© 2022 E-Uluslararası Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi / E-International Journal of Educational Research Analysis of School Principals’ Practices Regarding Their Occupational Health and Safety Liabilities Alper Sabuncuoglu (Vice Principal) Ministry of National Education - Turkey ORCID: 0000-0001-6859-7024 alpersabuncuoglu@gmail.com Assoc.Prof.Dr. Osman Ferda Beytekin Ege University -Turkey ORCID: 0000-0003-3934-0814 beytekin.ferda@gmail.com Abstract The aim of this study is to examine the practices of school principals working in official schools regarding their occupational health and safety obligations in their schools and if any, to reveal their deficiencies, and to make suggestions for eliminating these deficiencies. There search was conducted with descriptive survey model in qualitative research type. In this context, the study group of the study was determined by the easily accessible sampling method as 12 official school principals affiliated to Ministry of National Education in Konak district of İzmir province in the fall semester of 2018-2019 academic year. In the research, in order to collect data, semi-structured interview form developed by the researcher with expert opinion was used, face-to-face interviews were conducted with school principals in order to examine the practices implemented by school principals within the scope of occupational health and safety. The data were analyzed by content analysis method. As a result of the research, it was found out that school principals are aware of their obligations in the legal context and that they are trying to implement occupational health and safety practices in the schools they are in charge of, and that they have various problems especially financial resources. Keywords: Occupational Health and Safety, School Safety, School Principal. E-International Journal of Educational Research Vol: 13, No: 2, pp. 39-56 Research Article Received: 2021-12-28 Accepted: 2022-03-22 Suggested Citation Sabuncuoğlu, A. & Beytekin, 0. F. (2022). Analysis of school principals’ practices regarding their occupational health and safety liabilities. E-International Journal of Educational Research, 13(2), 39-56. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19160/e-ijer.1049927