Qatar has launched a work safety investigation into the death of a worker after reports that a Filipino man died at a training site during the FIFAWorldCup
Nasser Al Khater, chief executive of the 2022 World Cup in Doha, confirmed to Reuters that a worker had died, but gave no further details. He offered his condolences to his family and said "death is a natural part of life".
Citing multiple unnamed sources, it said the accident occurred during the World Cup, but did not specify when. "The rate of work-related accidents has consistently declined in Qatar since strict health and safety standards were introduced and enforcement has been stepped up," he said. Qatar's World Cup organisers, the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, said in a statement that it was not involved in the Qatari investigation as "the deceased working as a contractor, not under the remit of the SC".Britain's Guardian newspaper reported last year that at least 6,500 migrant workers - many of them working on World Cup projects - had died in Qatar since 2010, based on its calculations from official records.
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