"At least 1,138 workers killed in eight months in Turkey: Report", 09 September 2015

At least 1,138 workers have died in the first eight months of 2015, according to a monthly report recently released by a non-governmental organization dealing with worker health and safety issues, with at least 158 worker deaths in August alone. The number of worker deaths in the first eight months of 2015 totaled at least 1,138, says the Worker Health and Work Safety Assembly (İSİGM) report, compiled according to data in print and online media, as well as labor unions and organizations... The report noted that the sectors where the most worker deaths were seen in the first eight months of 2015 were agriculture, logistics and construction...