Evaluation of occupational health and safety in paper industry and improvement proposals

Considering modern-day demands with the regard of the varieties and in vast amount of manufacturing, paper industry is a potential sector that grows with the increasing consumption of paper per person. With this thesis, the concept of occupational health and safety has been studied and the solutions of occupational accidents and diseases have been investigated and solution proposals have been developed in the paper industry. With come out of the Occupational Health and Safety Law (6331), an approach to prevent the occurrence of occupational accidents and diseases in the field of occupational health and safety has been legally adopted. By the Head of Guidance and Inspection within the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Services, inspections are carried out that whether or not exist of health and safety in workplaces, precautions to prevent occupational accidents and eliminated non-conformities. In this study, the positive effects of the inspections on the workplace were investigated by compiling the inspection data in 2014 and the main risks classificated in 106 workplaces manufacturing paper and paper products in 7 provinces. It is aimed to determine the hazards for the workplaces in the sector and to evaluate the precautions that can be taken and to create practical and guiding solutions. Conclusion of the study, it has been observed that proactive inspections have improved greatly in the paper industry workplaces.