‘The long tragic chain of deaths’ in Turkish shipyards

The Daily Mail today has:

Ahoy Humza! How did Turkish yard build Scots ferry SEVEN years quicker than you could?Turkish ferry project on time … and on budget 

There’s no mention of this kind of thing:

18 February 2009: Cemil Akgül (29), working for Elta Shipping, died of electric shock

8 February 2009: Selim Sevgili (30), working for the Dentaş subcontractor, died when a storage lid was dropped on him.

13 December 2008: Erdal İnceyol, working for Anadolu Sea Construction Cradles, died in an explosion

19 December 2008: Hızır Akbulut, injured in the same explosion, died in hospital.

20 December 2008: Aydın Kaplan (31) fell from a great height at a shipyard in Gölcük. He died after twenty days in intensive care.

12 September 2008: Muharrem Ceylan (16) died of electric shock at the Kurban shipyard in the Herkes village in Yalova

28 August 2008: Emrah Varol, Ramazan Aygün and Ramazan Çetinkaya died in an accident with a cutter at the Gisan shipyard.

29 July 2008: İbrahim Çelik, working for the Atlas Ship subcontractor at the GEMSAN shipyard in Tuzla, was carrying out repairs in the pump room when an explosion took place. He was hit in the head and seriously injured. He died on the way to hospital.

3 July 2008: Kemal Turan (47), working at the GİSAŞ shipyard, died when a storage lid fell on him.

8 June2008: İhsan Turan (35) also died when a storage lid was dropped on him.

17 May 2008: Murat Çalışkan (31), fell into a depot on deck of a ship and died.

17 May 2008: Deniz Kaşıkeman (26) died when he was mounting metal sheets. A metal sheet estimated to weigh 2.5 tons dropped on him.

8 May 2008: İzzet Gider died in an explosion after gas was compressed in the machine room.

21 April 2008: Hakan Oğuz (18) died at the Yaşar San shipyard in Yalova after falling onto his yed.

30 March 2008: Ali İhsan Çam (31) was working as a painter at the Sedef shipyard. He fell from a height and died.

27 March 2008: Yüksel Özdemir (45) was working as a scraper at Tuzla shipyards. He fell from a great height.

17 February 2008 Hasan Köse (24) suffered 80 percent burns of his body after an oxygen tube exploded at the Selahattin Arslan shipyard in Tuzla.

16 February 2008: Mikail Kavak (26) died of electrocution when working as a welder for the Gemkur subcontractor.

12 February 2008: Osman Göç (26) was poisoned by smoke while welding. He was able to go to the doctor’s who sent him home. When he got worse at night, he was taken to hospital, where he died.

12 February 2008: Cevat Toy (41) was working at the Dearsan shipyard when he fell of the wharf and died.

5 February 2008: Metin Turan (19) was working as a scraper at the Şahin Çelik shipyard: He fell into the sea and died.

14 January 2008 Onur Bayoğlu (19) was working as an electrician for Sedef shipyard. He fell into a depot and died. (EZÖ/AG)

https://bianet.org/haber/yet-another-death-at-a-shipyard-112689

Or this:

In the period, 2000 to 2010, there were 115 fatalities at Turkish shipyards: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257356552_Shipyard_fatalities_in_Turkey’

Or this in 2023:

The Turkish shipbuilding industry has become very successful internationally, but there has been a shocking record of accidents and lives lost.
According to TIB DER, around 100 workers have died on shipyards since 1985, fifty alone since 2001.

The workers demand the following:

  • Safety equipment such as hard hats, goggles, gloves, steel-toe shoes and safety belts need to be provided by the shipyard.
  • Each shipyard needs an infirmary, an ambulance and an emergency doctor
  • The use of grit powder, which is carcinogenic and pollutes the environment, should be banned.
  • One of the main reasons for the many deaths is the subcontracting system. Everyone should have the right to permanent employment.
  • Those responsible for the deaths need to be prosecuted.
  • Workers need to receive regular training in health and safety issues.
  • Most accidents happen during overtime; there should be an end to obligatory overtime.
  • The workers demand a 35-hour week with seven hours a day.
  • Workers should not be assigned to different jobs all the time; they should specialize.
  • Some accidents were caused by cranes and forklifts. This kind of machinery needs to undergo regular controls.
  • The shipbuilding industry should be categorised as heavy and dangerous work, thus entitling the workers to earlier retirement. (EZÖ/NZ/TK/AG)

https://m.bianet.org/kurdi/health/104852-how-many-more-shipyard-deaths

3 thoughts on “‘The long tragic chain of deaths’ in Turkish shipyards

  1. The trade union movement in the UK state was largely responsible for the health and safety regulations designed to protect workers.
    Prior to that,workers were seen as being expendable by a wealthy elite in their pursuit of self engrandisement.
    Brexit has given Westminster the opportunity to get rid of this “burden” and unfortunately,the trade union movement now has no political vehicle to stop it.
    We are being taken back in time by a wealthy elite and their propaganda media outlets.

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  2. Well they would hardly go with “Oi Rishi! How did Turkey manage to build and begin operating 628 miles of double track high speed rail in less time than it took the UK to part build 140 miles then cancel it ? Turkish HS rail project on time … and on budget”

    That would just be embarrassing

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