Risk factors and their analysis in the diving industry

With the Occupational Health and Safety canon 6331 in year 2012 the developing policies enactment to prevent accidents at work and occupational diseases started. Risk assessments, emergency plans, occupational health and safety training in order to establish the OHS culture etc. had came up as framework of the target group and as preventive approach to protect employees but aswell guests, customers and others who were at the working place during the work process. When we look at the notification hazard classes, divers working environments are considered to be very dangerous. Allthough, the diving industry is, in this case, one of the most important working environments, it is often ignored. So, in order to make this sectors security more transparent, the working environment is envisaged in the presented thesis. Works and inspections which were already made on this issue insufficiently, are showing, that the divers need to predict potential accidents from their own, to take measures and to behave properly in emergency situations, even though it is very difficult and experiences are required for it. For the following studies, risk assessments, case studies, surveys about professional problems in the diving industry and check-list studies about diving have been implemented in a few diving operations in different areas of Istanbul. Within this study; the most common causes and cases of accidents are tried to be determined. It has been tried to determine potential hazards and risks with the help of prepared Check-Lists for the risk assessment. Divers were interviewed about occupational problems, thus the conflict of the two positions of the employer - divers synthesis of perspective problems could be made. As a result; the most common causes, types, frequencies and measures to be taken of accidents and injuries in the industrial diving have been identified and compared with literature about occupational health and safety, risk assessments, surveys and Check-Lists, to reveal what kind of importance is constituted in the occupational health and safety culture for the diving sector and to present the level of control of it. Keywords: Occupational health and safety; risk assessment; check-list; survey; diving area; employer; divers safety; safety culture; industrial diving; accident; in