Fire and Other Health and Safety Incidents in the Bangladesh Garment Sector November 2012-March 2018
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Fire and Other Health and Safety Incidents in the Bangladesh Garment Sector November 2012-March 2018 5,178 worker injuries and deaths (3,875 injuries; 1,303 deaths) Safety Factory Incident Incidents Name Location Date Injuries Deaths Cause/Outcome Description 1 Tazreen 252, 253 & 258, 11/24/12 200 112 The fire, presumably caused by a short circuit, started on the ground floor of the nine-story factory, trapping the Fashions Ltd. Monoshontuspur, workers on the floors above. Because of the large amount of fabric and yarn in the factory, the fire was able to Nishenantopur, quickly spread to other floors, complicating the firefighting operations. The fire burned for more than seventeen Ashulia hours before the firefighters were successful in extinguishing it. http://www.shahidulnews.com/bangladesh-textile- factory-fire-leaves-more-than-100-dead 2 Swan Dakkin 11/26/12 0 1 The fire originated from the warehouse of Swan Garments Ltd on the 1st floor of Afnan Plaza at Mollartek around Garments Ltd Khan,Uttara, 9:30am. It was doused around 12:00 noon after hectic efforts by 13 firefighting units. Dhaka Except for the second floor, the blaze could not spread through the building. Some workers sustained minor injuries as they rushed to the main staircase to get out of the building. Bundles of threads and clothes kept in the warehouse were also gutted. 3 Al-Shahriar Palashbari, 11/27/12 0 0 Fire might have originated from an electrical short circuit at the warehouse. Fabrics was burnt. No Injury Fabric Ltd. Ashulia 4 Section Seven Chittagong EPZ 11/28/12 50 0 Power generator of the factory caught fire due to a mechanical glitch. 50 garment workers, most of them females, Garments were injured as they tried to come out of the factory all at a time because of panic. 5 Concord Mirpur, Dhaka 11/28/12 0 0 The fire originated from a short circuit and was doused immediately by the staff. No injury. Garment 6 East Light Knit Elephant 11/28/12 10 0 After a boiler of the factory exploded with big bang, he alarmed workers tried to rush out of the factory, leaving 10 of Ware Ltd Road,Dhaka them injured. 7 Siams Chittagong EPZ 11/28/12 5 0 Five female workers received minor injuries in a partial building collpase http://www.bepzia.org/index.php/2013-01- Superior Ltd. 31-06-37-24/2013-01-31-06-54-32/k2/tegories/item/167-siam-s-superior-ltd/167-siam-s-superior-ltd 8 Vision Purba Rajeshwar, 11/29/12 100 0 After sparking of fluorescent light, the fire rumour spread. Gripped by panic, workers on the first floor rushed Apparels Ltd Savar downstairs injuring around 100 people in the stampede. 9 Crescent Hemayetpur,Savar 11/29/12 16 0 The fire originated from a short circuit from an electric motor around 2:45pm on the ground floor. Around 16 people Leather Ltd. were injured in a stampede. No casualty was reported in the incident, as the factory workers had managed to douse the fire with assistance from the locals. 10 Makka Pabna 11/30/12 0 0 The incident occurred at the three-story warehouse, no human casualties. Could not ascertain the cause of fire Garment and Hosiery Industry 11 BD Hechong Baraipara,Gazipur 11/30/12 15 0 Fire broke out from an iron at sample section on the second floor. The panicked workers scrambled to get down from the building, leaving 15 injured. 12 Pacific Blue Savar 12/03/12 24 0 Fire originated at the 4th floor of the building from the sewing section. As alarm bell was rung, panicked workers Jeans scrambled to get down from the 4th floor through a narrow staircase, leaving 24 injured, some of them seriously. 13 NRR Fashion Narayanganj 12/04/12 5 0 Boiler exploded. Five female workers sustained burn injuries. Ltd Sadar upazila 14 AKH Stretch Beribadh, Dhaka 12/05/12 50 1 Sparks came out from the tube light. 1 death and 50 injured as workers scramble out for safety. Death was due Garment from falling from the staircase. 15 Active Ashulia, Dhaka 12/06/12 50 0 Electric sparked from a machine. Over 50 workers injured due to panic scrambling for safety. Composite Ltd 16 Liss Apparels Chittagong 12/06/12 0 0 From a gas operated oven of a washing section, overheated boiler. No injury reported. Washing and Sand Blasting Industries Ltd. 17 Nasa Basic Jamgora Ashulia 12/09/12 20 0 Panic gripped the workers when smoke was seen caused by an electric spark on a tube light. 20 workers were Limited (RMG injured in a wild rush to get out of the factory. factory) 18 Cotton Club Gazipur 12/19/12 6 0 Six workers of the dyeing unit of Cotton Club Limited at Konabari in Gazipur were injured in stampede, as the Limited employees rushed to get out after a fire broke out. The factory management, however, doused the fire immediately. 19 Bonded Sharif Market , 12/19/12 30 0 30 garment workers were injured in a stampede as the workers got panicked and rushed to get out after hearing a Fashion Sataish, Tongi big-bang from eclectic short circuit at the sewing section on the factory’s fifth floor. Md Shanewaz, Director of the factory, said that no fire incident took place at the factory. 20 New Age Nischintpur,Ashuli 12/22/12 5 0 The fire started near the sewing machines and destroyed around 15 T-shirts, though the cause of its origin has not Apparels Ltd. a been determined yet, police said. Factory workers extinguished the fire by themselves, Ali Ahmed Khan, deputy director of Industrial Police told The Daily Star. Around five workers sustained minor injuries in an attempt to vacate the building. 21 Sagar Uttara 12/22/12 5 0 The Fire originated from electric short circuit, however, factory authorities managed to douse the flames before two Garments Ltd firefighting units reached the factory.According to locals, at least five workers were injured when trying to rush out of the factory located on the 8th floor of the building. 22 Ananta Nischintpur,Ashuli 12/23/12 10 0 At least 10 workers of Ananta Knitwear Ltd at Narashinhapur became injured in a stampede caused by a fire panic. Knitwear Ltd. a 23 Ither Tex Ltd. Savar 12/23/12 40 0 Smoke came out after a tube light exploded with a bang at the factory, Ither Tex, on the fifth floor of Rana Plaza. A worker at the factory set off a fire alarm, which also panicked the workers of two other garment factories named Phantom Apparels and New Weave ltd. at the same building. Hearing the alarm, about 6,000 workers of the three factories scrambled to get out of the building, leaving 40 of them injured. The situation was brought under control before the arrival of local fire service personnel. 24 Epic Adamjee Export 12/25/12 15 0 At least fifteen workers, including three females, were injured in a blast at a garment factory. Of the injured, three Garments Ltd Processing Zone were sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in critical conditions while others were admitted to a local hospital. ,Siddhirganj, The boiler blasted around 1:30pm when the midday meal of the workers was being prepared. Narayanganj 25 Rupa Knitwear Borobari, Gazipur 12/28/12 0 0 Witnesses said the fire erupted in a room on the second floor of 'Rupa Knitwear Limited' in the area at about 7:15 Ltd. am and soon spread through the room burning down readymade garments and furniture. On information, two firefighting units from Tongi and Gazipur stations rushed in and doused the blaze after frantic efforts for an hour with the help of local people. The reason behind the fire and the loss caused by it could not be ascertained yet 26 Olympic Bikabari, 12/29/12 0 0 The fire originated from an electric short circuit around 5:00am. Fire fighters extinguished the fire after three hours Accessories Rajendrapur, of efforts. Abu Zafar Ahmed, senior station officer of fire service in Gazipur, said valuables worth of Tk 1 crore were Limited Gazipur damaged in the fire. Ashraf Ali, manager of the factory, however, claimed that the losses were over Tk 6 crore. 27 Pacific Jeans Chittagong EPZ 01/05/13 35 0 At least 35 garment workers were injured when a fire alarm went off, causing a stampede among the factory staff in 2000 Chittagong. Seeing sparks from a fluorescent tube, a worker set off the fire alarm around 7:30am, sending the workers into a panic. Of the injured, seven were later sent to Chittagong Medical College Hospital for better treatment. 28 Abonti Colour BSCIC Industrial 01/07/13 50 0 At least 50 garment workers, mostly women, were injured in a stampede triggered by panic over fire on Monday Text,Unit 2, Estate, Fatulla, night. sister concern Narayanganj The injured were admitted to Khanpur 200-bed hospital in the city. Police said a fire alarm was set off at around of Crony 9:00pm when the workers were working at night shift. Group Then the panicked workers from different floors started to get out of the six-storied factory hurriedly, leaving them injured. Panicked by the alarm, most of the female workers tried to rush out of the factory, which also led to the collapse of the staircase railing on the fourth floor of the factory. Factory sources said there was a sparkling in an electrical wire inside the export-oriented factory.