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According to the Occupational Health and Safety Council, at least 182 workers have lost their lives in occupational homicides in October. The death toll has reached 1,683 for the first ten months of 2017.

At least 217 workers lost their lives in occupational homicides in August. 198 of these workers were men and 19 were women. The most homicides occurred in İstanbul and Sakarya.

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Council, at least 205 workers, 163 of whom are laborers/public servants, 30 others are farmers/small-scale landowners and 42 are self-employed including 12 tradespeople, have lost their lives in occupational homicides in July.

According to Occupational Health and Safety Council, at least 272 construction workers lost their lives in 2014. Almost all these workers were working under contractions. 57 percent of workers lost their lives by falling.

In August, at least 158 workers died. 11 out of them were women, 10 were immigrants, and 10 were child workers.

Occupational Health and Safety Council announced the data on workers who died in mines in last 20 months.