Occupational health and safety issues in layout design problem of a marble processing plant

Occupational health and safety management depends upon the scope of the industry as it varies according to the functions and scale. Designing the occupational health and safety management system for the small scale industries is more challenging due to their limited plant space and other constraints. The essential for the proper implementation of occupational health and safety management system in any of the industry is based on risk identification process in relation to the overall system. In this study, determination of potential and observational risk analysis based on layout design is aimed in the marble industries that different types of occupational hazards exist at the workplace. The purpose of this study is to determine the necessary precautions to keep the risks at acceptable levels by analyzing the dangers and risks in marble factories. In this way, related risks can be reduced. Marble factory which is the application field is located in Turkey. In this marble factory, the hazards and risks were evaluated in terms of layout occupational health and safety management. As a result, precautions has been proposed based on determined risks.