Neighboring province service area
Sakarya OSGB: OHS from Bursa for automotive, machinery and furniture businesses
Sakarya borders Bursa and is therefore within our area of authorisation. We provide workplace physician and OHS specialist services, with visit days set in advance, to businesses in organised industrial zones and industrial areas across the province.
- Basis of authorisation
- Neighbouring province within the OSGB’s area of authorisation
- Key industries
- Automotive, machinery, metals, railway wagons, furniture
- Service model
- Visit days set in advance
- Document tracking
- Contracts and assignments via İSG-KATİP
How do we plan our service for businesses in Sakarya?
We can provide Sakarya OSGB (joint health and safety unit) services from Bursa because the regulation does not limit an OSGB’s field of activity to the province where its head office is located; provinces bordering that province are also included. Sakarya and Bursa share a provincial border.
The Governorship of Sakarya notes that the province’s leading industries are automotive, machinery manufacturing, metals, railway wagon and food industries, and furniture manufacturing; its main products include cars, buses, tractors, armoured vehicles, steel and machine parts. The OSBÜK list includes Sakarya I, II and III organised industrial zones (OSBs), Sakarya Automotive and Metal Specialised OSB, Kaynarca Furniture Specialised OSB, Kaynarca East Marmara Machinery Manufacturers Specialised OSB, and the Ferizli, Karasu and Söğütlü OSBs.
From an OHS perspective, this structure creates two distinct pictures. Around the large OEM plants there are many suppliers working to their customers’ audit expectations; these suppliers are expected to keep training, medical examination and periodic inspection records ready for customer audits at all times. Furniture and woodworking, on the other hand, have their own risk profile in terms of dust, fire and hand injuries. Our planning proceeds as follows:
- At the first visit, we verify the hazard class against your NACE code and draw up the list of obligations.
- We spread the physician and specialist times across a monthly calendar and tie visits to set days.
- Between visits, we check assignment status in İSG-KATİP (the Ministry’s OHS registration system) and upcoming training and examination dates on our tracking list.
- We group periodic inspections (arranged through our solution partners), workplace environment measurements and medical tests with authorised organisations into the same period.
Because of the earthquake risk in the Marmara region, we address the earthquake scenario, the assembly area and the evacuation officers separately in the emergency plan. Even if its renewal period has not expired, the plan is updated when you relocate, move to a new building or change your production layout.
Industrial areas we serve in Sakarya
- Sakarya I, II and III OSBsThe province’s numbered OSBs; production plants from various sectors
- Sakarya Automotive and Metal Specialised OSBSpecialised zone focused on automotive and metalworking
- Kaynarca Furniture Specialised OSBFurniture and woodworking; dust, paint and fire risk
- Kaynarca East Marmara Machinery Manufacturers Specialised OSBMachinery manufacturing and machining
- Ferizli, Karasu and Söğütlü OSBsProduction plants in district OSBs; we group visits by area
What we pay attention to in this area
Preparing for supplier audits
At plants supplying OEMs, we keep the OHS records requested in customer audits on a checklist and track the closure of actions with their dates.
Dust and fire in furniture
Where wood dust accumulates, the risk of ignition and fire increases. We link dust extraction maintenance, cleaning frequency and extinguisher placement to the risk assessment.
Earthquake scenario
We set out post-earthquake evacuation, the assembly point, energy shut-off points and the rescue team’s duties clearly in the plan and test them with at least one drill a year.
Presses and lifting equipment
Annual periodic inspections of presses, press brakes, cranes and forklifts are arranged through our solution partners with inspection personnel registered in EKİPNET; we follow up the non-conformities in the reports.
Key industries in Sakarya
Automotive and Automotive Suppliers
Parts manufacturing is mostly hazardous class Machine safety, noise and chemical exposure management across press lines, robotic welding cells, paint booths and assembly.Metalworking and Machinery Manufacturing
Hazardous; laser cutting and plating very hazardous Limb injuries, lifting operations and equipment inspections on CNC, machining, welding, laser cutting and plating lines.Furniture and Wood Products
Furniture manufacturing (31.00.01) is hazardous An OHS plan for wood dust, cutting machinery, paints and varnishes and a high fire load at furniture makers in İnegöl and Bursa.Food and Beverage Production
Class depends on the code; bread making is less hazardous OHS that manages cold rooms, slippery floors, cutting and filling machines, ammonia and steam risks together with hygiene and carrier screening.Our services in Sakarya
Frequently asked questions about OSGB services in Sakarya
Is it legal to receive OSGB services from Bursa for our workplace in Sakarya?
Yes. The regulation allows an OSGB to make contracts in the province where its head office is located and in provinces bordering it; Sakarya is one of these. The assignment is made via İSG-KATİP; both parties approve the contract within 5 days at the latest, and the service cannot start before approval is complete. If the assigned specialist or physician leaves, a new assignment must be made within 30 days; we track this deadline on your behalf.
Which medical examinations and measurements are required in our furniture workshop?
Bedroom and kitchen furniture manufacturing (31.00.01) is in the hazardous class in the 2025 list; periodic medical examinations are carried out at least every 3 years. If noise exceeds 85 dB(A) in areas with cutting and planing machines, hearing tests for employees are mandatory. We plan workplace environment measurements for wood dust and the paint booth with authorised laboratories; the workplace physician decides which additional tests are needed based on the risk assessment.
We supply parts to OEMs; what should we keep ready for audits?
The records most often requested in supplier audits are:
- Current risk assessment and emergency plan, and the latest drill form
- Training attendance lists and exam results
- EK-2 examination forms and fitness-for-work reports
- Periodic inspection reports and PPE issue records
- Near-miss and accident records with the measures taken
How is the visit frequency for our workplace in Sakarya determined?
The frequency is determined not by distance but by the monthly time derived from your number of employees and hazard class. In a very hazardous workplace with 25 employees, at least 1,000 minutes a month are required for the specialist (25 × 40), 375 minutes for the physician (25 × 15) and 250 minutes for the DSP (25 × 10). We spread these times over set days of the month and share the calendar together with the contract.
We produce railway wagons and large body parts; what do you look at in the assembly area?
In areas where large parts are moved, we track the annual periodic inspection of overhead cranes, cranes and slings and the load test carried out once a year. During the site walk, we check whether slings are visually inspected before use, whether pedestrian routes pass under suspended loads, and the platforms and guardrails used when working on the body. We also address the need for ventilation and measurement for welding fumes in the risk assessment.