SHIPYARD ACCIDENTS

Over 1,300 workers killed in Chittagong in 12 years
BSS, Chittagong

Thirty workers were killed in accidents in different shipyards in Chittagong in the last 11 months raising the death toll from such accidents in the industry to more than 1,300 in the last 12 years.
Over 10,000 workers were also injured as the rate of accidents in the shipyards, being run without the 'final certificate' of the Explosives Department and ignoring the maritime policy, is increasing alarmingly.
Five workers were killed and 28 others injured in a gas explosion at Diamond Shipbreaking Yard in Madambibir Hat last week. Two days later, six workers suffered injuries in another accident.
"Before conducting gas cutter in scrapped ship, releasing of gas and other flammable things from its oil tanker and gas cylinder is a must. But the ship-breaking firms are not maintaining the system that led to the accidents frequently in the industry," an official of the Explosives Department told BSS Saturday.


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