İSİG: 226 workers died in September, at least 1,736 in 9 months

Published 7 Oct, 12:55 Updated 7 Oct, 15:06 Photo: Evrensel

According to the Health and Safety Labour Assembly (İSİG), 226 workers died in September and at least 1,736 workers died in the first nine months of the year. Eight of those who died in September were children.

According to the Health and Safety Labour Assembly's report, 21 of the dead were women and 205 were men. Fourteen were refugees. Among causes of death, traffic accidents accounted for 22%, and falls from height and crushing-collapse accounted for 18% each.