Ranking the health precautions for the 'new normal' after the COVID-19 outbreak in production environments

ADEM A., Dadgeviren M.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND ERGONOMICS, cilt.28, ss.635-643, 2022 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 28
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/10803548.2021.1950387
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND ERGONOMICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, CINAHL, EMBASE, INSPEC, MEDLINE, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.635-643
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: COVID-19, occupational health and safety, new normal, decision-making, manufacturing environments, RISK-ASSESSMENT, OCCUPATIONAL-HEALTH, LOCATION SELECTION, DECISION, SAFETY, TOPSIS, INTERVENTIONS, TRANSMISSION, EXTENSION, PLANT
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objectives. With the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) about a year ago and its quick spread all around the world, some serious decisions had to be made like halting production temporarily. The world now tries to take back its normal pace thanks to some medical improvements. However, the 'new normal' is unlikely to follow the old habits in which COVID-19 never appeared. In production environments, a number of new precautions should be defined to prevent a spread of COVID-19 disease among employees in the new normal period. The aim of this study is to propose an analytical approach to define these new precautions and prioritize them. Methods. To determine the precautions, open archive publications of the Turkish Health Ministry and the World Health Organization, and the opinions of occupational physicians and academicians were considered. Twenty-five precautions were specified under three main headings. The Pythagorean fuzzy analytical hierarchy process was employed to gain the rank of precautions. Results. The most critical precautions and sub-precautions were determined as organizational precautions and developing an appropriate working model to ensure social distance. Conclusion. Using the determined order of measures, the managers are able to apply them, starting from the most effective ones.