ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study; acting in the reality that the agricultural works are considered as one of the most hazardous sectors in the World, to reveal the level of knowledge and training of the farmers who perform agricultural activities in the rural area of the province located in the Thrace Region Tekirdağ, Kırklareli, Edirne and Çanakkale about occupational accidents and professional diseases they are exposed during agricultural activities and about occupational health and safety in the agricultural. The villages located in the Thrace Region and the farmers who residing in 80 villages which were selected by random sampling of these villages, constitute the universe of the study. It was determined that 29,3 % of the farmers surveyed, suffered a mild or heavy occupational accident. It was also determined that 14 % of the farmers had occupational diseases. 95,7 % of the farmers had not taken any training on occupational accidents and professional disease and 74,3 % of them had not taken any training on pesticides. The percentage of the farmers who think that their agricultural training is insufficient was determined to be 92,5 %. The survey data which were obtained in the area work in the rural areas and the villages in the Thrace Region were analyzed in the SPSS Statistical Package for Social Sciences program. We have the opinion that the results of this survey shall cause the attention and the importance and the consciousness for agricultural occupational accidents and diseases to increase and give ideas for wide-ranging studies and be of quality to show direction to the steps which public authorities shall take about this matter.