ABSTRACT
Workers, who demonstrate their labor and meet their livelihoods by spending body power are a basic link of working life. For this reason the body power of the workers who are the representatives of labor has become an indispensable part of the working life. Especially, In Zonguldek cool mines, the importance of labor and body power is increased. Becouse of the geological structure of the mines, as well as the negative factors in the working environment, the workers in working conditions of the dengers in the working life has laid the ground for a day to see. The risks inherent in mines threaten the occupational health and safety of the workers and the jeopardize the phsical and mental health of he workers. In this study, in the field study conducted in Zonguldak/Kozlu coal mines, the difficulties encountered in the working conditions of the workers employed in Zonguldak mines are discussed with vareous deta. Detailed field surveys in Zonguldak/Kozlu coal mines revealed the negative conditions encountered by miner workers in working life and the findings obtained from the field survey. In this drection, a comparison and intention was made between the data obtained. In the field study, the factors that negatively affect the working conditions of mine workers were categorized separately. In this study, the risks and hazards arising from the work environment, work done, occupational health and safety that negatively affect the workers employed in Zonguldak/Kozlu coal mines were discussed
Keywords : Mine, Employment, Labor, Occupational Health and Safety