What happens if there is fine-kinney in tube filling center? determining the sensitivity against the physical, chemical risk factors on workers: The case of elaziğ province

Aim: Liquefied petroleum gas is quite wide in terms of usage areas. LPG which is colorless and odorless under normal circumstances has flammable and explosive quality. In addition to this, nowadays, LPG is used in a wide variety of areas such as cooking at homes, heating homes, industry, vehicles, and heating umbrellas. While the production, filling, and transportation of pressurised gas cylinders pose a great risk physically and chemically, ıt is situated in a very dangerous group in the danger classes. In this study, the physical and chemical risks that employees may encounter in the working environment of a tube filling center operating in Elazig were investigated and solutions were offered to the detected problems. Material and Method: In this study, the possible risks that employees may be come up in tube filling centers tried to identify by Fine-Kinney and What if methods. At the same time, quantitative research techniques were preferred as the data collection technique in this study, and the survey method was used as a tool for collecting these data. The questionnaire used in the study consists of 24 questions and the obtained data were analyzed with the SPSS 22.0 program. Results: The dangers are predicted in tube filling centers, correspondingly, the possible risks are determined and necessary precautions ordered. In the examined facility all of the employees are male and approximately 50% of them are between the ages of 40-46. 50% of the employees graduated from elementary school, %33,3 graduated from high school and %16,7 graduated from associate degree. Additionally, most of the employees at the facility (83.3%) have a working period of 10 years or more. The employees at the facility answered the questions in the questionnaire either "agree" or "completely agree" Conclusion: According to the risk analysis made as a result of the field studies, there were problems regarding the use of personal protective equipment, the transportation of the tubes, the thresholds, and the section where tube gas leakage controls were carried out. The measures are specified to eliminate these negativities. According to the questionnaire data, the awareness of the employees against physical and chemical risk factors was high. However, there was no consistency between the answers given by the employees to the two questions in the questionnaire and the risks identified. Key Words: pressurised gas tubes, Fine-Kinney, LPG, Risk assessment, What if…?