Implementation of occupational health and safety management system in transformer manufacturing

The aim of the studies on the business health and the business security is to protect employees from industrial accidents and job illnesses, and provide them with an healthier work environment. In our country, shows significant improvements in the industrial field. Increased production and profitability of enterprises, the necessary measures are not taken as a result of holding workers' health and lifethreatening increase in the number of accidents at work and occupational diseases seen. Besides the legislation brought into force by government, international standarts such as OHSAS 18001 play an important role in improving work safety and health data in a country. OHSAS/TS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems is a management system in which the precautions against hazards and risks are taken systematically in order to avoid possible accidents and impacts in the workplaces and provide a better working climate. In this study, OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System, work accidents, occupational diseases and the risk assessment were explained in detail. Transformer manufacturing factory was selected as a case study and all necessary information regarding to the implementation of OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System was introduced. In this context, inputs and outputs of both oil and dry type transformer production processes were investigated. Occupational Health and Safety Field Teams responsibilities were determined. Hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control methods were described by the risk assessment procedure, and risk assesment tables were prepared. According to the risk tables, the highest score was obtained for syntaxing of upper yoke, pressing processes and transformer connections. Preventive v studies were resulted app.17% reduction in accidents and 13% reduction in wasted days. Keywords: Occupational health and safety, OHSAS 18001, risk analysis, work accident, occupational diseas, transfomer.