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Occupational Health and
Safety Practices
During the reporting period, we continued to develop projects regar-
ding occupational health and safety at most of our companies.
Borusan Mannesmann Gemlik
Ash Removal Robot
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Our employees designed and
built a robot using scrap ma- Results
terials and factory assets for
Economic: We saved 95,420 US Dollars
the purpose of eliminating er-
annually!
gonomic and physical risks, 1) By using the robot, more draining was
reducing the use of zinc, and achieved which led to 6% less zinc waste. We
decreasing the time allocat- saved 52,650 US Dollars annually.
ed for ash removal. 2) Number of people per shift decreased from
4 to 1 with the use of robot. We saved 21,600
US Dollars annually.
3) By reducing rework caused by quality
issues and reducing scrap amount, we gained
19,250 US Dollars annually.
4) By regaining lost work days due to
accidents, we saved 1,920 US Dollars
annually.
Social: We provided a safe working
environment by eliminating ergonomic and
physical risks by means of the project. The
motivation of staff increased as a result.
Environmental: Natural resource
consumption decreased due to zinc
consumption decrease. Also, by removing
ash more effectively, the zinc loss in ash
reduced.
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