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Reported Death of Workers in Bangladesh, Aug, 2007

Incident No	Name	Death or Injury	Age	Date of Report	Location of Incident	Industry	Cause	Source	Key Company or Organisation Involved
1	Selim	Death	?	2 Aug	Banashree, Rangpur, Rampura, Dhaka	Construction	Electrocution	Daily Star
2	Shah Alam	Death	?	2 Aug	Bangram, Shutrapur	Factory - Engineering	Electrocution	Daily Star
3	Moyez Uddin	Death	?	2 Aug	Rasulbagh	Construction	Electrocution	Daily Star
4	Alam	Death	?	3 Aug	Kampashia, Gazipur	Factory - Engineering	Electrocution	Amar Desh	Dolon Workshop
5	Tariqul Islam	Death	?	8 Aug	Jamgara, Asulia, Savar, Dhaka	Construction	Fall from Height	Bangladesh Observer	Lusaka Group of Industries
6	Sohrab Hossin	Death	20	9 Aug	Rangs Bhavan, Tejgaon, Dhaka	Construction	Fall from Height	Bangladesh Observer	Rajuk
7	Rajon Chowdhury	Death	24	11 Aug	Faridpur	Service - Electrician	Electrocution	Inquilab	Rural Power Development Authority
8	Faruque Hossain	Death	25	13 Aug	Binder More, Rajshai Sadar	Unclear	Electrocution	Sangbad
9	Tarzan	Death	18	13 Aug	Adamji, Shiddriganj, Naraynaganj	Construction	Wall Collapse during demolition	Amar Desh	Broadlum Jute Mill, and Central Engineers
10	Fatema Begum	Death	50	15 Aug	Kafrul, Dhaka	Construction	Fall from height See Investigation	Inquilab	Opex Garment Building
11	Mahin	Death	22	21 Aug	Jurain, Dhaka	Factory - Steel Mill	Explosion	Ittefaq	Sun Steel Mill
11	Anwar	Injury	25	21 Aug	Jurain, Dhaka	Factory - Steel Mill	Explosion	Ittefaq	Sun Steel Mill
11	Salam	Injury	20	21 Aug	Jurain, Dhaka	Factory - Steel Mill	Explosion	Ittefaq	Sun Steel Mill
11	Sayad Ali	Injury	27	21 Aug	Jurain, Dhaka	Factory - Steel Mill	Explosion	Ittefaq	Sun Steel Mill
11	Liakat	Injury	35	21 Aug	Jurain, Dhaka	Factory - Steel Mill	Explosion	Ittefaq	Sun Steel Mill
11	Jummon	Injury	18	21 Aug	Jurain, Dhaka	Factory - Steel Mill	Explosion	Ittefaq	Sun Steel Mill
12	Sumon	Death	20	23 Aug	Banubazar, Shitakundo, Chittagong	Factory - Steel Re-rolling mill	Explosion	New Age	Seema Re-rolling
12	Nasir	Death	18	23 Aug	Banubazar, Shitakundo, Chittagong	FActory - Steel Re-rolling mill	Explosion	New Age	Seema Re-rolling
12	Sohrab	Death	22	23 Aug	Banubazar, Shitakundo, Chittagong	Factory - Steel Re-rolling mill	Explosion	New Age	Seema Re-rolling
12	Salam	Death	35	23 Aug	Banubazar, Shitakundo, Chittagong	Factory - Steel Re-rolling mill	Explosion	New Age	Seema Re-rolling
12	15 Injuries	Injuries		23 Aug	Banubazar, Shitakundo, Chittagong	Factory - Steel Re-rolling mill	Explosion	New Age	Seema Re-rolling
13	Sadekul Islam	Death	28	1 Aug	Forest Laboroatories Area, Sholoshahar	Services - fishery	Electrocuted	Bhorer Kagoj	Fisheries Laboratory
14	Injury to five workers	Injury	-	3 Aug	Targach Area, Gazipur	Factory - Garment	Gas explosion	Prothom Alo	Henaro Fashion
15	Mantu Miah	Death	35	6 Aug	Adabar, Shamoli, Dhaka	Construction	Brick fell on head	Samokal	-
16	Mukul Sakar (alias Nitai)	Death	30	8 Aug	709 Bara Maghbazar	Service	Explosion	Sangbad	Nitu Enterprise
17	Sultan	Death	30	11 Aug	Nandipara, Narayanganj	Service	Fall from height	Dinkal	Rajak Mia's House
18	Rejoan	Death	25	14 Aug	61 Green Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka	Construction	Fall from height	Prothom Alo	Multiplan construction
19	Azad	Injury	21	14 Aug	Shamoli, Dhaka	Construction	Fall from height	Prothom Alo	ASA Tower
20	Abdul Kuddus	Death	30	17 Aug	Baghabari, Baral River,Shahajadar, Shirajganj	Transport - boat	Electrocution	Bhorer Kagoj	-
20	Abdus Sabur	Death	25	17 Aug	Baghabari, Baral River,Shahajadar, Shirajganj	Transport - boat	Electrocution	Bhorer Kagoj	-
20	Abdul Rahim (22)	Death	30	17 Aug	Baghabari, Baral River,Shahajadar, Shirajganj	Transport - boat	Electrocution	Bhorer Kagoj	-
21	Rubel	Death	20	23 Aug	Paschim Gaon College Road, Ward no-6, Laksham, Comilla	Construction	Electrocuted	Prothom Alo	Syed Ali Miah's House
22	Shamrat	Death	40	23 Aug	Mazar Road, Dhaka	Construction	Building collapse	Sangbad	Monir contractor
22	Shaidul	Death	30	23 Aug	Mazar Road, Dhaka	Construction	Building collapse	Sangbad	Monir contractor
23	Malek	Death	45	24 Aug	Sanalpara, Bera Municipality, Pabna	Construction	Wall collapse	Ittefaq	-
24	Injury to 3 workers	injury	-	27 Aug	Kamalbag, 30/6 Debidas Ghat Lane, Lalbagh, Dhaka	Factory - Chemical	Chemical Fire	Dinkal	-
25	Jamal	Death	35	9 Aug	Gobindapur, Durgapur, Bakherganj, Barisal	Construction	Building Collapse	Jugantor	Abdul Latin Khan, Land Registry Officer (employer)

Incident 1: Death of Selim, 2 August 2007,
Selim, a construction worker was electrocuted when an electric wire came into contact with an iron rod he was holding

Incident 2: Death of Shah Alam, 2 August 2007, Dhaka
Whilst working at an engineering workshop, he came into contact with a live wire whilst pressing a light switch

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Incident 3: Death of Moyez Uddin, 2 August 2007, Dhaka
Electrocuted to death when working on an under-construction building

Incident 4: Death of Alam, 3 August 2007, Gazipur
Whilst working as a 'denting' worker at Dolon workshop, he was electrocuted

Incident 5: Death of Tariqul Islam, 8 August 2007, Dhaka
Feel from the rooftop of a building at Jamgara.

Incident 6: Death of Sohrab Hossain (20), 9 August 2007, Dhaka
Demolition worker, working for a sub-contractor, employed by Rajuk, fell from teh 13th floor of a building whilst it was being demolished

Incident 7: Death of Rajon Chowdhury (24), 11 August 2007
Employed by the Rural Power Development Authority, he became electrocuted, whilst disconnecting an illegal wire

Incident 8: Death of Faruque Hossain (25), 13 August 2007, Rajshahi
Whilst undertaking some dying on the roof of the Roads and Highway Field Laboratory, he came into contact with an 11,000 volt wire.

Incident 9: Death of Tarzan (18), and injury to six others, 13 August 2007, Narayanganj
Whilst demolishing a building, a wall collapsed. The contractor was called Central Engineers from Motijheel.

Incident 10: Death of Fatemah Begum (50), 15 August 2007, Dhaka
Whilst working at a building adjacent of Opex Garments, makshift steps made from bricks collapsed and she fell and died. See Investigation

Incident 11: Death of Mahin (22), and injuries to Anwar, Salam, Sayad Ali, Liakat, and Jummon
An explosion took place whilst melting iron at the Sun Steel Mill

Incident 12: Death of Sumon (20), Nasir, Sohrab and Salam, 23 August 2007, Chittagong
An explosion took place in Seema Auto re-rolling mill. Police say that this was the result of a leakage in the furnace pipe

Incident 13: Death of Sadekul Islam (28), 1 August 2007, Chittagong
Electrocution whilst undertaking work at the Fisheries Laboratory

Incident 14: Injury to Antu Sarkar (30), Kamal Uddin (40), Mofazil Karim (35), Ruma Akhter (20)
Workers of Titas Gas were welding the gas line and it suddenly exploded and fire spread throughout the factory.

Incident 15: Death of Mantu Miah (35), 6 August 2007, Dhaka
A brick from the 3rd floor of an under-construction building fell on his head

Incident 16: Death of Mukul Sarkar (30), 8 August 2007
An old gas cylinder at Nitu Enterprise, a sales and repairing centre, exploded whilst Mukuk was repairing it

Incident 17: Death of Sultan (30), 11 August 2007, Narayanganj
Whilst repairing a water pipe on the rooftop of the building owend by Rajuk Miah, he slipped.

Incident 18: Death of Rejoan (25), 14 August 2007, Dhaka
He fell from the 8th floor of an under construction building, ASA Tower where Multiplan Construction were the contractors

Incident 19: Injury to Azad
Inured when he fell from the 4th floor of the building under construction

Incident 20: Death of Abdul Kuddus (30), Abdus Sabur (25) , Abdul Rahim (22), 6 August 2007, Sirajganj
After loading earth onto a board, they reached a local gas company, and the iron keel of the boat made contact with the electric wire.

Incident 21: Death of Rubel (20), 23 August 2007, Comilla
Electrocuted whlst putting tin into the store room of Syed Ali Miah's house

Incident 22: Deaths of Shamrat (40) and Shaidul (30), 23 August 2007, Dhaka
A mosque at Mirpur that was being constructed collpaed and the workers became trapped. Another 5 or 6 workers were injured. The contractos was Monir.

Incident 23: Death of Malek (45), 24 August 2007, Pabna
During the construction of a wall for a businessman, it collapsed

Incident 24: Injuries to Farhad (20), Dulal (18) and Oadul (15), 27 August, Dhaka
When the workers were mixing chemical ingredients insider a tin shed, it exploded and caused a fire that gutted the factory.

Incident 25: Death of Jamal (35), 9 August 2007, Barisal
Whilst an illegal establishment of a building of Alauddin Howlader was being demolished, Abdul Latif Khan (a Land Registry Officer) used some workers who were crushed to death when the building collapsed onto them