İSİG: At least 144 workers lost their lives in February

The Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG) Assembly has released its occupational homicide report for February 2024.

The report was dedicated to the workers who have lost their lives in occupational homicides to date and whose bodies have not even been recovered, specifically mentioning the mine workers trapped under the landslide in İliç and the maritime workers on the Batuhan A ship that sank in the Sea of Marmara.

SUMMARY SHARED FROM THE REPORT

Stating that 9 workers were trapped under the rubble following a landslide of 10 million tons of cyanide-laced soil at the Çöpler Gold Mine, owned by the Canada and USA-based Anagold Mining, a summary was shared from the report prepared by the Independent Mine Workers' Union (Bağımsız Maden-İş) titled 'Anagold Observation Report-February 13, Before and After'.

Based on information obtained 65% from national media and 35% from the workers' colleagues, families, occupational safety experts, workplace physicians, unions, and local media, it was determined that at least 144 workers—at least 5 workers every day—lost their lives in occupational homicides in February.

The distribution of occupational homicides in February by industry is as follows:

39 workers in the Construction and Road industry; 17 workers in the Transportation industry; 13 workers in the Mining industry; 12 laborers in the Agriculture and Forestry industry (5 workers and 7 farmers); 11 workers in the Metal industry; 8 workers in the Municipality and General Services industry; 7 workers in the Ship, Shipyard, Maritime, and Port industry; 6 workers in the Accommodation and Entertainment industry; 4 workers in the Textile and Leather industry; 4 workers in the Wood and Paper industry; 4 workers in the Trade, Office, Education, and Cinema industry; 3 workers in the Cement, Soil, and Glass industry; 3 workers in the Health and Social Services industry; 2 workers in the Food and Sugar industry; 2 workers in the Petro-Chemical and Rubber industry; and 9 workers whose industry could not be determined lost their lives.

6 CHILD WORKERS LOST THEIR LIVES

The distribution of occupational homicides in February by age group is as follows:

1 child worker aged 14 or under, 5 child/young workers aged 15-17, 28 workers aged 18-29, 61 workers aged 30-49, 35 workers aged 50-64, 10 workers aged 65 and over, and 4 workers whose age is unknown lost their lives.

The distribution of occupational homicides in February by cause is as follows:

31 workers due to falling from a height; 31 workers due to crushing or landslides; 25 workers due to traffic or shuttle accidents; 14 workers due to heart attacks or brain hemorrhages; 11 workers due to poisoning or suffocation; 6 workers due to violence; 5 workers due to explosions or burns; 4 workers due to being struck by an object; 3 workers due to suicide; 1 worker due to electrocution; and 13 workers due to other causes lost their lives.

News Source: 12punto