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Organisation
of Bangladesh's Factory Inspectorate
As of August 2006, there were currently
80 staff (an additional 30 positions were vacant)
involved in inspection activities, based in four Divisional
offices - Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna and Rajshahi.
These inspectors have jurisdiction over 24,229 registered
factories throughout Bangladesh, about 3 million shops
and establishments (there are no exact figures for
this and two ports (one in Chittagong, one in Mongla
which is in Khulna district)
There are five different grades of inspector - Chief
inspector, Deputy Chief Inspector, Assistant Chief
Inspector, Inspector and Assistant inspector –
with the first two grades generally not being involved
in any field inspection activities. These inspectors
are divided into four basic categories set out in
the table below:
| Inspector
Category |
Purpose |
Nos |
| Inspectors
of Shops and Establishments |
enforces
legislation applying to shops and offices which
does not impose any health and safety obligations
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29 |
| Inspectors
(general) |
enforces
in factories legislation relating to wages and
maternity leave. |
26 |
| Inspectors
(engineering) |
enforces
safety legislation in factories |
13 |
| Inspectors
(health) |
enforces
health and welfare legislation |
9 |
| Dock
Labour Safety Officer |
enforces
dock safety legislation in the two docks in Bangladesh. |
1 |
Of these – only ‘inspectors
(medical)’, ‘inspectors (engineering)’,
and the dock labour safety inspectors, are involved
in health, safety and welfare issues
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