Occupational Fatalities in Shipyards: an Analysis in Turkey

Abstract

This study investigates the Turkish shipyard fatalities for a span of 10 years between January 2000 and July 2011 by applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique. Detailed survey was conducted at Turkish shipyards located in Tuzla, Istanbul region. It was carried out by analysing a workplace questionnaire appropriate for the AHP technique. The purpose of this questionnaire was to determine the order of importance for precautions to be taken. Classifi cation of fatal occupational accidents revealed fi ve major fatality reasons for shipyards; namely, falling from higher elevation, exposure to electric shock, fi re and/or explosion, being struck by or struck against objects, and being caught in between. Five precautions were determined for each fatal accident group.