At least 165 workers lost their lives in October

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The Health and Safety Labor Watch has released its monthly report on occupational homicides in October 2021.

The report has shown that at least 165 workers lost their lives in occupational homicides in October. In the first 10 months of this year, at least 1,853 workers died in occupational homicides, according to the report.

The report of the Labor Watch has noted that 145 of the 165 deceased workers were wage earners (workers and civil servants) and 20 were self-employed (farmers and shopkeepers). While 16 of the deceased were women, 149 were men. The occupational homicides of women took place in the sectors of education, metal, healthcare and general affairs.

According to the report, five migrants/refugees also lost their lives in occupational homicides. Three of the deceased workers were from Syria while one from Afghanistan and one worker was from Georgia.

The report has shown that 17 workers and five farmers lost their lives in the agricultural sector and one quarter of deaths occurred in the industrial business lines. The COVID-19 deaths among workers mostly happened in the sectors of healthcare and education/bureau.

In October 2021, nine of the deceased workers (or 5.45 percent) were unionized. The union members were working in the sectors of food, chemistry, education, bureau, metal, healthcare and security.

The most frequent causes of death were COVID-19, being crushed/trapped under debris, traffic/service vehicle accidents, falling from a high place, being poisoned/suffocated, heart attack, violence, explosion/burning, suicide, electric shock and cut/perforation.

While 15 workers died of COVID-19 in the healthcare sector, 14 died in the bureau/education sector and three in security.

Half of the occupational homicides at construction sites happened as a result of falling from a high place.

Two children also lost their lives in occupational homicides. Both children were working in the agriculture sector.

The names of deceased workers:

Süleyman Arık, Recep Yıldız, Hüseyin Köse, Mustafa Altıparmak, İbrahim Kös, Mustafa Yalçın, Kaya Dursun, Kemal Kamacı, Veli Bilen, Uğur Özmen, Nizamettin Alkan, Nedip Afgani, Ali Kubacık, Mehmet Sakı, Ali Özgün, Fehmi Batur, Mehmet Durmaz, Mehmet Esen, İsmail Demirci, Eyüp Ertuğrul, Şaban Coşkun, Mehmet Yıldırım, Cemil Hacıtemeloğlu, Ramazan Hacısalihoğlu, Sinan Taşkıran, Mustafa D., Ramazan Akkoyun, Zülküf Akarsu, İlyas Köken, Yakup Dursun, Erdal Aşkar, Zekeriya Yıldız, Fedai Büyüköztürk, Cemal Yücel, Mehmet Demir, Sadık Çiçek, Özkan Deniz, Suat Atlı, Ali Ekber Demirtaş, Murat Ceylan, Enes Burak, Yusuf Üzen, Abuzer Atakan Gür, Muhammet Saltuk Kalem, Murat Eken, Nedim Taş, Recep Kula, Kemal Kuruçay, Salman Ateş, Uğur Bakır, Ümmühani Yeşilkaya, Selami Bozacı, Yaşar Demirbaş, Melek İnci Göktuğ, Serdar Davarcı, Ali Yurdakul, Nurcan Uçar, Alihan Özkaya, Kamil Soydan, Lütfiye Terzi Özer, Ramazan Şadet Güvercin, Zeki Nalbantoğlu, Ahmet Tuğral, Ömer Gökdemir, Hasan Ali Yıldırım, Yılmaz Ateşalp, Ahmet Çukur, Ahmethan Şanlı, Emrah İlker, Aslıhan Kazın, İpek Akın, Engin Tümen, Ali Yücel, Muhammet Emin Şenateş, Ramazan Yalçın, Şakir Avcı, Köksal Zeynel, Ahmet İnanır, Ali Gökçe, Mustafa İhtiyar, Adem Sayın, Arif Kartal, Ferhat Akyol, Cömert Özcan, Zeki Zencirli, İbrahim Heydo, Hakan Kolcu, Mehmet Öztürk, Atakan Ağdaş, Nuri Aydın, Osman Güler, Muhsin Yalçın, Veysi Emre, Emin Özcan, İbrahim Yiğit, Ramazan Enes Şimşek, Nurettin Uçak, Bahri Dinç, Ali Bayar, Orhan Hançer, Kemal Demir, Ergün Yıldız, Emrullah Anşin, Ömer Faruk Kaya, Sinan Çelik, Nurbay Irmak, Gazi Çiçek, Süleyman Yavuz, Mustafa Yaş, Muzaffer Uzun, Dursun Güleç, Yusuf Kahveci, Hafız Yoğurtçu, Ümit Ceylan, Emre Özdoğan, Gökhan Nas, Metin Altun, Muaz Bellikli, Oğuz Güzey, Beka Iremadze, Serap Yeşil, Orhan Yurtcu, Bekir Koç, Rümeysa Berin Şen, Hüseyin Taflan, Lokman Toksoy, Fadıl Çekiç, Ahmet Dikmen, Elif Aydın Yamak, İlknur Ünal, Melek Çolak, Sevgül Memet, Ceren Döğerli Kantar, Hakan Kocaefe, Fatma Yeşil, Ramazan Öztürk, Abdullah Canataroğlu, Nagihan Özcan, Mustafa Duran, Emrah Meydan, Ömer Fırıncı, Ayberk Karagöz, Bülent Üstüner, Cebrail Şahin, Muharrem Can, Ferdi S., Mustafa Arslan, Ahmet Özbey, Mehmet Güngör, Bilal Öztürk, Adem Topbaş, İrfan Çelik, Süleyman Şen, Turgay Kayaalp, Yavuz Barlas, Necmiye Çavdar, Yaşar Soylu, Ali Doğan, A.E., Namık Çöloğlu, Seyfettin Kara, Salih Tiriç, Abubekir Akpınar, Recep Polat and one worker whose name could not be learned.

(EMK/SD)