Dubai’s Expo 2020 has acknowledged that five workers had been killed on site during construction of the massive world’s fair, revealing for the first time overall statistics for worker fatalities.
Expo previously said that its 200,000 laborers who built the site worked some 240 million hours in its construction. It, injuries or coronavirus infections despite repeated requests from The Associated Press and other journalists.
McGeachin also acknowledged that authorities were aware of cases involving contractors “withholding passports” and engaging in suspect “recruitment practices” and workplace safety violations on site.
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