Determination of Impact of Mining Operations on Accidents and Diseases at Work in Turkey

Today, due to the rapidly developing technology, new production techniques are used to utilize naturalresources more efficiently. The rapid change and competition conditions brought about by technology cause occupationalaccidents as a result of some deficiencies and negative situations in working life. In this study, the situation of miningactivities in 5 different classes within occupational accidents was evaluated by using the statistics of Social SecurityInstitution of Turkey (SSI) between the years 2010-2019. In addition, the current situation of mining activities in termsof occupational accidents and occupational diseases in other sectors was analyzed by examining the data of 5 other sectorstogether. The results of present study reveal that occupational accidents, related deaths and workday losses are high inthe mining sector among other sectors