content tagged with work safety

"Lack of Occupational Safety Hinders EU Process"

"Lack of Occupational Safety Hinders EU Process"

bianet interviewed Prof. Dr Aktar who emphasized the importance of the unions in order to ensure occupational safety and remarked that the obstacles in unionization also hinder the EU membership process.

20 May 2014 Elif Akgül

82 Workers Die at Work in November

82 Workers Die at Work in November

At least 82 workers have lost their lives at work in November adding up to total death toll of 802 in 2011, according to data compiled by a worker health and safety association.

4 December 2012

Work Safety? - Too Expensive...

Work Safety? - Too Expensive...

A report of the Istanbul Assembly for Occupational Health and Work Safety revealed that 396 workers died in accidents at work in the first nine months of this year. The assembly holds the state and the companies responsible since they neglected work security.

20 October 2011

7 Shipyard Workers Die in 6 Months

Shipyard Deaths

7 Shipyard Workers Die in 6 Months

The death of a shipyard worker on 8 June is only the last in a long list of accidents and deaths. The trade union LİMTER-İŞ lists 124 deaths since 1992.

10 June 2009 Tolga Korkut

Engineers Find Many Faults at Hospital after Fire

Fire in Bursa State Hospital

Engineers Find Many Faults at Hospital after Fire

According to a preliminary examination by engineers, the Bursa hospital where a fire broke out was not prepared for an emergency.

27 May 2009 Bawer Çakır

Minister of Labour: 60 Denim Workshops to Be Closed

Minister of Labour: 60 Denim Workshops to Be Closed

This week another denim sandblasting worker lost his life at a young age. Minister of Labour Faruk Çelik has announced the closure of many workshops operating in unhealthy conditions.

7 March 2009 Bawer Çakır

Denim Workers Continue to Die for Sake of "Faded Look"

Denim Workers Continue to Die for Sake of "Faded Look"

Silicosis patient Ruhat Yıldırak (24) is the 39th denim sand blasting worker to have died. He had been given oxygen for the last year.

4 March 2009 Bawer Çakır

Yet Another Death at a Shipyard

The second shipyard death this year is "only" one in a long tragic chain of deaths. Worker Cemil Akgül died on 18 February after being electrocuted at the Tuzla Shipyards on the outskirts of Istanbul.

19 February 2009 Emine Özcan