Bangladesh factory

Supply chain culture change

Real progress, challenges in Bangladesh’s garment industry safety

October 1, 2015

For the first time in any supply chain anywhere in the world, Bangladesh’s garment factories are receiving independent, competent inspections, hazards are being identified and corrected

US to fund projects to improve factory safety in Bangladesh

Part of a “broader strategy” to address hazards

June 14, 2013

The U.S. government is soliciting ideas for improving safety standards in garment factories in Bangladesh. The Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs yesterday announced a $2.5 million competitive grant solicitation to fund improvements in the enforcement and monitoring of fire and building safety standards to better protect garment workers in Bangladesh.

More than a thousand lives lost in vain

Dave Johnson

May 14, 2013

“We suffer in this age from an indifference toward criminality and a callousness to catastrophe when it comes to poor and working people.” That quote comes from retired Princeton professor Dr. Cornel West in a recent interview in the London-based newspaper The Guardian. Dr. West has been called the firebrand of American academia for almost 30 years.

Death toll in Bangladesh building collapse tops 1,000

Government to make it easier to form unions

May 13, 2013

The death toll in that collapsed Bangladesh factory building has reached 1, 127 people – making it the world’s worst industrial disaster since the 1984 Bhopal gas leak in India, which claimed an estimated 3,787 lives.

Bangladesh factory death toll tops 900

More bodies could still be found

May 9, 2013

More than two weeks after the collapse of a factory building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sources are reporting that the death toll has reached 912 – and additional bodies may be found as workers continue to dig through the wreckage.

Weekly news round-up

Occupational safety from Bangladesh to Oregon

May 4, 2013

The death toll from the Bangladesh factory building collapse rises, a U.N. report on occupational rates surprises, and OSHA chief Dr. David Michaels puts occupational health and safety into perspective in a speech on a solemn occasion. Here are the week’s top OEHS-related stories as featured on ISHN.com:

Update

Death toll in Bangladesh building collapse nears 400

Owner arrested while attempting to flee country - but will anyone be held accountable?

April 30, 2013

The death toll in last week’s collapse of a factory building near Dhaka in Bangladesh has risen to at least 398, according to Red Crescent officials in that country, who say that they don’t expect additional survivors to be found.

Workplace safety a “global concern”

Safety statistics hard to come by in developing nations

April 29, 2013

With the death toll now exceeding 350, the collapse last week of a factory building in Bangladesh helps focus attention on International Workers’ Day – May 1 -- as well as Workers’ Memorial Day and National Day of Mourning (in Canada), both of which were yesterday but continue to be observed in ceremonies this week.

Weekly news round-up

A factory collapse in Bangladesh kills hundreds

April 27, 2013

As repercussions from the fatal Texas fertilizer plant continue to reverberate, a factory collapse in Bangladesh kills hundreds and a fuel barge explosion in Alabama critically burns three workers. Here are the week's top OEHS-related stories as featured on www.ISHN.com:

Bangladesh factory owners ignored cracks in walls

Disregarded police order to evacuate prior to fatal collapse

April 25, 2013

The Associated Press is reporting that officials at the Bangladesh garment factory that collapsed on Tuesday, killing at least 238 people, ignored orders to evacuate the building prior to the disaster.