Evaluation of occupational health and safety performancein vocational high school teachers

In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the occupational health and safety performances of teachers working in vocational high schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education in Ordu, Ünye district. The universe of the study, designed as cross- sectional and descriptive, is the vocational high school teachers working under the Ministry of National Education. In the study, no sampling was taken and it was aimed to reach the whole universe. 134 vocational high school teachers who worked on the dates of the study and agreed to participate in the study participated in the study. Questionnaire form created for the purpose of collecting data; It consists of socio-demographic data form and occupational health and safety performance evaluation scale. Descriptive statistics such as frequency, arithmetic mean, standard deviation and percentage were used to evaluate the collected data. T-test and one-way analysis of variance were used to evaluate the effects of teachers' socio-demographic characteristics and working conditions on occupational health and safety performance. Spearman correlation analysis was used to analyze the relationship between some numerical variables and occupational health and safety performance evaluation scale. Occupational high school teachers who participated in the study had higher occupational health and safety performance than women compared to women (P <0.05), but no relation was found between other socio-demographic variables and occupational health and safety. Occupational health and safety performances of teachers, administrators, more years of experience and basic OHS training have been higher. Vocational high school teachers' work areas and basic OHS training are the main factors affecting occupational health and safety performance.