A study on precautions to be taken in the event of a pandemic in the mining industry in Turkey

Abstract

The Covid-19 epidemic, a new species of coronavirus, has taken over the world. Like most industries around the world, the mining industry has a negative impact on this situation, such as stopping their business, loss of production, stopping new projects or postponing them, and their employees being infected by the epidemic. In this study, measures to be taken in the mining industry in Turkey have been attempted. In the study, the measures set out are to update the risk assessment according to the epidemic, identify the responsible people, arrange the work plan, set rules to be followed in vehicles, inform employees, organize training content, establish and apply hygiene rules, set rules to be observed in the workplace, limit interaction between employees and establish and apply rules related to common use. With the implementation of these rules, the Covid-19 outbreak is expected to reduce the impact on the mining industry in Turkey. The Covid-19 epidemic has no mining workers in Turkey who have been affected by this virus, but have died from this epidemic.