Qatar World Cup, accident in Saudi Arabian resort: Filipino worker died – Football

Another dead for i World Cup. This time, just as the teams played and cheered on the pitch. It is a migrant worker of Filipino origin, around 40 years old, who died during the repairs inside a resort used as a training center by theSaudi Arabia. The American in-depth site told it The Athletic, according to which the tragic event took place during the group stage of the tournament. The government is investigating the episode Qataralso because the resort at that time was under the jurisdiction of Fifawho had chosen it as one of the training centers for the teams due to the presence of a full-size soccer field within the structure.

The accident allegedly occurred on a forklift. The worker while walking on a ramp slipped and fell onto the concrete of a public road adjacent to the resort. Transport by helicopter to the hospital was useless, which could not prevent the death of the man, employed by a Qatari company. It would be the first real case of death at work linked to the holding of these world championships, even if the matter did not end up within the competence of the tournament’s Supreme Safety Committee.