What is risk analysis?

These are the studies that need to be carried out in order to determine the hazards that exist in the workplace or that may come from outside, the factors that cause these hazards to turn into risks, and the analysis and grading of the risks arising from the hazards, and to decide on control measures.

•What are the risks in business life?

a) From the works done at the workplaces,

b) From the operation and various processes carried out,

c) Of the substances used,

d) All kinds of machinery and equipment,

e) Persons in or around the workplace,

f) Organizations created in the workplace,

g) Environmental conditions,

h) It is caused by the interaction of various elements with each other.

•Who can do the risk analysis?

According to the risk analysis regulation, the Employer; It carries out a risk assessment in terms of occupational health and safety with the aim of ensuring, maintaining and improving the health and safety of the working environment and employees. However, if unnoticed hazards are not identified at the end of the risk analysis, it is in the employer's interest to have occupational health and safety experts who are specialized in their field and certified by the ministry, because of the legal rights that may arise. As ASGEM OSGB, we carry out Risk Analysis with its expert staff.

• What are the benefits of risk analysis studies for employers?

a) To foresee dangers and risks,

b) International prestige and validity,

c) Being prepared for emergencies with a proactive approach,

d) To prevent undesirable situations and to reduce losses materially and morally,

e) Determination and sharing of responsibilities and duties,

f) We can list it as the selection of safe technology and the provision of a safe working environment.

According to the new occupational health and safety legislation, employers;

a) To carry out a risk assessment in terms of health and safety, including the situation of groups of workers who may be particularly affected by risks in the workplace,

b) Deciding on the protective measures to be taken and the protective equipment to be used, according to the result of the risk assessment,

c) Providing the work equipment safely, having the necessary maintenance done, having the controls and tests done at certain intervals, and training the operators and maintainers,

d) In order to protect the health and safety of workers, it is responsible for preventing occupational risks, providing training and information, taking all necessary precautions, making emergency organizations, and providing tools and equipment.

As ASGEM OSGB experts, our company carries out all the work required to be done in the workplaces in accordance with the occupational health and safety legislation numbered 6331 with its expert staff certified by the Ministry of Labor. It provides risk assessment training to cover the entire workplace, provides organization and practices are carried out by selecting the appropriate techniques for the workplace. Necessary documentation is prepared as a result of the risk assessment.

•Why should I have a risk analysis?

Employers should have risk analysis done in order to identify and eliminate hazards that exist in the workplace or that may come from outside. These studies should be carried out with the participation of employers and OHS professionals as well as employees. Keeping risk analyzes up-to-date aims to ensure continuous improvement in the workplace.

•How do we keep the risk analysis up to date?

Updating the risk assessment made according to the hazard class; In very dangerous workplaces, it is required to have a risk analysis at least once every 2 years, workplaces in the hazardous class every 4 years, and workplaces in the less hazardous class must have a risk analysis at least once every 6 years. With this;

a) Moving the workplace or making changes in the buildings.

b) Changes in the technology, materials and equipment used in the workplace.

c) Changes in the production method.

d) Occurrence of work accident, occupational disease or near miss event.

e) There is a legislative change regarding the limit values of the working environment.

f) If deemed necessary according to the results of the working environment measurement and health surveillance.

g) The emergence of a new danger arising from outside the workplace that may affect the workplace,

In this case, the previous risk analysis will be deemed invalid and must be renewed.

•What should be considered while performing risk analysis?

The employer is obliged to make or have a risk assessment made in terms of occupational health and safety. While performing risk analysis;

a) Status of employees who will be affected by certain risks,

b) Selection of work equipment, chemicals and preparations to be used,

c) The organization and order of the workplace,

d) The situation of women workers and groups requiring special policies,

e) As a result of the risk analysis, the precautions to be taken in the working environment while the employer's production activities continue, and the selection and use of personal protective equipment with the appropriate features with the risk at the points where these importance are insufficient,

f) To increase the level of protection of the measures to be taken against the hazards identified as a result of the risk analysis and to ensure that they are applicable at all levels of the workplace administrative structure,

g) The employer should ensure that the necessary controls, measurements, examinations and researches are carried out to determine the working environment and the risks to which the employees are exposed.

•Who should have the risk analysis done?

Workplaces that are obliged to have risk analysis done;

Businesses employing at least 1 (one) personnel are obliged to have them built. Businesses that do not employ personnel but are employed by the employer are excluded from liability.

Even though there is a repetitive postponement every year for enterprises employing less than 50 employees, this postponement will not be in the form of risk analysis, but in the form of delaying the activities of taking the risk analysis under control.

In any case, Risk Analysis must have been done as of 01.01.2013. Businesses should pay attention to this issue.

•What are the principles of protection from risks?

The following principles are taken into account in the fulfillment of the employer's obligations:

a) Avoiding risks.

b) To analyze the risks that cannot be avoided.

c) To fight risks at their source.

d) Paying attention to the design of the workplaces and the selection of work equipment, working style and production methods in order to make the work suitable for the people, especially to prevent the negative effects of the uniform working and production tempo on health and safety, and to minimize it if it cannot be prevented.

e) To adapt to technical developments.

f) Replacing the dangerous with the non-hazardous or less dangerous.

g) Technology, work organization, working conditions, social relations

h) and develop a coherent and general prevention policy that covers the effects of factors related to the work environment.

i) To give priority to collective protection measures over personal protection measures.

j) Giving appropriate instructions to employees.

•How is my risk class determined?

First of all, it is determined which danger code you are in. You can learn the easiest method by applying Ctrl-F from the Legislation-Hazard Notification field on the ASGEM page and typing your nace code on the search field. Also, you can learn the SGK Nace code from the accountant and use this Nace code from the OHS General Directorate Risk Classes Notification Classes List of dangerous, very dangerous or less dangerous. find out who you are.

The determination of the risk class should be in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Risk Assessment Regulation.

• Do risk analysis and government contribute?

The Ministry will provide financial support in the fulfillment of occupational health and safety services for workplaces with less than 10 employees, excluding the public sector, in the very dangerous and dangerous class. Social Security Institution records will be the basis for the implementation of this support.

The support will be taken back together with the legal interest from the workplaces that are found to employ uninsured personnel, and these workplaces will be banned from this support for a period of 3 years.

What happens if I don't have a risk analysis?

With the published law numbered 6331 and related regulations, employers have important responsibilities for taking Occupational Health and Safety measures and impose fines between 1,000 TL and 80,000 TL for each transaction of workplaces that fail to fulfill their obligations otherwise. Penalties will continue to be imposed for risk analyzes that are not made and for every month that has not been made since the start of the obligation.

•What are the risk analysis and administrative sanctions?

In the OHS Law No. 6331, labor inspectors will take charge in the inspection of working life in workplaces to improve occupational health and safety conditions. In case of detection of illegality, administrative fines will be applied in a more deterrent manner. If the employer does not assign an occupational safety specialist or an occupational physician, it will pay a penalty of 5,000 lira for each person. The same amount will be applied for each month in which the violation continues. An administrative fine of 3,000 TL will be imposed on the employer who does not make a risk assessment, and 4,500 TL for each month in which the violation continues. If the employer does not report a work accident or occupational disease to the SSI, the penalty will be 2,000 liras. An administrative fine of 50,000 lira will be imposed on the employer who does not prepare a major accident prevention policy document.

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What kind of responsibilities does the employer have according to the Occupational Health and Safety Law No. 6331?

a) Improving Occupational Health and Safety conditions and ensuring its continuity,

b) Considering the employee's suitability for the job in terms of health and safety,

c) Developing a general prevention policy, taking into account the risk assessment reports, taking all kinds of measures, including training and information, for the prevention of occupational risks,

d) To have the necessary controls, measurements, examinations and researches carried out in the working environment,

e) Monitoring, auditing and removing non-conformities,

f) To take the necessary measures to prevent the employees from entering places where there is a life-threatening situation,

g) Coordinating in case the same work area is shared by more than one employer.

What kind of responsibilities does the worker have according to the Occupational Health and Safety Law No. 6331?

a) Benefiting from occupational health and safety services without limit of number,

b) To provide opinions and active participation in occupational health and safety studies in workplaces,

c) In the event of a serious and imminent danger, refrain from working until the necessary measures are taken,

d) To be educated and informed about occupational health and safety issues,

e) Representation in occupational health and safety issues,

f) Not to endanger the health and safety of himself and his colleagues,

g) Correct use of all tools and equipment related to production and protection given to them.

•Who does the occupational health and safety law cover?

Anyone working in the public and private sectors, including apprentices and trainees, can benefit from the law. The number of employees in the workplace and the type of workplace will not prevent the person from benefiting from the law. Every employee will benefit from practices related to occupational health and safety and healthy and safe working environments will be created in all workplaces.

•What are the emergency responsibilities in the workplaces?

Preliminary planning and preparation for situations such as first aid, fire fighting, evacuation of people, and encountering serious and imminent danger are among the obligations of workplaces. Along with this obligation, necessary measures were taken to prevent employees from entering places with life and special dangers without sufficient information and instructions, and possible losses were prevented.

•What are the OHS trainings according to the Occupational Health and Safety Law No. 6331?

The employer should inform all its employees about occupational health and safety and their rights and responsibilities regarding working life. Employees will receive training for new working conditions after job and workplace changes, long absences from work and changes in the equipment used. Employees who will work in workplaces in dangerous and very dangerous classes must certify that they have training related to the work performed.

All employers should prepare an emergency plan in advance for situations such as first aid, fire fighting, evacuation of people, encountering serious and imminent danger, and should provide training and drills on these issues.

These trainings to be provided by the employer will be carried out in accordance with the Regulation on the Procedures and Principles of Occupational Health and Safety Training of Employees.

•What are the health measures to be taken according to the Occupational Health and Safety Law No. 6331?

It is obligatory for employees to undergo a health screening at the first recruitment. Periodic checks should be made at least once or twice a year, depending on whether the work is heavy and dangerous. In cases where there are employees who require special policies, such as young workers, health checks should be carried out in periods in accordance with the Heavy and Dangerous work regulations. In addition, the shift and work post arrangements of the personnel in this special group should be made in accordance with the same regulation.

•According to the Occupational Health and Safety Law No. 6331, what should we do in cases of work accident and occupational disease?

According to Article 14 of the OHS Law, in cases where the employer encounters an occupational disease or work accident

a) Keeps a record of all work accidents and occupational diseases, makes necessary examinations and prepares reports about them.

b) Examines and prepares reports about incidents that occur in the workplace, but do not cause injury or death, but cause damage to the workplace or work equipment or have the potential to damage the employee, workplace or work equipment.

c) The employer is obliged to notify the Ministry within the first three working days from the moment that a work accident occurs in the workplace and in the places considered as workplaces.

d) He must report the occupational diseases notified to him by the health service providers or the workplace doctor within three working days from the date of learning.

e) Occupational physician or health service providers; Refers the cases they have pre-diagnosed with occupational diseases to the health service providers authorized by the Social Security Institution. Cases diagnosed with occupational disease are reported to the Social Security Institution within ten working days at the latest.

As ASGEM OSGB experts, our company carries out all the work required to be done in the workplaces in accordance with the new occupational health and safety legislation with its expert staff certified by the Ministry of Labor. It provides risk assessment training to cover the entire workplace, provides organization and practices are carried out by selecting the appropriate techniques for the workplace. Necessary documentation is prepared as a result of the risk assessment.