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Elevator accident: Workers die due to contractors’ ambitions to make more money

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TORUN-KAZAThe 10 workers were killed when an industrial elevator car carrying them fell from the 32nd floor of the building they were working on, crashing to the ground floor. The Torun Center is a high-rise residential complex being built where the Ali Sami Yen Stadium once stood in İstanbul’s Şişli district.

Two people were detained over the weekend. Three more were detained on Tuesday and taken to the Şişli Police Station Public Safety Department.
The reason for the accident is still being investigated. The Turkish partner of the elevator manufacturer, Geda-Major, said in a statement on Monday it was not in charge of operating the hoist. On Tuesday, the Germany-based GEDA-Dechentreiter GmbH & Co. KG told Today’s Zaman in a written message: “GEDA will do everything we can do to contribute to the clarification of the accident cause. As a first step we will send independent experts to İstanbul as soon as possible.”

There have been claims that the elevator was overloaded at the time, as the prosecutor has established that it was transporting more than 1000 kg of construction material, in addition to its human cargo.

Deaths on the job have increased significantly in the construction industry, Turkey’s economic locomotive sector under the Justice and Development Party (AK Party), which has changed job safety laws and regulations, making them increasingly lenient for business owners. About 14,000 workers — from all industrial sectors — have died as a result of job accidents during the past 12 years under the AK Party government. In another recent tragedy, 301 miners died at a coal mine in Manisa’s town of Soma in May this year, which experts have said could have been prevented if the safety standards set by the state had been stricter.

SOURCE: MEDIA

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