In order to prevent workers and any personnel on the job site from being in a work accident at the time of work, a safe working environment is created by experts and measures taken are called occupational safety measures. Occupational health and safety is a multi-disciplinary science and even a sudden omission can have serious consequences. As emerging technology, building, architecture, industrial facilities and engineering services create more complex site structures every day, the importance of occupational safety is increasing day by day.

It is a precautionary chain that starts its job security from the employer and its employer representative, supervisor, engineer, field coordinator, foreman, and ends in the worker. Occupational accidents in recent years and unwanted incidents due to these accidents emphasize the importance of occupational safety measures. Occupational safety practices should be informative, educational, instructive and protective rather than repressive and authoritarian. In this meticulously studied field, life safety and health of the employees in the workplaces is at least as important as the material existence of the workplaces. Periodic checks and inspections of the employees should be carried out regularly, and should be followed up without negligence. Non-competent personnel should not be taken to unrelated fields and platforms for commercial earnings, even if necessary, the necessary training should be provided to the relevant personnel before the start of the job. Working conditions should be checked by experts and working personnel should be inspected periodically.

Importance
On occupational health and safety; One of the most important conditions is ergonomic working conditions. In order to create ergonomic environments, both the employer and the employee should consider the following items.

• The environment is too hot and humid,
• The environment smells bad,
• Break times are low,
• There is a stuffy and dirty air in the environment,
• Inadequate lighting in the environment,
• The environment is very loud,
• Conducting studies that overexert the employee's body,
• There is a lot of distraction during night work in shift work,
• Heavy work conditions and all kinds of adverse conditions,
• The factors such as low or high work tempo should definitely and definitely be taken into consideration.

Precautions

• Working methods and measures should be determined.
• The area to be worked on should be surrounded with a preventive strip to understand that it is working.
• Warning signs and signings should be applied.
• Work should be done with suitable tools.
• The relevant trainings are given to the employees at work and should be followed periodically.
• The work done should be reported and recorded.
• Inappropriate studies should be prevented by photographing and forwarded to the relevant institution's units for information purposes.

If Occupational Health and Safety Precautions Are Not Taken

• Stopping / pausing work at the workplace - Closing the workplace
• Workers are not paid wages since the workplace is closed,
• Prison sentences to those responsible,
• Compensation payment obligation,
• Losses of life,
• Material damage and liabilities can be experienced.

What are the Benefits of Occupational Health and Safety?
Occupational health and safety provides many benefits to both the employee and the employer. By providing the necessary occupational health and safety, the diseases and injuries are minimized and the employees and the society are improved. It makes the working environment a more comfortable and safer environment, and this increases the motivation of working. It also ensures compliance with the law. Providing the necessary security both helps to pay less workers compensation due to diseases caused by the workplace and contributes to improving the image of the workplace against competitors. In addition, training on occupational health and safety provides a great benefit in developing the ability to grasp and respond to hazards.
Occupational health and safety institutions enable employees who are damaged as a result of work accident or occupational disease, to work again.