carry up the cement,” adding, “I can’t find any other work.”255 Nurullah F., age 15, reported: “I had to carry cement up to the fourth floor.… They cut plastic containers and put cement inside and I had to carry those containers up to the fourth floor. They weighed about 18 kg.”256 Children working outside the construction sector also ended up carrying heavy loads. Fifteen-year-old Nurullah F. told us: “I worked for 20 days in a factory…. We took boxes from the container and carried them into the shop. The boxes were sometimes one meter large, sometimes half a meter…. They were very heavy.… They weighed about 20-25 kilos.”257 Some children carried their heavy loads on concrete stairs; others, however, had to balance their loads on scaffolds and unfinished stairs without safety measures to prevent them from falling. Several children reported work injuries that resulted from falling off scaffolds and unfinished stairs. Wali P. told about his work and the fate of a friend: I walk up on wooden beams, as high as five floors. The [scaffold] is dangerous to walk up on and it’s difficult to keep the balance with one big bucket on a small beam. My friend fell down from the second floor onto the scaffold [underneath]. He injured his hand.… He went to the hospital and was in hospital for two weeks.258 Hazards were not limited to work in the construction sector. The risk of falling was also a risk for children employed in agriculture, a majority of whom harvested oranges. Boys climbed on ladders that stood on soft ground and reached out to pick oranges from the tops of trees. They told us how they and others frequently fell from these ladders. Hafez S, 16 years old, had harvested oranges: 255 Human Rights Watch interview with Wali P., Athens, May 27, 2008. 256 Human Rights Watch interview with Nurullah F., Athens, May 27, 2008. 257 Human Rights Watch interview with Nurullah F., Athens, May 27, 2008. 258 Human Rights Watch interview with Wali P., Athens, May 27, 2008. Left to Survive 78