The first source according to the legal regulations regarding the use of seat belts in case of hazards in your working conditions is the law in the U.S. State of Massachusetts on the protection of accidents in factories entering the market in 1877. This law includes provisions related to safety belts as well as provisions such as protective equipment for shafts and gear systems and Prohibition of cleaning machines on the move.
In our country, the Labor Law No. 1475, which came into force in 1971, is the 74th anniversary of the labor law.this law was enacted according to Article 521 of the Occupational Health Safety Regulation (ISISG), which came into force in 1973.in the article: the people who are engaged in maintenance and repair work in the outer parts of buildings more than 4 meters high, roof parts or similar heights, who are engaged in the demolition and dismantling of all kinds of buildings should take the necessary security measures, which provide the possibility to work with fearful platforms. Workers will be given appropriate personal protection tools such as helmets, waistbands and seat belts, and the workers will use them compulsively.
7 of the regulation on occupational health safety in building works, which came into force in 1974. In the article; Piers, platforms, passageways, railings, stair railings used in construction works security ropes and nets, chains, cables and all other necessary materials must be given to the workers of the tools and equipment of the protection measures. The safety belt will be sufficient to protect workers from all kinds of hazards and other materials and tools will be suitable for the work done. The installation materials and tools used should be suitable for the work done and in a way that protects the workers from any kind of danger and should be of a quality and robustness to withstand the load that the worker can lift. 13 of this statute.in the article, the height is more than 3 meters from the base and where there is a danger of falling, slipping, tile flooring, all kinds of external paint and groove, gırgır, cranes employees vekuyu, sewer and similar depth in the pit entering the workers are obliged to give safety belt. Workers are obliged to use this belt.
In the 1999 istastik yearbook of the General Directorate of SSK, the distribution of work accidents according to the reasons of the accident was compared with the fall.