351 Turkish workers killed on the job in 2015, report reveals

[Left-Wing Nutjob]

At least 139 workers died as a result of workplace hazards in March 2015, with the total death toll exceeding 351 over the first three months of 2015, according to a report by the Turkey-based Workplace Health and Safety Assembly.

The assembly listed traffic accidents, injuries sustained in crushing incidents, falls, suffocation and poisoning as the most common occupational incidents leading to workers’ deaths.

The report underlined that while many companies failed to provide health and safety at work, the state was responsible as well due to negligence.

-Hurriyet Daily News (I can't post the article link - under 25 posts - you should be able to find it online though...)

[willowtooth]

not sure about march 2015 but in the USA this happens


In 2013, 4,585 workers were killed on the job in the United States, and an estimated 50,000 died from occupational diseases, resulting in a loss of 150 workers each day from hazardous working conditions.