Deaths in Turkey’s ship breaking industry

There has been another two fatalities in the global ship breaking industry, one of the world’s deadliest industries. We’ve reported extensively on the dangers of this industry – see here, here and here. “The Love Boat” made famous by the 70s US sitcom, was shipped into Turkey’s ship breaking region where workers suffered smoke inhalation while breaking it down.  Nine workers were injured and two died.  Turkey’s ship breaking industry is the fourth largest in the world and one of the subject’s of the ILO’s “Safety and health in ship breaking: Guidelines for Asian countries and Turkey.”

There has been another two fatalities in the global ship breaking industry, one of the world’s deadliest industries. We’ve reported extensively on the dangers of this industry – see here, here and here. “The Love Boat” made famous by the 70s US sitcom, was shipped into Turkey’s ship breaking region where workers suffered smoke inhalation while breaking it down.  Nine workers were injured and two died.  Turkey’s ship breaking industry is the fourth largest in the world and one of the subject’s of the ILO’s “Safety and health in ship breaking: Guidelines for Asian countries and Turkey.”