Türkiye'de meydana gelen iş kazaları sonucu ölümler ile çalışanların yaş faktörü arasındaki ilişki

İş kazaları tüm dünyada olduğu gibi ülkemizde de hem ekonomik hem de yönetsel açıdan birçok olumsuz so- nucu beraberinde getirmektedir. Özellikle ölümle sonuçlanan iş kazalarının sebeplerini ortaya koymada çalı- şanların yaş faktörünün etkisi olabileceği değerlendirilmektedir. Çünkü yapılan araştırmalar bireylerin yaşlan- ma ile birlikte birçok fiziksel ve bilişsel yetenek kaybına maruz kaldıklarını ortaya koymaktadır. Hem fiziksel hem de bilişsel yetenek kayıplarına uğrayan iş görenin reaksiyon zamanı da anlamlı bir şekilde uzamaktadır. Genel anlamda yaşlanma ile birlikte algı ve hareket yeteneği yavaşlayan iş görenin hem kazaya sebep olma ihtimali artmakta hem de karşılaşılan kaza durumlarında kendini kurtarabilme veya kazayı önleyecek tedbiri zamanında alabilme yeteneği azalmaktadır. Buradan hareketle yaşlanmanın iş kazaları ve iş kazası sonucu ölümler üzerinde etkisi olabileceği değerlendirilmektedir. Bu çalışmada son yıllarda ülkemizde meydana ge- len iş kazaları sonucu ölümlerin yaş faktöründen ne ölçüde etkilendiği irdelenmiş ve iki değişken arasında anlamlı ve doğrusal olmayan (kuadratik) bir ilişki tespit edilmiştir. Bu ilişkiye göre 40-44 yaş aralığına kadar iş kazası sonucu ölüm riski artmakta, bu yaş aralığından sonra tedricen azalmaktadır.

The association between age of employees and deaths caused by occupational accidents in Turkey

Occupational accidents lead bad consequences in terms of economics and management for Turkey like other countries in the world. In particular, deaths caused by occupational accidents are thought to be related with the age of employees since experiments show that many physiological and cognitive aspects are negatively and significantly sensitive to age of employees. Decreased physiological and cognitive capacity averts employee from saving himself/herself from accidents and hinders him/her to take preventive actions. It is claimed that age has an impact on occupational accident related deaths. In this study, the influence of age factor on deaths caused by occupational accidents in Turkey is explored. A significant and non-linear relationship is found between these two variables. According to this association, risk of death caused by occupational accidents increases until the age interval of 40-44 years then it decreases gradually.

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