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12 Feb 2016

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Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (Qatar)

Qatar 2022 World Cup Migrant Worker Fatality: January 2016

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...In January 2016...a 55-year-old Indian worker employed as a heavy goods driver was taken to a Doha medical facility after suffering a heart attack in his accommodation. He sadly passed away later that evening...[T]he SC [Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy] ensured that appropriate procedures were followed for the repatriation of the remains and payment of the final benefits to the employees’ families. Investigations...confirmed that work duties were not a contributory factor. In line with international health and safety standards adhered to by companies operating across the world...the incidents were recorded as non-construction-related fatalities.

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