Özet:

Current legislation on occupational health and safety (OHS), the work put in and the measures that have been taken in Türkiye have not been able to prevent occupational accidents and diseases to the desired level. This is an indicator of the level of risk with respect to health and safety in the workplaces, in other words, the OHS performance. The level of risk differs from sector to sector, hence a sector-based determination of the yearly movement of occupational accidents and diseases, and the establishment of the risk levels of the OHS will be helpful to correctly define the OHS objectives and the relevant strategies. The aim of this study is to compare the OHS risk levels of all the sectors in Türkiye in line with the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community. The study is based on the statistics published by the Social Security Institution on occupational accidents and occupational diseases in 2013-2020. To determine the risk levels of the sectors, the study considered five criteria: the number of occupational accidents, the number of fatal occupational accidents, the number of incidences of occupational disease, the total temporary incapacity days, and the total number of insured receiving permanent incapacity income. In this study, the TOPSIS (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity Ideal Solution) method, one of the Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methods was used to perform the comparison. The findings of the study shone a spotlight on the sectors that require the formulation and implementation of more effective OHS strategies.

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