kasım Özer general director of ohs republic of turkey ministry of labor and social security...
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Kasım ÖZER
General Director of OHS
REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL SECURITY
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
CONTENT:
• Current Situation of Shipyard
Industry in Turkey
• Employment Figure
• Problems and Solutions
SITUATION IN TURKEY
3.186
2.277
1.411
265 255 174 129 111 77 670
500
1.000
1.500
2.000
2.500
3.000
3.500
China
S.Kor
ea
Japan
Turkey
Vietn
am
Germ
any
India
Philip
pine
s
Roman
ia
Taiw
an
SELLING ORDERS (2007)
No
. o
f O
rde
rs
Turkey was taking 23th place in 2002.
SITUATION IN TURKEY
World Turkey
Rate of Increase in Shipbuilding Industry (2003-2013 est.)
89 % 360 %
37
86
140
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
2002 2008 2013 (est.)
Number of Shipyards
EMPLOYMENT IN SHIPYARDS
13.000
25.000
28.580
33.480 34.500
0
5.000
10.000
15.000
20.000
25.000
30.000
35.000
2002 2005 2006 2007 2008 (May)
Additional Employment in Supply Industry 100.000 Workers
SITUATION IN TURKEY
İSTANBUL 46
YALOVA 9
ZONGULDAK 9
TRABZON 8
İZMİT 7
ÇANAKKALE 2
ORDU 1
SAMSUN 1
KASTAMONU 1
HATAY 1
SAKARYA 1
SHIPYARD DISTRIBUTION IN TURKEY
İSTANBUL – TUZLA REGION
• 46 active shipyards (54% of total),
• Full schedule until year 2012,
• 1,3 million m2 working area for those 46,
(twice of normal area for 1)
• Approx. 500 sub-contractors operate,
• Approx. 24.000 workers employed,
• Of 24.000 workers; 19.000 employed by sub-contractors,
• A number of unregistered workplaces.
FATAL ACCIDENTS
YEAR No. of Deaths
2000 4
2001 1
2002 5
2003 3
2004 6
2005 7
2006 10
2007 12
2008 14
TOTAL 62
TURKEY
COUNTRYNo. of Deaths /
10.000
MALAYSIA 12
SINGAPORE 10
TAIWAN 10
CHINA 10
JAPAN 3
TURKEY 3
USA 2
SWEDEN 1
ENGLAND 1
BASIC PROBLEMS
• Small working areas,
• Overtime working,
• Insufficient OHS measures,
• Insufficient OHS and vocational trainings,
• Unregistered employment,
• Obstacles arising from sub-contracting,
• Lack of safety culture.
SPECIFIC PROBLEMS
Lack of;
• Risk assessment applications,
• Training programs,
• Occupational health surveillance,
• Fire squads and exercises,
• Periodical controls for lifting equipments,
• Protection against electrical hazards,
• Protective activities for explosive atmospheres,
• PPE use.
SOLUTIONS• Legislative activities,
• Occupational health and safety trainings for
employers, OHS professionals and employees,
• Occupational exposure measurements,
• Continuous inspections on
• occupational health and safety,
• legal issues,
• Administrative fines,
• Suspending the operations of enterprises,
• Closure of workplaces.
LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES
• Work Act 2003, Article 77,
Obligations of employers:
– Controlling whether the OHS measures are obeyed or not at the workplace,
– Informing workers about occupational risks to be faced with, measures to be taken and their legal rights and responsibilities,
– Ensure that the required OHS trainings are given to workers.
SOLUTIONS
LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES
• Amendments for Work Act 2008,
– Vocational training obligation for those work in heavy and hazardous works defined in the related implementing regulation,
– Written contract obligation between employer and sub-contractor,
– Joint responsibility for sub-contractor with employer.
SOLUTIONS
SOLUTIONSTRAININGS
“Protocol for Improving Occupational Health and Safety in Shipyards” 25.02.2008
• DGOHS
• CASGEM (Training Unit of MoLLS)
• GISBIR (Turkish Shipbuilders’ Association)
• Dok-Gemi Is (Trade Union for Shipyard Workers)
“Protocol for Improving Occupational Health and Safety in Shipyards”
SOLUTIONS
Training Participants(March-April/2008)
95 Sub-contractor
39 Employer
102 Occ. safety expert
368 Engineer
(August-2008)
17.000 Worker
Measurements (March-September)
192 Heavy metal
379 Dust
27 Gas
72 Vibration
319 Noise
SOLUTIONS
INSPECTIONS
In last two years;
• Totally 203 inspection,
• Operations suspended in 19,
• 7 Closed,
• 2.300.000,00 TL (~ € 1.1 million) administrative
fine applied to workplaces.
