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Reported Death of Workers in Bangladesh, July, 2007

Incident No	Name	Death or Injury	Age	Date of Report	Location of Incident	Industry	Cause	Source	Key Company or Organisation Involved
1	Ten Workers	Injuries	-	8 Jul	44/B Malibagh Chowdhuripara	Factory - Garments	Fire	Jugantor	Envoy Group Garment Factory
2	Joshna Begum	Death	42	8 Jul	Kathpati, Bhoirab, Kishoreganj	Factory - Wood Mill	Electrocution	Protham Alo	-
3	Rofiqul Islam	Death	?	8 Jul	Kankhpur, Sonargaon, Narayanganj	Factory - Paper Mill	Caught in Machinery	Jungantor	Konik Paper Mill
4	Mohamed Anwar Hossain	Death	20	9 July	Lalbagh, Shitakunda, Chittagong	Ship-Breaking	Crushed by Iron Plate	Sangbad	Honda Ship Yard (Md Harun)
5	Akbar	Death	22	10 Jul	Rajakhali, Chittagong	Factory - Garment	Electrocuted	Prothom Alo	HKC Garment
6	Ashiqul Huq	Death	28	12 Jul	Kamapura, Turag, Tongi, Gazipur	Construction	Building Collapse	New Age	East West Medical
6	Rustam Ali	Death	28	12 Jul	Kamapura, Turag, Tongi, Gazipur	Construction	Building Collapse	New Age	East West Medical
6	20 Injuries	Injuries	-	12 Jul	Kamapura, Turag, Tongi, Gazipur	Construction	Building Collapse	New Age	East West Medical
7	Md. Harun	Death	20	13 Jul	Ajimpur, Newmarket, Dhaka	Construction	Fall from Height	Shamkal	Unknown
8	Joynal Abedin	Death	42	13 Jul	Bus Town, Savar Town, Savar	Construction	Crane Incident	Amar Desh	Rana Plaza
9	Sujon	Death	25	14 Jul	44/Ka/1, Indira Road (Bou Bazaar), Tajgaon, Dhaka	Construction	Electrocuted	Observer	Not Known
10	Keyesh	Death	18	14 Jul	Jamuna Bridge, West Link, Konabari, Sirajganj	Factory - Rice Mill	Boiler Explosion	Ittefaq	Not Known
11	Abul Basha	Death	?	15 Jul	106 Jigatala, Dhaka	Service - Cleaner	Electrocution	Ittefaq	Not Known
12	Abdul Motaleb	Death	25	16 Jul	Ohab colony, Bashabo, Dhaka	Construction	Fall from Height	Amar Desh	Unknown
13	15 Injuries	Injuries	-	18 Jul	Konabari, Gazipur	Factory - Garment	Fire	Prothom Alo	Newtown Knitwear Factory
14	Saiful Islam	Death	48	19 Jul	H14, Road 10, Section 13, Utttara, Dhaka	Construction	Fall from Height	Jugantur	Not Known
15	Shahul	Death	25	20 Jul	Kalur Morail, Bogra	Construction	Electrocution	Jonokhonto	Not Known
16	Abdul Kabir	Death	?	26 Jul	Kismat Market, Nayati, Siddhiraganj	Service - Electrician	Electrocution	Sangbad	Not Known
17	Shofiuddin Shoffi	Death	25	27 Jul	Natunpara, Dendabar, Palashbari	Construction	Electrocution	Shamakal	Not Known
17	Panna	Death	18	27 Jul	Natunpara, Dendabar, Palashbari	Construction	Electrocution	Shamakal	Not Known
18	Rustam Ali	Death	24	29 Jul	Nr Railway Station, Tongi, Gazipur	Construction	Electrocution	Jugantur	Anwar Hossain
19	Akter Hossain	Death	40	29 Jul	Tejgaon, Dhaka	Service - CNG Station	CNG tank Explosion	Itefaq	Super CNG Filling Station
20	Dilbor	Death	28	30 Jul	Dendabor, Ashulia, Savar	Construction	Electrocution	Shangbad	Dilbor Miah
20	Rakmat	Death	22	26 Jun	8 No Ward, Valuka, Mymensingh	Construction	Electrocution	Sangbad	Mojibur Market
21	Mozahar Sardar	Deaths	32	27 Jul	Baldbhadrapur, Banagram, Morrelganj, Bagerat	Construction	Electrocution	Observer	-
23	Shahin	Death	30	10 Jul	Freeport Chittagong	Factory - Garment	fall from height	Prothom Alo	Sytex Garments
24	Parveen Akhter	Injury	20	15 Jul	81/B-1 Hoshnidalan, Lalbagh, Dhaka	Factory - Garment	Caught in Machine	Bhorer Kagoj	Euro Tex Garment, (Continental Garments Group)
25	Sohel	Death	-	26 Jul	Uria Fertiliser Jetty	Transport - ship	Fell from height	Ittefaq	Banglar Kallol
25	Nezam	Death	-	26 Jul	Uria Fertiliser Jetty	Transport - ship	Fell from height	Ittefaq	Banglar Kallol

Incident 1: Injury to Ten Workers
Injuries caused by fire and people trying to escape. Workers said that the fire started from a boiler that exploded; whilst managing director said it was caused by a short-circuit.

Incident 2: Death of Joshna Begum (42), 8 July 2007, Kishoreganj
Electrocuted by falling electric wire at a wood mill

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Incident 3: Death of Rofiqul Islam , 8 July 2007, Narayanganj
He got caught in a paper roller whilst working in Konik paper mill.

Incident 4: Death of Md. Anwar Hossain (20), 9 July 2007, Chittagong
Fell under iron plate at Honda Ship yard

Incident 5: Death of Akbar (22), 10 July 2007, Chittagong
Electrocuted whilst repairing an electic line

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Incident 6: Death of Ashiqul Huq (28) and Rustam Ali (30) and injury to 20 others
Part of the roof of a 3-story under construction building collapsed

Incident 7: Death of Md Harun
Fell from the third floor

Incident 8: Death of Joynal Abedin (42), 13 July 2007,
Hit by a falling part of a crane whilst involved in the construction of a bus station at Rana Plaza

Incident 9: Death of Sujon (25), 14 July 2007, Dhaka
Electrocuted when he tried to turn off the water tank of an under-construction building.

Incident 10: Death of Kayers (18), 14 July 2007, Sirajganj
Died when a boiler exploded at a rice mill.

Incident 11: Death of Abul Basha, 15 July 2007, Dhaka
Electrocuted whilst working as a sanitary worker

Incident 12: Death of Abdul Motaleb (25), 16 July 2007, Dhaka
He fell from the second floor of a building under construction.

Incident 13: Injuries to 13 workers
Injuries caused by a fire that started from a store-house

Incident 14: Death of Saiful Islam (48), 19 July 2007, Dhaka
Fell fourth floor from a building under construction

Incident 15: Death of Shahul (25), 20 July 2007, Bogra
Electrocuted whilst working on a private building construction

Incident 16: Death of Abdul Kabir, 26 July 2007, Narayanganj
Came into contact with live electric wire

Incident 17: Death of Shofiuddin Shafi (25) and Panna (18), 27 July 2007, Dhaka
Came into contact with an electric wire.

Incident 18: Death of Rustam Ali (24), 29 July 2007, Gazipur
Electrocuted whilst climbing up from the third to the fourth floor of an under construction building owned by Anwar Hossain.

Incident 19: Death of Akhter Hossain (40), 29 July 2007, Dhaka
Whilst filling a CNG tank, the cylinder burst and his face and hands were burnt.

Incident 20: Death of Dilbor (28) and Rakmat (32), 30 July 2007, Dhaka
Whilst working on an under-construction building owned by Daowd Ali, they came into contact with 33 KV wires

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Incident 21: Death of Mozahar Sardar (32), 27 July 2007, Bagherat
He was electrocuted whilst removing a damaged electric wire into front of the local Kali Mandir

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Incident 23: Death of Shahin (30), 10 July 2007, Chittagong
Fell from the roof

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Incident 24: Injury to Parveen
Her finger was amputated after her finger became trapped in teh machine. She had been under pressure from teh production manager to speed the process up.

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Incident 25: Death of Sohel and Nezam, 26 July 2007, Chittagong
Whilst welding on top of the ship, they fell down into the sea. Sohel's body was recoved, but not that of Nezam's

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