With the “international occupational health and Safety Congress and fair (iohs expo)” organized by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality this year, the Crystal Helmet award ceremony was held at Lutfi Kirdar Congress and exhibition Palace.

Opening of IOHS EXPO Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mevlüt Uysal, Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services Deputy General Manager of Occupational Health and Safety Furkan Yıldız, İBB Secretary General Hayri Baraçlı, Istanbul Provincial Culture and Tourism Director Coşkun Yılmaz, Founder of Happiness Officer Representatives of academicians, NGOs and private sector participated in a large number of workers, students and guests.
Speaking at the opening of the Congress Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Mevlut Uysal, occupational health and safety as a culture, so it is necessary to contribute to the formation of all the parties said, ‘This issue has four sides. Employees, employers, administration and the people who benefit from it. The product that uses the resulting product is actually one side of this business. The parties come together and discuss the issue and find solutions when they talk about the problems. As such, I believe that very important distances will be taken and developments will be recorded. ‘ said
Uysal, the three-day congress and fair meeting with all the parties will have good results in mutual exchange of ideas, emphasizing the organization and contributed to those who contributed to the preparation.
‘Culture wants patience to form’
Furkan Yıldız, Deputy General Director of Occupational Health and Safety at the Ministry of Labor, said that opening up of various fines and administrative sanctions did not bring about a radical solution.
Stressing that the creation of occupational health and safety culture requires patience, Yıldız said:
As the Ministry, we are evaluating the demands coming from the field. In particular, we support the occupational health and safety of service providers in the hazardous and very dangerous sectors with less than 10 employees. There is a price for this. This price is also met by our state. In addition, we will initiate an incentive program in places where there is no occupational accident which results in permanent incapacity or death for 3 years. Here, we will encourage unemployment insurance premiums by 50 percent. Occupational health and safety should be considered as an approach based on preventive and protective services by the joint contribution and effort of all parties. Occupational health and safety is a common theme of actors in working life. ‘
President Uysal, presenting gifts to the speakers in memory of the day, cut off the opening ribbon of the congress and the fair with some guests on stage.
Congress and exhibition, held at the Lutfi Kirdar Convention and Exhibition Center, 7 different categories apply for Social Responsibility adopted, Project and Best Practice Examples in the evaluation of the occupational health and safety area of ​​Turkey’s most prestigious award “Crystal Helmet Award Ceremony” is to be completed it ended.
Source: ÇSGB