Analysis of the petroleum refinery employees' views related to occupational safety (mersin ataş sample)

The aim of this research is to determine the petroleum refinery employees' views related to occupational safety. The research was carried out based on employees' views of ATAŞ Petroleum Refinery. This study was carried out the scope of the survey method and the data of the study was collected from 65 employees in 2019. In the research, "Occupational Safety Scale" was used as data collection tool. This scale, which consists of 32 items in one dimension, was developed by Williamson et al. (1997) and adapted to Turkish by Atay (2006). The data obtained from the scale were analyzed by SPSS 24.0 program. ANOVA, and t-test statistical techniques were used to analyze the data. As a result of the research, employees' views related to occupational safety were found in "intermediate" level. Moreover, as a result of the research, it was found that employees' views differed significantly in terms of "gender", "occupational echelon" and "education level" variables. Therefore; it is suggested to conduct researches to determine the causes of significant differences in these variables.