JOB SAFETY AND ACCIDENTS IN MARINE FISH FARMS (SEA BREAM/SEA BASS) IN İZMİR/TURKEY
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2018
Yazarlar: Fatih PERÇİN
\n Volume: 13, Issue: 4\n 30-32\n \n, Uluslararası, 2018
Özet
Occupational health and safety, and accidents are one of the mainproblems in Turkey. Many workers, engineers, supporters and employers areaffect from them. Especially, fisheries and aquaculture area have a black hole.Because, registration or information of safety or accidents knowledge could notenough record. Marine fish farms, hatcheries, nursery fields, and cage systemsor grow-out phases are dangerous areas of workplace and need prevention. İzmir isan important area for marine fish farms, hatcheries and sea cage structures inthe Aegean Sea, western part of Turkey. Many employees are affect form dutywork conditions, night shifts, and accidents etc. In the research, three marinefish farm which cultured sea bass/sea bream, was examined in northern andwestern side-Çandarlı and Çeşme area - of İzmir province, Aegean Sea. Face toface survey conducted with workers and descriptive tests SPSS was using withdata. According to results, many employees are effect form work stress such as;fish tanks or ponds and narrow areas (85%), working at height areas (78%), wetslippery floor (75%), electrical currencies (72%), chemicals and disinfectants(70%), heavy working conditions (70%), physical conditions - hot, cold,humidity (65%), biological risk factors such as infections (65%), psychosocialrisks and shift works (60%) for hatchery phases. Also, heavy duty conditions,pressure for underwater divers, biological risk factors, infections, andpsychosocial risks are other risky areas for grow-out cage workers and nurseryphase workers. On the other hand, main health problems and factors are groupedsuch as; musculo skeletal problems and accidents, fractures, dislocations, andpoundings (90%), skin problems or allergy (86%), eye and ear problems (85%),respiratory problems mainly caused by physical risk factors (82%),gastrointestinal disorders which is related with irregular nutrition (78%),psychosocial problems mainly heavy duty terms and shift works. Also, lowincomes are affecting to workers’ health.