Evaluation of Occupational Accidents’ Statistics in Turkey

Abstract

In this work, the statistics of occupational accidents occurring in Turkey were evaluated by using SSI (SocialSecurity Institution of Turkey) statistics between 2007-2021 and the European Union (EU) Statistical Office(EUROSTAT) data between 2011-2020. Additionally, this has been evaluated by comparing the statistics of occupationalaccidents in the European Union (EU) countries and Turkey, and it is observed that the measures taken to prevent fataloccupational accidents are not at a sufficient level compared to EU countries. However, the improvement in theoccupational accident severity rate provided by the legal regulations made in 2012 indicates that more favorable workingenvironments can be provided in the long run