At least 157 workers killed on the job in September

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At least 157 workers were killed on the job in September, according to the monthly report of the Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG) released today (October 12).

Some 1,359 workers were killed in the first nine months of the year, according to the İSİG reports.

At least 120 workers were killed in January, 109 were killed in February, 122 were killed in March, 129 were killed in April, 176 were killed in May, 189 were killed in June, 171 were killed in July, and 186 were killed in August.

Among the killed workers, 1,173 (86 percent) were paid workers (workers and civil servants) and 186 were working on their own behalf (shopkeepers and farmers).

Unionization

Only 39, or 2.86 percent, of the killed workers were unionized, whereas 1,320, or 97.14 percent, of them were not members of a union.

Child workers

Eighty-six of the killed workers this year were women and 1,273 were men. Twenty-one child workers younger than 15 and 31 child workers between the ages of 15-17 were killed.

While the İSİG was not able to confirm the ages of 76 workers, 212 workers were in the 18-27 age group, 659 were in the 28-50 age group, 280 were in the 51-64 age group and 80 were older than 65.

Refugee workers

Seventy-five refugee workers have been killed on the job since the start of the year. Thirty-three were from Syria, 16 were from Afghanistan, four were from Uzbekistan, three were from Iran, six were from Turkmenistan, and one worker was from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Russia, Pakistan, Serbia, Ukraine and Greece each.

Sectors

The highest number of the deaths occurred in the sector of agriculture and forestry with 275, including 141 workers and 134 farmers.

Some 269 workers were in the construction and road sector, 163 were in the transportation sector, 79 were in the trade, office, education and cinema sector, and 79 were in the metal sector. The İSİG was not able to identify the sectors of 38 workers. (HA/VK)