Occupational Health and Safety Act No. 6331 was came into force and published on 30 June, 2012. The law that focuses on protection and prevention approach is aimed at taking necessary precautions before the occupational accidents and vocational diseases occur. Agricultural work can bring a variety of health problems. Agricultural workers are faced with risks of cancer, respiratory diseases, injuries and accidents. Working environment hosts "physical hazards" that derive from air, land, fire and machines; "toxicological hazards" derive from pesticide, fertilizer and fuel; dangers derive from dust. Women, children, young workers, the disabled, the elderly are regarded as risk groups in working life. To the people in livestock business care should be given according to the work they do. In the Notification of Workplace Hazard Classes Related to Occupational Health and Safety, dated 26 December, 2012 of Ministry of Labour and Social Security, the work places that raise cattle that are milked and raising sheep, goat and poultry are classified in "dangerous" work places in terms of animal production.Also, employees in beekeeping activities and silkworm breeding take place in the risk group in terms of occupational health and safety. People should be informed about the importance of animal waste in the work area and especially in closed spaces, and prevention of poisonous gas spreading from fertilizer waste. The use of appropriate personal protective equipment against the zoonosis should be emphasized and employees should be given first-aid training against physical traumatic risks that may occur during the cleaning of the animal shelter, animal care and during transportation of animals.