İSİG: 146 workers killed in occupational homicides in July

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At least 173 workers were killed in occupational homicides in July, according to the monthly report of the Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG). 

Some 1,301 workers have been killed so far this year, according to İSİG reports. 

İSİG defines the death of workers who died while working as "occupational homicides" rather than workplace accidents as most of such incients are preventible.

• The number of killed workers per month:
January: 203
February: 142
March: 144
April: 257
May: 236
June: 173
July: 146

• 116 of the killed workers last month were paid workers (workers and civil servants) and 30 were working on their own behalf.

• Thirteen of the killed workers were women and 133 were men. Women workers were working in the sectors of agriculture, mining and healthcare.

• Eight of the killed workers were refugees. Four were from Syria, two were from Turkmenistan, one was from Afghanistan and one was from South Korea.

• The sectors with the highest number of deaths were agriculture/forestry, transportation, trade/office/education, mining, metal, energy, municipality/general, chemistry and accommodation.

• Twenty-four agricultural workers and 21 farmers lost their lives. Almost one occupational homicide happened every day in construction sites.

• Two of the killed workers were unionized. They were working in the education and metal sectors.

• The most common causes of death were traffic/shuttle accidents, falling from a height, crush, heart attack, electric shock, explosion/fire and violence.

• Twelve agricultural workers and 11 transportation workers were killed in traffic/shuttle accidents.

• Fourteen of the deaths in the construction sector were caused by falling from a height.

• Ten of the killed workers were children. They worked in the sectors of agriculture, construction, energy, transportation

• Forty of the killed workers were above the age of 51.

• İstanbul was the city with the highest number of occupational homicides as 11 workers were killed in the city. Eight workers were killed in İzmir and seven workers were killed in Afyon and Antalya each.

• In the first seven months of the year, at least 1,168 workers died of Covid-19. (HA/VK)