İş güvenliği uzmanlığı sisteminin gelişimi üzerine bir alan çalışması

Abstract

In 2012 the "Occupational Health and Safety Code", code numbered 6331 is enacted with an objective to reduce the occupational accidents to a minimum. The code required the businesses to procure the services of an occupational safety expert based on the danger class of the workplace and the number of employees. In this respect, the scope and the authority of the work safety experts is organized in regulation number 28512. Yet, every new procedure requires time for sifting out the problems for being accepted and become operational fully. The objective of this study is to make an evaluation of the process regarding the occupational safety experts through questionnaire studies performed in 2015 and 2017. In 2015 and 2017, 63 and 75 experts attended survey, respectively. The surveys are evaluated comparatively to observe the developments within the selected period.

An Institutional System Proposal for Advanced Occupational Safety and Labor Standards in the Turkish Construction Industry

“…The first failure cause is the adverse attitude of workplace OHS specialists towards reporting the violation issues to the Inspection Board. This can be due to many reasons: (1) As revealed in the interviews with OHS specialists and discussed in previous literature, OHS specialists are given limited power due to their minimal authority and entitlement challenges [ 59 , 61 , 88 , 89 ]. (2) OHS specialists’ role and effectiveness in preventing OHS problems remain insufficient as most of them have limited competency, knowledge, and experience, accompanied by a lack of autonomy due to their work contracts with employers [ 61 ].…”

“…Execution of penalties is not working correctly, either [ 60 ]. In addition, OHS specialists’ role and effectiveness in preventing OHS problems remain insufficient as most OHS specialists have limited competency, knowledge, and experience, accompanied by a lack of autonomy due to their work contracts with employers [ 61 ]. Compared with the USA, the Turkish construction sector is far from employing a compensation insurance system, conducting effective inspections and enforcement, and ensuring all stakeholders’ awareness of work safety problems and possible solutions [ 62 ].…”

“…The studies also revealed that the existing OHS problems are linked to the fast growth of the industry, workforce structure, and low performance of control mechanisms [ 47 , 64 ]. For the Turkish construction industry, there is a significant need for an institutional system that can provide legal status to OHS specialists and inspectors, ensuring their autonomy and authorization for inspection reporting and reinforcement while providing monitoring and inspection of their activities by public authorities [ 61 ]. Additionally, all stakeholders of construction projects should be aligned and collaborate within the same systematic framework for holistic OHS management [ 58 ].…”

İş güvenliği uzmanlığı sisteminin gelişimi üzerine bir alan çalışması

“…Bu nedenle, zaman içinde olabilecek değişimleri de gözlemleyebilmek amacıyla, çalışma iki aşamada yürütülmüştür. Öncelikle, 2015 yılında aktif olarak faaliyet gösteren iş güvenliği uzmanlarına yöneltilen bir anket çalışması yapılmıştır [2]. Sonrasında, 2017 yılında anket çalışması bir kez daha tekrarlanmıştır.…”

İş Güvenli̇ği̇ Uzmanlarinin Kamu Tarafindan İsti̇hdam Edi̇lmesi̇ni̇n Mesleki̇ Sorumluluklar Üzeri̇ndeki̇ Etki̇si̇

“…Uzmanların başlıca sorunlarının işveren müdahalesi, bağımsız çalışamama hissi, çalışma ve danışmanlık sürelerinin yetersiz olması ve uzmanların ücretlerinin işveren tarafından ödenmesi olarak sıralamışlardır. Akboğa ve arkadaşları [7] iş güvenliği uzmanının işverene olan ücret ve iş sözleşmesi bağımlılığı ortadan kaldırılması, kendilerine kamusal denetim yapma yetkisinin verilmesi, ücretlerini işverenden değil devletten alması gerektiği kanaatine varmışlardır. Karakaya ve Sancı [8], Karadeniz Bölgesindeki iş güvenliği uzmanlarının iş tatminleri üzerine bir araştırma yapmışlardır.…”