The Health and Safety Labor Observatory (ISIG) said in its July report about work-related deaths that 182 workers lost their lives. The number of workers killed on the job in the first 7 months of 2023 has reached 1051.

116 workers were killed on the job in January, 195 in February, 130 in March, 123 in April,146 in May, and 159 in June. Since the beginning of the year, there have been almost 5 work-related casualties per day.

Of the workers who lost their lives in July, 6 were children under the age of 14. In addition, four teenagers between the ages of 15-17, and 38 young people between 18-29 were also killed.

The report added that 63 workers were between 30-49, 47 between 50-64, and 15 over the age of 65. The ages of 9 workers could not be established.

According to ISIG, the distribution of work-related accidents by sector in July was as follows:

Agriculture and forestry: 56 (22 workers and 34 farmers);
Transportation: 28;
Construction and road works: 21;
Municipal services and general work: 16;
Accommodation and entertainment: 10;
Trade, office, education, cinema: 9;
Energy: 8;
Food, sugar: 7;
Metal: 6;
Mining: 5;
Ship, shipyard, sea, port: 3;
Textile, leather: 2;
Press, journalism: 2;
Cement, soil, glass: 2;
Health, social services: 2;
Defense, security: 2;
Petrochemical, rubber: 1;
Wood, paper: 1 worker;
It could not be established the sector in which one worker was killed.

In July, the distribution of causes of death in work-related accidents was as follows:

Traffic accidents: 52;
Crushing, collapse: 35;
Electric shock: 22;
Falling from heights: 17;
Heart attack, stroke: 16;
Violence: 11;
Poisoning, drowning: 9;
Suicide: 6;
Explosion, burning: 5;
Cutting, detachment: 3;
Other causes: 6 workers.

ISIG highlighted the deaths of agricultural workers and working in excessive heat in their July report.