The DIFE lodged 29 cases in total against the ship-breaking yards with the labour court from January 2018 till now. Recent deaths at ship-breaking yardsIn the wake of the recent workplace accidents, the operational activities of the ship-breaking yard have temporarily been suspended at Ziri Subedar and OWW ship-breaking yards. On October 12, two workers died after inhaling toxic gas while working at OWW ship-breaking yard at Kumira area. Ship-breaking yards hardly follow safety standardsTapan Dutta, convener of Ship-breaking Workers’ Trade Union Forum, alleged that the workplace casualty occurs as most of the ship-breaking yards hardly follow occupational safety standards. “The alarming rise in accidents points to the poor occupational safety standards at ship-breaking yards.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 17, 2019 10:30 UTC