Report says death rate in Turkey’s ship sector is 30 times the country average
The Occupational Health and Safety Assembly (ISI) announced in its ‘Aliağa Job Murders Report’ that at least 97 workers had died in Izmir Aliağa between 2013 and 2022. The report said that the death rate in the ship sector was 30 times the average in Turkey, as a whole.
In the first part of the three-part report, the question “What is asbestos” was touched upon due to the fact that the Sao Paulo aircraft carrier was informed to be coming to Aliaga. In the second section, the occupational murders and working conditions that occurred in Aliağa during the period covering the first six months of this year from 2013, when the OHS Law No. 6331 began to be applied, were evaluated. In the third part, the evaluation in question was conveyed with graphs.
“28 per cent of business murders are in ship dismantling”
The findings in the second part of the report are as follows:
*Looking at our information resources, every third worker death in Aliaga with 101 thousand inhabitants, especially in ship dismantling and metal, is not reflected in the national press. Although SGK (social security) is notified, attempts are made to hide it from society. However, thanks to the class movement locally, the deaths were reflected in the press.
“Deaths are 30 times the officially announced rate in Turkey”
28 percent of business murders are in ship dismantling and 27 percent are in metal. In other words, more than half of the worker deaths occur in these two sectors. In particular, we would like to draw attention to the ship dismantling sector. Seven worker deaths in this industry in the last year may sound not many, because about 2,000 workers die while working in Turkey every year. However, if we note that there are about 1500 ship dismantling workers in the district, and when we look at the rate, the death rate in the Aliağa ship dismantling sector is equivalent to 30 times the officially announced worker death rate in Turkey, the situation will be better understood.
