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Reported Death of Workers in Bangladesh, Sept, 2007

Incident No	Name	Death or Injury	Age	Date of Report	Location of Incident	Industry	Cause	Source	Key Company or Organisation Involved
1	Abul Kalam	Death	?	1 Sep	Kaliokaor, Gazipur	Service	Electrocution	Ittefaq	Mouchak Apex Pharma
2	Lala Mohammed Lalu	Death	22	2 Sep	1/B, road 3, Sector 11, Uttara, Dhaka	Construction	Fall from Height	Ittefaq	Ferdous Ara Begum
3	Hasan	Death	22	3 Sep	Natherpetua, Monohargong, Comilla	Construction	Fall from Height	Inquilab	Banglalink
4	Emdadul Haque	Death	45	6 Sep	Ghaghorduar, Shibgong, Bogra	Agriculture	Electrocution	Ittefaq	Abdul Jabbar
4	Ajgar Ali	Death	22	6 Sep	Ghaghorduar, Shibgong, Bogra	Agriculture	Electrocution	Ittefaq	Abdul Jabbar
5	Rashida Begum	Death	12	12 Sep	10th Floor, gold Heights, Banani	Service - Domestic worker	Fall from Height	Daily Star	Shirin Ahmed
6	Md. Jahangir	Death	30	13 Sep	Riajuddin Bazarr, Gazi tower	Factory - Shoe	Fire	Bangladesh Observer	Islam Shawdagar
6	Md. Nizam Uddin Talukdar	Death	26	13 Sep	Riajuddin Bazarr, Gazi tower	Factory - Shoe	Fire	Bangladesh Observer	Islam Shawdagar
7	Azad	Death	?	14 Sep	Sadar, Chittagong	Construction	Fall from Height	Ittefaque
7	Jahirul Islam	Death	?	14 Sep	Sadar, Chittagong	Construction	Fall from Height	Ittefaque
8	Shohag	Death	30	13 Sep	Gouripur, Sadar, Laxmipur	Service	Electrocution	Bangladesh Observer
9	Mokter Hossain	Death	32	17 Sep	Tongi, Gazipur	Factory - Textile Mill	Fell into Machine	Samakal	Sufia Textile Ltd
10	Ashraf Ali	Death	45	17 Sep	Lalbagh, Dhaka	Construction	Brick Fell onto him	Daily Star
11	Abu Taher	Death	60	20 Sep	Banani, Dhaka	Construction	Fall from Height	Daily Star
12	Md Monjil	Death	31	20 Sep	Meghnaghat, Sonargoan, Narayanganj	Factory - cement	Crushed by Cement Bag	Sambad	Holcim Cement Factory
13	Nurbanu Begum	Death	33	29 Sep	430/431 Tejgaon, Dhaka	Construction	Fall from Height	Sambad
14	Shimu Akter	Injury to ten workers		26 Sep	Nasirabad , Chittagong	Coil Factory	Gas emission	Janakhanta
15	Hanif	Death	32	10 Sep	Azim Market, Godnail, Shiggirganj, Narayanganj	Factory - Garment	Electrocuted	Prothom Alo	Barnali Textile and Printing Industries
16	Roni	Death	28	19 Sep	Munshikola, Pagla, Demra, Dhaka	Factory - wood mill	Caught in Machine	Dinkal	Al Nur Sawmill
17	Harunur Rashid	Death	35	20 Sep	Kalurghat, Chittagong	Factory - Cement	Asphyxiation	Jai Jai Din	Aramit Cement Factory

Incident 1: Death of Abdul Kalam, 1 Sept 2007, Gazipur
Electrocution when repairing a wire

Incident 2: Death of Lal Mohammed Lalu (22), 2 Sept 2007, Dhaka
Fell from a six storied under-construction buidling

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Incident 3: Death of Hasan (22), 3 Sept 2007, Comilla
Fell from a Bangla link mobile phone tower.

Incident 4: Death of Agar Ali (22) and Emdadul Haque (45)
Came into contact with fallen electrical wire when working in a paddy field owned by Abdul Jabbar.

Incident 5: Death of Rashida Begum (12), 12 Sept 2007,
Rashida, a domestic worker, fell from balcony at the house of Shirin Ahmed.

Incident 6: Death of Md Nisam Uddin Talukdar (26) and Md Jahinger (30), 13 Sept 2007, Chittagong
A short circuit caused a fire which burnt the two men, employees of the shoe factory warehouse, owned by Islam Shawdager, who were sleeping there at the time

Incident 7: Death of Jahirul Islam and Azad, 14 Sept 2007, Chittagong
Fell from the fourth floor of a ten storied building

Incident 8: Death of Shohag (30), 13 Sept 2007, Lakshmipur
Whilst repairing an electric supply line of a mosque, he was electrocuted.

Incident 9: Death of Mokter Hossain (32), 17 Sept 2007, Gazipur
Fell into a machine whilst working at Sufia Textiles Ltd

Incident 10: Death of Ashraf Ali (45), 17 Sept 2007, Dhaka
Died when a brick fell on him whilst involved in the construction of a building

Incident 11: Death of Abu Taher (60), 20 Sept 2007, Dhaka
Fell from the second floor of an under-construction building.

Incident 12: Death of Md Monjil (31), 20 Sept 2007, Narayanganj
Cement bag fell on him when he was loading a bag into a truck

Incident 13: Death of Norbanu Begum
Fell from the roof of an under-construction building.

Incident 14: Injury to ten workers
Gas emission caused ill health problems

Incident 15: Death of Hanif (32), and three other injuries, 10 Sept 2007, Narayanganj
Whilst involved in teh process of dying at Barnali Textile and Printing Industries, Hanif was electorcuted

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Incident 16: Death of Roni (28), 19 Sept 2007, Dhaka
Roni was working near the char of the wood cutting machine - when his lungi became twisted in the chain and he got caught up in the machine.

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Incident 17: Death of Harunur Rashid (35), 20 Sept 2007, Chittagong
He was suffocated by poisous gas whilst working at Aramit Cement Factory

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