Occupati̇onal health and safety i̇n health faci̇li̇ti̇es

Occupational health and safety is a discipline that aims to protection of employee' s health and it is believed the protection of employee is within this scope as a priority. The importance of occupational health and safety is rapidly increasing in both our country and the World. No. 6331 Occupational Health and Safety Law is the first private law about Occupational Health and Safety. With this law, obligations of the employer have increased and all employees have been covered by removing distinction between laborer and officer. The aim of the law is to prevent the occurrence of adverse outcomes. The Law provides several advantages to working life, such as increasing production, productivity, product quality, image and cost yield etc. As to how prevention of economic and social losses caused by work accidents and occupational illnesses due to lack of safety in the work environment a vitally important issue for workforce and their dependents, it is equally important for the employers operating in extremely competitive business world, in terms of gaining economical benefit. The World Health Organization and the International Labor Organization frequently emphasize the importance of economic and social losses caused by work accidents and occupational illnesses. In order to understand the importance of the Occupational Health and Safety , general information about the OHS, and detailed information on the organizations which are active in this field, and the statutory regulations about the matter are provided in our study. Key Words : Health, Safety, Occupational Health and Safety, No.6331 Occupational Health and Safety Law