Comparative risk analysis of borax penta factory units of Eti Mine Kirka Boron Plant

Turkey is hosting various mineral deposits under or above ground. Considering these deposits, mining is an important sector in terms of the development and progress of Turkey. With the development of the mining industry in Turkey parallel to the whole world, production has increased and there have been various undesirable job accidents in mining establishments. Deaths, injuries, burns, limblosses, etc. Situations have arisen and, unfortunately, similar situations are still happening. Accidents at work coming to the scene emphasize the importance of occupational health and safety at workplaces. The reasons for job accidents must be investigated and these accidents should never be repeated again or the job accident must be kept at a minimum level. In the culture of occupational health and safety, in order to minimize the level of job accidents, all the hazards and risks should be determined and the risks and hazards should be graded. The graded hazards and risks should be determined according to priority order and protection of workers and enterprises with the necessary preventive-protective measures should be taken as basis. All employees should be informed about the identified hazards-risks throughout the workplace, necessary trainings should be provided, work accidents and occupational diseases should be reduced to the minimum level due to work carried out by ensuring safety culture within the workplace. In this study, risk analysis studies of Borax Penta 1 and Decahidrat Factory Unit and Borax Penta 5 Plant Unit at Eti Mine Kırka Boron Plant were carried out, necessary protection measures were specified and matrix method and multivariate matrix risk analysis methods were used to compare. Keywords:Mining, hazard, risk analysis, method, risk, matrix