Innovative Approach and Local Collaboration for Improving OHS at Denizli Marble & Travertine Sector Project

Grant Beneficiary Institution: Denizli Chamber of Industry

Lot and Sector Information: Lot 2: Very hazardous Class/Construction Sector

Project Stakeholders (Co-Applicant/Participant):

Project Co-Applicant:

  • Orhan Abalıoğlu Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School

Project Participants:

  • Denizli Miners and Marble Association –DENMERDER
  • Başaranlar Construction Materials Ind. and Trade. Ltd. 
  • Ionic Stone Mining Ind. and Trade. Co. Ltd.

Project Duration: 16 Months

Total Project Budget: EUR 207,555.30

Implementation Area: Denizli

Project Objectives: Overall Objective of the Project: Creating a safety culture in workplaces in Denizli, capacity building with innovative methods on occupational health and safety and contributing to raising awareness. 

Specific Objectives of the Project: Contributing to the creation of innovative occupational health and safety training materials and environments that the sector needs by strengthening the interaction, cooperation and unity of action among the relevant local actors in the field of occupational health and safety in the marble & travertine sector in Denizli and raising awareness in the field of occupational health and safety at the level of all key stakeholders, especially employers, employees and OHS professionals with a focus on the marble & travertine sector.

Activities / Outputs:

Project Activities:

1. Project Inception Phase

1.1. Creation of the project core team

1.2. Establishment of the committee

1.3. Determination of Project Communication Strategy and Policies 

1.4. Project Logo Design and Visibility Applications 

1.5. Project Opening Meeting and Occupational Health and Safety Information Day

2. Research, Information and Data Collection Phase

2.1. On-site monitoring visit to Italy

2.2. On-Site Monitoring Visit for OHS Culture and OHS-Oriented Social Dialogue and Trainings in Europe

2.3. Occupational health safety, virtual reality/augmented reality (VR/AR) digital training materials scope-content analysis phase 

3. Creation of occupational health and safety VR/AR digital training materials, equipment installation

3.1. Creation of VR/AR Occupational Health and Safety Training Materials 

3.2. Preparation of VR/AR OHS Training Laboratory Training Room

3.3. Procurement and installation of VR/AR devices and equipment 

3.4. Opening of the VR/AR OHS Training Laboratory

4. Training phase

4.1. Training of Trainers for VR/AR OHS Training Laboratory of OHS Professionals and Committee Members

4.2. Pilot Trainings 

5. Closing phase

     5.1. Project Closing Ceremony and Awareness Raising Day

Project Outputs/Results:

  • Increasing the existing OHS capacity of the institutions and persons in the committee.
  • Raising the OHS awareness and knowledge of the employees in the manufacturers (Denizli Chamber of Industry members) in the marble sector with informative activities.
  • Providing the opportunity of the institutions represented in the committee to examine the marble and mining sector-oriented OHS good practices during the study visits to Finland and Italy. Observing the OHS culture and being able to examine all the training materials and practices used in OHS trainings in such countries during these study visits.
  • Creation of OHS training materials in VR/AR formats and the provision of the equipment to be used during the training period. Establishment of a special VR/AR training studio to provide long-term training at Orhan Abalıoğlu Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School.
  • Training of committee members and 30 OHS professionals for the use of training materials in VR/AR formats and training equipment.
  • Providing training to 50 employees in the pilot training conducted with the training materials which were created within the scope of the project in the VR/AR training studio.
  • Completing the OHS training of 150 employees working in the marble and travertine sector in the VR/AR studio within 1 year after the project.

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Contact e-mail:: ismail@dso.org.tr, zeren@dso.org.tr