Effect of ergonomic factors on occupational accidents occuring in textile enterprise

In our country, many workers, especially in sectors such as construction, textile and mining, die or experience the effects of this work accident throughout their lives due to accidents and occupational diseases that can be prevented and must be prevented by law. In this study, the occupational accident statistics of SGK in 2016 were collected and the accident rates in the textile sector were examined. Accordingly, the accident distributions related to the manufacturing of textile products, manufacturing of clothing, leather and related products, which are the sub-branches of the sector, were evaluated. When the findings are examined, it has been observed that occupational accidents are more common in the enterprises of the textile sector where product production is made compared to other sub-branches of textile. Upon this, occupational accidents that occurred between 2015-2019 in a textile company where manufacturing textile products were examined. In the study, the number of work accidents occurred according to months, the number of work accidents according to shifts, the number of work accidents according to departments, the number of work accidents according to the age groups and years of seniority of the victims, as well as the causes of these accidents and types of injuries were examined with different combinations and ergonomically. impacts were investigated. In addition, occupational accidents in the departments were examined with the occupational hygiene measurements made in 2019 and the effect of ergonomics was examined. Keywords: Occupational Health and Safety, Thermal Comfort, Textile Industry, Occupational Accidents, Age, Seniority