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Bangladesh
- Investigation into worker deaths
The
CCA works closely together with an organisation in Bangladesh,
Ain-Salish Kendra (ASK - Law and Media Centre) to investigate workplace deaths that are reported in the national Bengali
and English medium newspapers. ASK has a specialist investigation unit that investigates human rights violations
Information about these deaths are obtained from monitoring the national newspapers (to read more about all the deaths monitored, click here) and some of them are given to ASK to investigate. The purpose of the investigations is to:
- find more about the circumstances of the deaths;
- find out whether compensation has been provided to the families and if not assist the families to obtain it by working with the Bangladesh Legal Aid Services Trust;
- consider whether there is any other legal action available on behalf of the families
It is not always easy to get detailed information about the detailed circumstances of these death - but these preliminary investigations represent the best effort.
The summaries will be updated, as more information is obtained. Summaries of new investigations will be placed on the website on a monthly basis.
You can read a summary of the initial investigation reports by clicking on the relevant investigations highlighted below. Please note that names of most of the individuals interviewed as part of the investigations are not given.
Investigation Reports in 2007 |
| Date of Death |
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Last Update |
Jan |
Death of Ahmed Ali, and injury to two other workers on 15 Jan 2007 following serious burns suffered at Salam Steel Mill |
1 Jan 2008 |
Jan |
Death of seven workers at Nipa Metal and Engineering Works in Shyampur on 23 January 2007 following an explosion |
1 Jan 2008 |
Feb |
Death of Lal Miah, Idrish Ali, Mostafa and Monshul Ali on 21 February 2007 after a gas explosion in a water tank at a Dhaka building |
1 Jan 2008 |
Feb |
Death of Allaudin and Nuruddin on 24 February 2007 when they were crushed after a ditch collapsed and they were buried under the earth |
1 Jan 2008 |
Mar |
Deaths of Alamgir Melkar, Mohammed Boshar, and Shushanto Shaha on 3 March 2007 as a result of a fire at Monika Button Factory. |
1 Jan 2008 |
Mar |
Death of Abul Hossain at Pragati Re-rolling Mill on 17 March 2007 when he fell from the roof |
1 Jan 2008 |
Mar |
Death of Abdul Gani and an unidentified worker on 26 March 2007 when they were crushed by bricks which were being unloaded at Ruhi Brick field in Savar. |
1 Jan 2008 |
Apr |
Death of Shada Miah who was cut into two by a crane at Rupganj Sugar Mill on 12 April 2007 |
1 Jan 2008 |
May |
Death of Ratan Miah on 3 May 2007 at RK Spinning Mill where he was electrocuted |
1 Jan 2008 |
May |
Death of Nazrul Islam, a driver, who fell on 10 May 2007 from the roof of his employer’s building whilst smoking and was electrocuted during his fall |
1 Jan 2008 |
Aug |
Death of Fatima who fell to her death on a construction site on 14 August 2007 whilst working to construct a building for Opex Garments in Kafrul, Dhaka. |
1 Jan 2008 |
Nov |
Death of 25 year old labourer, Yasin Sheikh who fell to his death on 7 Novemeber 2007 from the roof of a school at Mohakali |
1 Jan 2008 |
Nov |
Death of Abdus Taslim on 23 November 2007 from falling from the sixth floor or an under-construction building in Rama Krishna Mission Road in Dhaka which was developed by Estate Developers Bangladesh Limited (EDB), |
1 Jan 2008 |
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