News Center - The Workers' Health and Occupational Safety Council (ISIG) has published its April report. Workplace accidents killed at least 249 workers in April, Turkey, and 19 of them were women, says the report.

As the number of workers killed at the workplace was at least 203, workplace accidents killed at least 139 workers. In March, workplace accidents killed at least 144 workers, according to the report.

The workplace accidents killed 19 female workers and 230 male workers in April. Killed women worked in different sectors, such as in agriculture, trade, education, and health sectors. 95 of the workers were over 51 years old, says the report.

The report also includes the number of refugee workers. The workplace accidents killed 11 refugee workers; five Syrian, five Pakistani, and one Bulgarian refugee workers, says the report.