DEU Hospital workers react to HABAŞ tragedy: A call for a new order
Following the overhead crane accident at the HABAŞ Iron and Steel Factory in Aliağa, İzmir, which claimed the lives of 19 workers, health workers at DEU Hospital issued a statement demanding humane working conditions against work-related homicides.
After the tragedy at the HABAŞ Iron and Steel Factory in Aliağa, İzmir, where 19 workers lost their lives due to a collapsing overhead crane, health workers Çağlar Barut and Halil Atlas from Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) Hospital issued a statement.
The health workers stated that the incident was not an accident but a result of a lack of oversight and greed for profit, emphasizing the need to establish a new order where humane working conditions are provided against work-related homicides. The statement expressed that responsibility should not be limited to lower-level employees.
The workers pointed out that the losses were preventable, stating that public officials who fail to fulfill their inspection duties and employers who view worker health as a cost must also be held accountable in the process.
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