Hazards and risk assessment of dust in the cement industry

In this study, the hazards and potential risks of dusts generated in the raw material, production and field use stages of the cement sector were tried to be determined within the scope of occupational health and safety and then the measures to be taken against these hazards and potential risks were investigated in detail. Cement; has an important place in the infrastructure, superstructure, transportation and dam construction stages in the construction sector. It has maintained its importance as the most important of the construction materials that have been continuing for years. Cement, which has no alternative today in the developing and changing construction sector, is creating a growing market in the world day by day. This construction material, which is frequently used all over the world, especially in developing countries, generates dusts in the extraction of raw materials, transportation to the factory and especially in all production stages. Accordingly, it also contains many hazards and potential risks in occupational health and safety. In this context, the hazards and risk analyses of cement dusts were evaluated in detail using the Fine-Kinney risk analysis method, based on the common assessment tables created based on the risk analysis reports of two or three different facilities carrying out similar activities, from the raw material quarries, cement factories and ready-mix concrete plants selected from Elazığ, Malatya and Diyarbakır provinces. As a result, it was attempted to contribute to the holistic handling of dust-related risks in the cement sector and to offer appropriate solution suggestions by creating a field-oriented model in occupational health and safety practices.