Kırklıkçı Ahmet Bora, Bayram Serap
Department of Machinery and Metal Technologies, Vocational School of Technical Sciences, Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University, Karaman, Turkey.
Department of Health and Care Services, Vocational School of Health Services, Düzce University, Düzce, Turkey.
Work. 2024;77(2):417-430. doi: 10.3233/WOR-220658.
The COVID-19 pandemic has undeniably brought up the issue of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) for businesses in Turkey. In this global pandemic, strategies developed to effectively address OHS risks and eliminate them with reliable, high-quality data have gained importance.
This study aimed to determine the perceptions of employees in the forest products industry in Turkey regarding the OHS during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The sample of the descriptive and analytical study consisted of a total of 371 employees in forest product businesses located in Turkey. The sample of the study was determined by the purpose-based sampling method. Data were collected both online and face-to-face from June 2022 to October 2022. The data were obtained using the Questionnaire of Employee and Business Characteristics and the Scale of Employees' Perceptions on the OHS (S-POHS) adapted by Özden (2022). Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS and calculated by descriptive analyses, pairwise comparison tests and multivariate regression analyses.
39.1% of the employees with a mean age of 34.12±8.78 years are high school graduates and 61.5% are workers. Significant differences were found in the S-POHS average scores of the employees in the businesses that produce paper-cardboard, have operated for less than 20 years, have a partnership structure with foreign capital and have an OHS Management System Quality Certificate (p < 0.05).
While a positive OHS perception level has already been achieved in the forest products industry in business administrations and by employees, it is clear that this should not be lost and it should be prepared for the next crises by adding new applications.
新冠疫情无疑给土耳其企业带来了职业健康与安全（OHS）问题。在这场全球大流行中，制定有效应对职业健康与安全风险并通过可靠、高质量数据消除这些风险的策略变得至关重要。
本研究旨在确定土耳其林产品行业员工在新冠疫情期间对职业健康与安全的看法。
描述性和分析性研究的样本总共包括土耳其林产品企业的371名员工。该研究的样本通过目的抽样法确定。2022年6月至2022年10月期间通过线上和面对面方式收集数据。数据使用员工和企业特征问卷以及Özden（2022年）改编的员工职业健康与安全认知量表（S-POHS）获取。使用SPSS进行统计分析，并通过描述性分析、成对比较检验和多元回归分析进行计算。
平均年龄为34.12±8.78岁的员工中，39.1%为高中毕业生，61.5%为工人。在生产纸制品、经营年限少于20年、具有外资合伙结构且拥有职业健康与安全管理体系质量证书的企业中，员工的S-POHS平均得分存在显著差异（p<0.05）。
虽然林产品行业在企业管理和员工方面已经实现了积极的职业健康与安全认知水平，但很明显不应失去这一成果，并且应通过增加新的应用为下一次危机做好准备。
