Determination of occupational health and safety perceptions of employee in underground coal enterprises: The case of Malatya

Underground coalenterprisesare an areawhereoccupationalaccidentsarefrequentlyexperienced. Most of theoccupationalaccidents can be preventedthroughoccupationalhealthandsafetymeasures. Forthis, employees' safetycultureandoccupationalhealthandsafetyperceptionsshould be high. The main purpose of thestudy is toinvestigatetheoccupationalhealthandsafetyperceptions of employees in underground coalenterprises in Malatya. Accordingtotheresultsobtained in thestudy, as thetraining of employees in underground coalenterprisesaboutoccupationalhealthandsafetyincreases, communicationalsoincreases. It has beenconcludedthattheperception of occupationalhealthandsafety of individualsworking in underground coalenterprises is insufficient. Theanswersgivenby 52 peopleworking in underground coalenterprises in theprovince of Malatya andreachingtheseresultsconstitutethelimitations of thestudy.