World Cup 2022, in 2020 in Qatar 50 workers died on construction sites, 500 seriously injured

Fifty workers dead and over 500 seriously injured in 2020 in Qatar, which is preparing to host the next edition of the World Cup at the end of 2022. The number of lightly injured stands at 37,600. This is what emerges from a report by the International Labor Organization (Oil). Most of the victims, notes the international organization, “are mainly migrant workers from Bangladesh, India and Nepal and mainly worked in the construction sector. Falls from height and road accidents are the main causes caused serious injuries. Objects falling on construction sites follow. ” The report, the ILO underlines, “follows up on appeals for greater transparency and greater accountability with regard to workplace deaths in Qatar, in particular for legal infrastructure projects at the World Cup”. “This is – explains Rafael Consunji, the director of the accident prevention program of the Hamad Trauma Center and principal researcher of the Wurq – the most complete and most precise picture so far on accidents at work in Qatar. The results of our research have already contributed to the awareness campaigns aimed at workers and employers and training programs for labor inspectors “. The analysis of the data, explains Max Tunon, head of the ILO project in Qatar, “has allowed us to propose a set of recommendations that can serve as a road map for action. We must act urgently, behind every data. there is a worker and a family “.