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At least 249 workers lose their lives in April

At least 249 workers lose their lives in April

According to the monthly report of the Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG), at least 735 workers lost their lives in the first four months of 2021.

‘502 workers driven to suicide in Turkey in 8 years’

HEALTH & SAFETY LABOR WATCH

‘502 workers driven to suicide in Turkey in 8 years’

A recent report released by the İSİG Assembly has shown that while 30 workers driven to suicide in Turkey in the last 8 years were women, six were children.

Child worker loses his life in Giresun

Child worker loses his life in Giresun

16-year-old Ramazan Şimşek was crushed by a hoeing machine and lost his life in Turkey’s Black Sea province of Giresun. He was on his way back from ploughing a field.

‘156 Workers Lost Their Lives in May, At Least 29 Due to Coronavirus’

HEALTH AND SAFETY LABOR WATCH

‘156 Workers Lost Their Lives in May, At Least 29 Due to Coronavirus’

Of 156 workers who lost their lives in May, six were women and six were children, according to a recent report released by the Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG Assembly). At least 29 of the deceased died of coronavirus.

At Least 128 Workers Lose Their Lives Due to Coronavirus in 2 Months

HEALTH AND SAFETY LABOR WATCH

At Least 128 Workers Lose Their Lives Due to Coronavirus in 2 Months

“The policies and developments in the second month of the coronavirus outbreak have manifested that the outbreak is a question of class,” the Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG Assembly) has noted in a recent report.

817 Women Lose Their Lives in Occupational Homicides in 7 Years

HEALTH AND SAFETY LABOR WATCH REPORT

817 Women Lose Their Lives in Occupational Homicides in 7 Years

According to the figures shared by the Health and Safety Labor Watch on the occasion of International Women’s Day, at least 817 women workers lost their lives in occupational homicides in Turkey from 2013 to 2019.

'Ninety-Five Percent of Workers Killed in Occupational Homicides Precarious, Non-Union'

İSİG ASSEMBLY 2019 REPORT

'Ninety-Five Percent of Workers Killed in Occupational Homicides Precarious, Non-Union'

"All these deaths are a result of the measures that are not taken and the controls that are not carried out," Kansu Yıldırım from the İSİG Assembly has said.

14 January 2020 Hikmet Adal

İSİG Assembly: At Least 126 Workers Killed in Occupational Homicides in November

İSİG Assembly: At Least 126 Workers Killed in Occupational Homicides in November

According to the Health and Safety Labor Watch Report, 1,606 workers lost their lives in occupational homicides in 2019.

6 December 2019

At Least 155 Workers Lose Their Lives in October

HEALTH AND SAFETY LABOR WATCH REPORT

At Least 155 Workers Lose Their Lives in October

According to the figures announced by the Health and Safety Labor Watch, 1,477 workers have lost their lives in occupational homicides in the first 10 months of 2019. 155 workers, including two children and seven women, died in October.

4 November 2019

İSİG Assembly: 145 Workers Killed in Occupational Homicides in September

İSİG Assembly: 145 Workers Killed in Occupational Homicides in September

Eleven of the killed workers were female and nine of them were refugees.

At Least 148 Workers Lose Their Lives in August

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ASSEMBLY REPORT

At Least 148 Workers Lose Their Lives in August

Of the killed workers, 14 were children, 12 were women and 11 were immigrants. The total number of occupational homicides this yeart was 1,174.

9 September 2019

506 Refugees Lose Their Lives in Occupational Homicides in 6 Years

LABORERS’ HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ASSEMBLY

506 Refugees Lose Their Lives in Occupational Homicides in 6 Years

According to the report of Laborers’ Health and Occupational Safety (İSİG) Assembly, 163 occupational homicides took place in July. While six of the deceased were children, 10 of them were women and six of them were refugees.

At Least 108 Workers Lose Their Lives in March

LABORERS' HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ASSEMBLY

At Least 108 Workers Lose Their Lives in March

In March, 108 workers have lost their lives, including 104 men, five children, and 11 refugees. The number of workers who lost their lives in occupational homicides became 392.

'Women Workers are Not Seen Even if They Die in Occupational Homicides'

LABORERS' HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ASSEMBLY

'Women Workers are Not Seen Even if They Die in Occupational Homicides'

According to the February report of the İSİG, 125 workers, including 9 women and one child, have been killed in occupational homicides. Ahead of March 8, the report addresses women workers' situation in terms of workers' health and job security.

At Least 155 Workers Lose Their Lives in January

LABORERS’ HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ASSEMBLY

At Least 155 Workers Lose Their Lives in January

According to a report released by the Laborers’ Health and Occupational Safety (İSİG) Assembly, at least 155 workers, including 10 children and 11 women, have lost their lives in occupational homicides across Turkey in the first month of 2019.

4 February 2019

At Least 108 Migrant-Refugee Workers Lose Their Lives in 2018

LABORERS’ HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ASSEMBLY

At Least 108 Migrant-Refugee Workers Lose Their Lives in 2018

According to a report released by the Laborers’ Health and Occupational Safety Assembly on the occasion of International Migrants Day, at least 108 migrant-refugee workers have lost their lives in occupational homicides across Turkey in 2018.

20 December 2018

At Least 154 Workers Lost Their Lives in November

LABORERS’ HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ASSEMBLY

At Least 154 Workers Lost Their Lives in November

The Laborers’ Health and Occupational Safety (İSİG) Assembly has announced that at least 154 workers died in occupational homicides across Turkey in November. Between the years 2002 and 2018, 1,693 mine workers have also lost their lives.

4 December 2018

‘52 Deadly Occupational Accidents Occur in Construction of 3rd İstanbul Airport’

PRESIDENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER

‘52 Deadly Occupational Accidents Occur in Construction of 3rd İstanbul Airport’

Responding to the questions of CHP İstanbul MP Ali Şeker, the Presidency Communication Center has announced that 52 deadly occupational accidents have taken place in the construction of the 3rd Airport in İstanbul in five years.

3 December 2018

At Least 177 Workers Lost Their Lives in October

LABORERS’ HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ASSEMBLY

At Least 177 Workers Lost Their Lives in October

In the first ten months of 2018, 1,640 workers have lost their lives in occupational homicides across Turkey. At least 177 workers, two of whom were children and ten of whom were women, lost their lives in October.

5 November 2018