Innovations of the Occupational Health and Safety Law No. 6331
The Occupational Health and Safety Law No. 2012, introduced in the year 6331, introduces many innovations both for employers and employees. In short, if you look at them,
- The innovations brought by the law for the employer are:
- Improving occupational health and safety conditions in the enterprise and ensuring its continuity
- To consider whether employees are suitable for work in terms of health and safety
- Developing a general risk prevention policy by taking into account the risk assessment studies and reports prepared
- To take all kinds of measures to prevent occupational diseases, including providing training and information to employees
- To make necessary measurement, test, control, examination and research in the working environment
- To eliminate the nonconformities detected in monitoring and auditing works
- To take necessary precautions to prevent employees from entering places with life-threatening
- If more than one business uses the same workspace
- The innovations brought by the law for employees are as follows:
- To benefit from occupational health and safety services without limit on the number of employees
- To actively participate in occupational health and safety activities in the enterprises and to express their opinions when necessary
- In case of serious and imminent danger, avoid working until necessary precautions are taken.
- To participate in the trainings given by the company on occupational health and safety issues and to be informed
- Not to jeopardize the health and safety of both himself and other employees
- Proper use of all kinds of tools and equipment given to them for use in production activities or protection.
One of the highlights of these innovations is the right of employees to avoid working in a dangerous situation. When an employee is faced with a serious and imminent danger, he or she can apply to the occupational health and safety committee, or in the absence of that committee, to the employer to correct this dangerous situation. If these authorities find the employee's request and decide in this direction, the employee will be able to exercise his / her right to avoid working until the necessary measures are taken.
Employees have the right to terminate their employment contracts if the necessary measures are not taken by the relevant authorities upon the request of the employees.
If the employee has exercised his right to refrain from working until the necessary measures are taken, the remuneration he / she will still be paid during this period. In addition, the employee will be able to exercise his or her rights arising from the employment contract and granted to him by legal regulations.
The right to refrain from working is the law 13. article. According to the law, the occupational health and safety committee should meet immediately when such request is received from the employee. If the request is made to the business management in the absence of the Board, then the employer must make a decision immediately. In any case, the decision shall be communicated to the employee in writing.
If serious or imminent danger cannot be prevented, employees have the right to leave the work environment or hazardous area immediately and to move to a safe location without notice. Employees' movements in this direction cannot be restricted.
What is noise and vibration? Inspection Controls What are the basics?
The Regulation on the Protection of Employees from Vibration Risks was prepared by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security in 2013 based on the Occupational Health and Safety Law mentioned above. This regulation is based on the directive 2002 / 44 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union. This regulation aims to protect employees from health and safety risks arising from exposure to mechanical vibration.
The same ministry issued a Regulation on the Protection of Employees from Noise-Related Risks in the same year, again based on the Occupational Health and Safety Law. This regulation is based on the directive 2003 / 10 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union. This regulation aims to protect employees from health and safety risks, especially hearing loss, from exposure to noise this time.
In order to implement these two regulations, the mechanical vibration and noise levels that employees are exposed to should be determined. At least once a year, enterprises have to carry out noise and vibration controls in their facilities, see the measurement results related to this, and take adequate measures when necessary.
In addition, enterprises must comply with the provisions of the Regulation on Health and Safety in the Use of Work Equipment, which sets out the minimum requirements for the use of work equipment in terms of health and safety.
A few standards to consider in noise and vibration measurements are:
- TS ISO 8297 Acoustics - Determination of sound power levels for the assessment of ambient sound pressure levels in industrial plants with multiple noise sources - Engineering method
- TS ISO 9613-1 Acoustics - Reduction of sound when spreading outdoors - Part 1: Calculation of sound absorption by atmosphere
- TS ISO 9613-2 ... Chapter 2: General calculation method
- TS 9315 ISO 1996-1 Acoustics - Description, measurement and evaluation of environmental noise - Part 1: Basic quantities and evaluation procedures
- TS ISO 1996-2 Acoustics - Description, measurement and evaluation of environmental noise - Part 2: Determination of environmental noise levels
- TS ISO 4866 Mechanical vibration and shock - Vibration of buildings - Guidance for measuring vibration and evaluating effects on buildings
Organizations that will carry out these measurements and evaluations are required to be accredited by a domestic and foreign accreditation body according to the TS EN ISO / IEC 17025 standard (TS EN ISO / IEC 17025 General requirements standard for the competence of test and calibration laboratories). Otherwise, the measurements and reports to be made have no value.
