Grant Beneficiary Institution: Aegean Exporters’ Associations
Lot and Industry Information: Lot 1: Mining / Natural Stone Mining Sector
Project Stakeholders: (Co-Applicant) Dokuz Eylül University Department of Mining Engineering
Project Duration: 18 months
Total Project Budget: EUR 206,398
Implementation Areas: İzmir, Balıkesir, Afyon, Bilecik, Denizli, Burdur, Antalya and Muğla
Project Objectives: The objective of the project is to raise awareness about occupational health and safety and increase development in the natural stone mining sector in order to reduce occupational accidents and injuries. The latest developments and technical achievements in OHS practices will be shown to the participants in the workshop, workshop activities, trainings and visits. The project will be disseminated among the mining sector, academia and other exporter associations in Turkey, as it can inform their members and connections about the project and its results at the national and international level.
Activities / Outputs :
- Occupational health and safety workshops and trainings will be organised for employers and employees in different provinces (İzmir, Balıkesir, Afyon, Bilecik, Denizli, Burdur, Antalya and Muğla).
- In order to increase the level of human resources, information will be provided on the use of PPE, risk analysis, and safe working conditions. OHS guides, PPE guides, visual materials, OHS mobile applications, and an OHS animation film will be promoted with VR glasses.
- It is aimed to establish a culture of occupational health and safety and to strengthen the current situation capacity.
- Mining companies abroad will be visited to raise the occupational health and safety practices in Turkey to the level of EU countries and to observe examples of good practice.
- Occupational health and safety-oriented practical trainings will be organised in at least 2 selected pilot mining companies.
- All prepared documents and visual materials will be delivered to the relevant companies.
With the outputs obtained from the project, results such as raising awareness about raising OHS in the natural stone mining sector to the level of EU countries, developing a preventive health and safety culture in the natural stone mining sector, and increasing university-industry cooperation in the natural stone mining sector will be achieved.
Within the scope of the expected impact of the project, it is foreseen that the quality of employment in OHS will increase, occupational accidents and injuries in the natural stone mining sector in Turkey will decrease, reputation will increase, and new approaches in the field of OHS in the mining sector will be developed.
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Contact e-mail: isgmaden@eib.org.tr