The Health and Safety Labor Council (ISIG) published the work-related deaths report for the month of August. According to the report, 179 workers lost their lives last month.

Nine of the workers who lost their lives were children. The sector with the most deaths was construction/roads with 47 deaths. This was followed by agriculture/forest with 39 deaths, transportation with 24 deaths, accommodation with 10 deaths and mining with 8 deaths.

The report added that 23 percent of the deaths were due to falls from heights, 20 percent were traffic accidents and 18 percent were during crushing and collapses.

The report stated that the most work-related deaths occurred in Istanbul, with Aydın in second place.