Worker dies after fall at World Cup stadium in Qatar

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A safety guard died after struggling a fall at a World Cup stadium in Qatar, event organizers mentioned on Wednesday.

The Supreme Committee mentioned that John Njau Kibue fell at Lusail Stadium on Saturday. He was taken to the hospital and put in intensive care however died on Tuesday, the organizers mentioned in a press release. The safety employees at stadiums is essentially made up of migrant employees, significantly from Kenya and different African nations. The Supreme Committee didn’t specify Kibue’s nationality.

His household was knowledgeable and the organizers “are investigating the circumstances leading to the fall as a matter of urgency,” the committee mentioned.

There was no match at Lusail Stadium on Saturday. The venue will host the ultimate on Sunday between Argentina and the winner of the France-Morocco semifinal.

Since being named as host of this yr’s World Cup, Qatar has come below intense scrutiny over situations for over 2 million migrants who work within the nation in the whole lot from building jobs to service industries. Rights teams say employees face unsafe situations at work, together with excessive warmth that has precipitated deaths, in addition to exploitation by employers, regardless of reforms instituted by Qatar.

Qatari officers say stronger rules over work situations have been imposed below the reforms. They say three employees died in office accidents related to the development of recent stadiums for the World Cup over the previous decade, together with 37 different stadium employees who died exterior the office throughout that point. They argue that accident charges on the stadiums are akin to others all over the world.