In 3 years, 9 workers died on the World Cup’s sites, a human tribute that is very telling of working conditions in Brazil. In 2013, there were 700,000 accidents, 15,000 injuries and 2,700 deaths at work. Subcontractors working for subcontractors, unscrupulous firms, poor employee training and the lack of labor inspectors are some of the reasons for this massacre.
Far from the slaughter observed in Qatar, where 44 Nepalese workers died building the sites for the 2022 World Cup, but much higher than in south Africa, where 2 workers died building the championship’s premises, the human tax paid by Brazil for the World Cup is telling of a flawed occupational health and safety (OHS) policy.
In 3 years, 9 workers died building World Cup sites, usually falling or crushed. The latest died on May 8, electrocuted in the Cuiabá stadium (Mato Grosso, center-west of t
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