Abstract:
In this paper, a brief summary is given about marble quarries in Carrara (Italy) and Iscehisar (Turkey), the Elmeri method is
introduced, work accidents that can happen in marble quarries and their causes besides work safety behaviours in fields are
explained, and the Elmeri monitoring method is applied and analysed. For this reason, marble quarries are divided into seven
in terms of working conditions and active six quarries both in Carrara and Iscehisar areas, and work safety behaviours are
analysed. Analysis process is based on True False method; there are 18 items in total under six main topics; three items on
each topic. The safety index for each section and the main topics are also calculated. According to the calculated safety
indexes, Carrara area marble quarries (65.08%) are safer than Iscehisar area marble quarries (46.01%).
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