Changes in the Occupational Health and Safety Behavior in 21st Century Mining in Turkey

International Journal of Economic and Environment Geology

卷:12

Ali Ekrem Arıtan¹  Cem Şensöğüt² 

[1] Afyon Kocatepe University, Mining Engineering Dept., Afyonkarahisar, Turkey;

[2] Kütahya Dumlupinar University, Mining Engineering Dept., Kütahya, Turkey;

关键词: occupational health;    safety;    accidents and diseases;    mining;   

DOI  :  https://doi.org/10.46660/ijeeg.Vol12.Iss2.2021.578

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Whilestrivingtoincreasehumanwell-being,newriskswillcontinuetoappearinreturnforthiseffort.Although, the technology offers innovations, it has also brought new challenges with it. The need for raw materials has increased, due to the effort of people to increase their luxury and quality of life. Thus, there have been revolutions in mining and mechanization has increased for more production. Although the number of employees decreased with the increaseinthenumberofmachines,peoplewhostartedworkingwiththemachinesmetnewproblems.Increasingmechanization in mining has created new dangers. Every mining activity where precautions are weak has also created major problems for human health. With the emergence of the principles and increase in the application of occupational health and safety, their problems have decreased and people have achieved a healthier living environment.

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