Turkish gov't follows up on deadly shipyard accidents
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The Turkish government has launched multiple investigations into deadly accidents at the country’s leading shipyard in Istanbul, an official said Tuesday. A worker's union demanded the labor minister's resignation, blaming gov't oversight for the accidents.
The prime minister’s office and the Labor Ministry launched separate investigations into the latest shipyard accident, which killed three workers and injured 12 others, Hasan Naiboglu, an official at the Undersecretariat for Maritime Affairs, told the AP.
Three workers were killed Monday and twelve others were injured in an accident that occurred at Gisan Shipyard in the Tuzla Shipyard Zone, when the ropes of a ship's boat snapped causing the fifteen workers to fall into the sea.
Labor Minister Faruk Celik, who has not taken the necessary measures, should immediately resign from his post, the Confederation of Public Sector Unions (KESK), said in a written statement on Tuesday.
A total of 102 workers have died at the shipyard since 1992. The sub-contracting system and noncompliance with the occupational safety regulations in shipyard operations are seen as the major causes of the deaths in
Most of the work there is outsourced to smaller companies, which have been accused of employing untrained workers and adopting poor safety practices.
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