Evaluation of occupational accidents according to the activity groups before and after the occupational health and safety JAW NR. 6331

The aim of this study is to evaluate the occupational accidents according to the activity groups before and after the occupationallhealth and safety low numbered 6331. The fields of "Mining Sector," "Metal Industry," Construction Sector," "Textile Products Manufacturing," and "Food Products Manufacturing" are discussed. In these fields of activity, before and after Occupational Health and Safety Law Nr. 6331, it was examined that if there was a change in the total number of insured employees, the number of work accidents, the rate of work accidents, the number of deaths, the mortality, rate (death rate) and the fatality rate (accident rate or accident frequency). Survey design, one of the quantitative research methods, was used in the research. In the research, Republic of Turkey Statistical data shared by Social Security Institution were used. According to the normal distribution assumptions in the analysis of the obtained data, the Independent-Samples t test, which is a parametric test in the analysis of normally distributed data, used to compare differences between two variables. The Mann Whitney U test, which is a non-parametric test in the analysis of nonnormally distributed data, used to compare differences between two variables. According to results , after 2013, the year the law entered into force, the increase in the number of work acc idents, work accident rate, number of deaths, mortality rate continued in the field of activity, there were decrease of fatality rate (accident rate or accident frequency) only in construction, textile, and food products sectors. To these results, it can be said that the law nr. 6331 was ineffective to decrease work accidents and related rates in the activity fields of "Mining Sector," "Metal Industry," Construction Sector," "Textile Products Manufacturing," and "Food Products Manufacturing"