44 workers die in 7 days

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Council (ISIG) 44 workers lost their life during the first 7 days of 2017
Monday, 09 January 2017 02:48

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Council (ISIG) 44 workers lost their life during the first 7 days of 2017. Same institution claims 1970 cases ended deadly in 2016.

Miner İsmail Karakaya, 44, got injured after being caught in caterpillar and lost his life on Saturday in Soma, western Turkey.

Karakaya could not survive despite all efforts of the hospital that he was taken to. He was married with 2 children. 

In 2014, 301 miners were killed in a fire inside a coal mine in Soma, the nation's worst mining disaster. The occupational murders exposed poor safety standards and superficial government inspections in Turkey's mines.