News Center- The Laborer Health and Occupational Safety Assembly (İSİG) has released its report giving information about how many workers died in Türkiye in the first six months of 2024. At least 878 workers died in workplace accidents in the first six months of 2024, the report said.

At least 137 workers died in June 2024, the report added. 757 of 878 workers were employed (workers and civil servants) and 121 of them were self-employed (farmers and tradesmen).

224 workers were working in the construction sector, 141 in the agriculture/forestry sector, 103 in the transportation sector, 63 in the hospitality sector and 49 in the municipal sector, the report said.

33 women died in workplace accidents

Of the 878 workers who died in workplace accidents in the first six months of 2024, 33 were women, 33 were children and 36 were refugees, according to the report. “151 workers died in Istanbul and 50 workers in Izmir, 32 in Şanlıurfa, 31 in Gaziantep, 31 in Konya and 28 in Bursa,” the report said.