Evaluation of employees in Turkey in construction project risk mitigation measures against the perception of occupational health and safety

The construction sector is an important sector that shapes the economy in developing countries. The construction sector, which plays an economically active role, has always been one of the areas with the highest risk in terms of occupational health and safety. Due to the unique characteristics of the construction sector, health surveillance is more difficult than in other sectors. In the construction sector, which operates on a project-based and intermittent basis, it is difficult for employees to focus on health and safety issues. Last year in Turkey, depending on the arrangements in place for Occupational Health and Safety is noteworthy that the improvement in the frequency of occupational accidents to happen. However, Turkey is still both overall accident frequencies as the frequency of accidents that result in death, both exhibits the worst performance in Europe. Although some legal, technical and managerial measures have been taken to reduce occupational accidents to a certain extent in construction projects, these measures are not sufficient to minimize the frequency of occupational accidents. In this study, it is tried to put forward how to follow the ways to reduce risks in construction projects, occupational health and safety perceptions of employees in construction projects against risk mitigation measures and the factors that are important in improving risk management processes in projects. The aim of the study is to determine the occupational health and safety perceptions of the project employees against risk mitigation measures and to ensure that the missing and faulty aspects of the risk management processes of the projects are identified and the necessary importance is taken.