ANALYSIS OF WORK ACCIDENTS IN MARKET CHAIN ACTIVITIES

Abstract

This study aims to identify the factors affecting work accidents in the market chains, present protective recommendations and create a public opinion about work accidents in this sector. The study first included data on 321 work accident victims from 109 different branches of a market chain in Istanbul in 2019, 2020 and 2021, and the study was completed with the data of 290 victims after the necessary data extraction. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 25 (SPSS) trial version is used for data analysis. Frequency and Cross Tabulation (Chi-Square) Analyses were also used in the study. Frequency analyses provided a better understanding of the data set under study. Chi-Square Analyses were used to investigate the relationships between the variables of task and damaged organs and equipment resulting in injury. According to the analysis results, it is found that the work accident and injury types are affected by the occupation of the employees as well as the used tools and equipment. The results of this study provide recommendations to employers, occupational safety experts, employees, public institutions with audit-control authorities and liabilities in the occupational safety field in the market chains and academicians and researchers studying the occupational safety area to be protected from work accidents and negative consequences.