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Citation |
Ersoy M, Yesilkaya L. Int. J. Inj. Control Safe. Promot. 2016; 23(1): 29-63. |
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Affiliation |
Department of Natural Stone Technology , Afyon Kocatepe University , Afyonkarahisar 03200 , Turkey. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2016, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group) |
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25358899 |
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Abstract |
In this paper, a brief summary is given about marble quarries in Carrara (Italy) and Iscehisar (Turkey), the Elmeri method is introduced, work accidents that can happen in marble quarries and their causes besides work safety behaviours in fields are explained, and the Elmeri monitoring method is applied and analysed. For this reason, marble quarries are divided into seven in terms of working conditions and active six quarries both in Carrara and Iscehisar areas, and work safety behaviours are analysed. Analysis process is based on True-False method; there are 18 items in total under six main topics; three items on each topic. The safety index for each section and the main topics are also calculated. According to the calculated safety indexes, Carrara area marble quarries (65.08%) are safer than Iscehisar area marble quarries (46.01%). Language: en |