Impacts of artificial intelligence on occupational health and safety law

With the Industrial Revolution, Industry 4.0, which is identified with digitalization, the concepts of artificial intelligence and machine learning have a big place in our lives. In the first part of our study, a very general definition of artificial intelligence was made and the characteristics of autonomous artificial intelligence systems were emphasized. The legal problems caused by autonomous systems are mentioned. Artificial intelligence-supported systems, which are used in almost every field, are also utilized in the field of occupational health and safety. Today, OHS measures are digitalized in order to carry out a better OHS management process. In the second part of this study, exoskeletons, computer vision systems, artificial intelligence systems used in the diagnosis of occupational diseases, wearable technologies and OHS trainings provided through artificial intelligence systems, which are artificial intelligence-supported occupational health and safety measures, are examined. Then, an evaluation of the data collected through these systems was made within the scope of KVKK. Finally, in the event that artificial intelligence systems used to ensure occupational health and safety cause an occupational accident or occupational disease in the workplaces, the responsibility to whom the responsibility will be attributed is resolved within the framework of the existing provisions. In this thesis, an interdisciplinary study has been prepared by reviewing domestic and foreign literature in the fields of artificial intelligence, engineering, medicine and law.