ISTANBUL - According to the July report of the ISIG Council, 146 workers, 13 of whom were women and 10 of whom were children, lost their lives.

 

Istanbul Health and Safety at Work (ISIG) Council announced its report on workplace homicides for July. According to the report, 146 workers lost their lives in the last month. It was stated that 116 of the 146 laborers who lost their lives were wage earners and 30 were self-employed.

 

It was stated in the report that 13 of those who lost their lives in workplace homicides were women workers and 133 were male workers, and that women worker killings occurred in agriculture, mining and health sectors. In the report, it was shared that eight refugee workers lost their lives in July, including four Syrians, two Turkmenistani, one Afghan and one South Korean.

 

Most of those who lost their lives were in the agricultural sector

 

In the report, which states that most of the deaths occur in agriculture/forest, construction/road, transportation, trade/office/education, mining, metal, energy, municipality/general works, chemistry and accommodation, it is emphasized that 24 workers and 21 farmers lost their lives in agriculture. In the report, it was mentioned that a workplace homicide occurs almost every day in constructions, and that only two of those who died in workplace homicides in July were unionized workers, and they also worked in education and metal business lines.

 

Falling down from height is the most common cause of death

 

It was mentioned that the most common causes of death were traffic accident, falling down from height, crushing/dent, heart attack, electric shock, explosion/burning and violence. In the report, it was pointed out that a mineworker died due to the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, which she was caught by a tick bite. In the report, 12 of which were agricultural and 11 transport workers lost their lives due to traffic accidents, it was stated that 14 of the workplace homicides in construction were caused by falling down from height.

 

10 of those who lost their lives were employed in child age

 

In the report, which stated that 10 of those who lost their lives were children, it was stated that the children were working in agriculture, wood, construction, energy and transportation sectors. In the report, which it was mentioned that there were 40 workers aged 51 and over who died while working, it was stated that these were farmers and artisans, and were agriculture, mine, office, metal, construction, energy, transportation, shipyard, health, municipal workers.

 

Most deaths in Istanbul

 

The report, which drew attention to the fact that the most worker deaths occurred in Istanbul, included the following: ‘’11 deaths were in Istanbul; eight deaths in Izmir; seven deaths each in Afyon and Antalya; six deaths in Manisa; five deaths each in Ağrı, Bursa, Gaziantep and Şanlıurfa; four deaths each in Mersin, Muğla and Samsun; three deaths each in Adana, Ankara, Bilecik, Erzincan, Kocaeli, Kütahya, Niğde, Osmaniye, Sakarya, Sivas and Van; two deaths each in Adıyaman, Aydın, Denizli, Giresun, Isparta, Maraş, Karaman, Kayseri, Malatya and Tekirdağ; one death each occurred in Artvin, Balıkesir, Batman, Çorum, Elazığ, Erzurum, Hatay, Kars, Karabük, Kastamonu, Kırıkkale, Kırklareli, Kırşehir, Kilis, Konya, Ordu, Tokat, Trabzon, Zonguldak, Bulgaria, Iraq and Namibia occured.’’