Determination of the risks to which the employees work in auto workshops, analysis solution suggestions

Many work accidents occur due to overloading of the employees in the auto repair shops and human-machine-environment mismatches. Workers' safety and health can be ensured by knowing the risks that cause these work accidents, revealing what these risks may cause, reducing the exposure of risks and taking the necessary precautions, observing occupational safety and rearranging the car repair shops in terms of occupational health and safety, and the work performance can be assured. In this study, more than twenty auto repair shops were visited in Tarsus auto industry region. Employees were interviewed and a report was prepared at the end of the interview. According to the data obtained from the report, certain risks have been identified. The probabilities and severities of the risks were also identified and recorded. Risks were analyzed with 5x5 L matrix method and specific recommendations were made. In addition, risks, occupational accidents, precautions to be taken were compared with Tarsus and auto repair shops in developed countries.