At least 572 workers reportedly died in 423 workplace accidents across the country in 2019, according to a latest survey report. In 2018, some 484 accidents were recorded that killed some 592 workers, it revealed. Safety and Rights Society (SRS), a non-profit labour rights organisation, prepared the report by monitoring 26 daily newspapers (15 national…
Workplace accidents claimed the lives of as many as 257 workers across the country in the last six months, according to a report of the Safety and Rights Society. The January-June period of 2019 saw a total of 210 such accidents, it said. During the same period in 2018, some 352 people were killed in…
At least 592 workers were killed in 484 workplace accidents across the country in 2018 and most of the deaths occurred due to road accidents, says a survey report of Safety and Rights Society (SRS), a non-government organisation working for workplace health and safety. SRS prepared the report monitoring 26 daily newspapers (15 national and…
Three workers died after inhaling toxic gas in a septic tank at a house in Tongi on Monday. The deceased were identified as Atique, 25 and Shaheen, 30, two sons of Shahidullah of Phulbaria upazila in Mymensingh district and Faruk, 25, son of Zahirul Islam of Rangpur district, UNB reports. Ashiqur Rahman, station officer of…
The Daily Star, Back Page, Published On: 09-06-2018 See original story at https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/12-storey-fall-two-workers-killed-city-1588498 Construction Site: 3 workers killed in city Three construction workers died as scaffolding outside a 12-storey under-construction building broke in the city’s Dhanmondi area yesterday. The dead are Monirul Islam, 40, of Chapainawabganj, and Mokhlesur Rahman, 22, and Saidur Rahman, 35, of Kurigram.Monirul…
The Daily Star, Front Page, Published On: 2011-07-22 See original story at http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=195251 Construction Site: 4 die in lift collapse M Rahman and Shahin Mollah Four workers died as a makeshift lift carrying them plunged to the ground in a terrifying free-fall at an under-construction building in the city’s Kakrail yesterday evening. The dead were Zahidul…
A construction site at Nakhalpara in the city’s Tejgaon Industrial Area subsided taking with it an adjacent road and three tin-shed houses after the pilings collapsed early yesterday [May 21, 2011], also causing cracks on nearby multi-storey buildings, reports The Daily Star. Five construction workers were injured as they tumbled in the ditch formed after…
Most construction firm owners directly or indirectly force workers to work without any safety gear and in hazardous conditions which lead to frequent accidents at construction sites, reports The Daily Star on July 23, 2011. With a high unemployment rate, firm owners have the luxury of firing anyone who talks about safety, and hiring someone…