Analysis of Fatal Work Accidents Occurring in Mining Sector

The mining sector is an important segment of the Turkey’s economy and has played a significant role in the country’s socioeconomic development. Both underground mining workplaces and surface mining workplaces carry significant risks in terms of occupational health and safety. Failure to take necessary precautions in these workplaces could cause work accidents. Recently, the fact that there have been many fatal work accidents in the mining sector has caused the work accidents in this sector to take place in the internet news. In this study, fatal work accidents in mine workplaces have been examined by internet news. As a result a general evaluation has been concluded on the causes of fatal work accidents and the necessary precautions to be taken have been mentioned