Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies-BILS

Workplace Situation Report (January-June, 2019)

Workplace Accident-2019 (January to June)

Sector

Number of Death Total

Number of Injured

Total

Number of Missing

Total Male Female Male Female Male Female

Agriculture 59 59 20 20 2 2

Automill 1 1

Brick Kilns 23 23 3 3

Carpenter 1 1 1 1

Cement Factory 2 2

Construction 61 61 55 55

Day Labourer 51

51 33 33 25

25

Domestic Worker 1 1

Dyeing Factory 1

1 1

1

Electricity Sector 15 15 6 6

Electronics & Automobile

2 2

Electronics Factory

1

1

Feed Mill 2 2

Fishing & Fisheries

11

11 2 2 18

18

Hawker 10 10 3 3

Hotel Staff

Journalist

Jute 1 1

Lighter Factory

1

1

Mechanical Sector

3

3 2 2

Migrant Worker 22 22 3 3

Mobile Banking

NGO

Not Mentioned 1 1

Others 24 24 27 1 28

Paper Mill 2 2

Plumber 1 1

Power Loom

Press & Media

Railway 12 12

Re Rolling Mill 1

1 6

6

Rice Mill 1 1

RMG 4 1 5 18 18

Salesman

Security 5 5 1 1

Ship Breaking 4

4 6

6

Ship Yard 1 1

Shoe Factory 3 3

Shop Staff 1 1

Spinning Mill

Steel Mill 6 6 12 12

Stone Quarry 5

5

Tailor

Tea Garden

Textile Mill

Thread Mill 5 5

Tire Factory

Transport 291 291 58 58

Water Transport 5

5 1

1 1

1

Welding 1 1

Total 618 2 620 278 3 281 46 0 46

Causes & Number of Accident

Causes Frequency Percent

Animal Attack 4 .5

Boiler Blast 2 .3

Burned 2 .3

Collapsed 6 .8

Collapsed 14 1.9

Cylinder Blast 7 .9

Drowned 8 1.1

Electrocuted 64 8.5

Entangled with machine 2 .3

Explosion 10 1.3

Falling Object 49 6.5

Fire 23 3.1

Hit 5 .7

Landslide 1 .1

Molten Iron 4 .5

Pressed 15 2.0

Road Accident 450 59.7

Storm 4 .5

Thunderstruck 58 7.7

Toxic Gas 10 1.3

Water Way Accident 16 2.1

Total 754 100.0

Workplace Violence-2019 (January to June)

Types of Violence According to Sector

Working Sector

Types of violence

Total Torture Murder Rape

Gang Rape

Sexual Harassment

Mystery death

Unnatural Death

Beating Kidnap Others Stabbed Rape & Murder

RMG 1 11 8 12 0 7 4 7 3 4 0 0 57

Domestic Worker

3 1 10 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 22

Transport 0 39 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 3 2 0 51

Carpenter 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Mechanical sector

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Migrant worker 297 12 0 0 1 3 1 3 53 0 1 0 371

Security Guard

0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 10

Tea Industry 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3

Agricultural worker

0 14 1 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 3 0 26

Constructions 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 11 1 2 1 0 22

Rice Mill 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Brick field 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65

Others 0 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8

Day Labourer 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9

Wielding / Workshop

0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3

Fishing & Fisheries

1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 38 0 1 0 45

Hotel Restaurant

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

Hawker 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5

Salesman 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 9

Manufacture Industry

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Plastic Factory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

Shopkeeper 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Mobile Banking Agent

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Spinning Mill 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Hosiery Sector 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Health Sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Press & Media 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 22

Jute Mill 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Total 369 119 19 14 3 24 12 60 99 11 10 1 741

Sector Wise Casualties

Working Sector

Causality

Total Death Injured Missing Suicide Not Mentioned

RMG 21 28 5 3 0 57

Domestic Worker 8 13 1 0 0 22

Transport 41 9 0 1 0 51

Carpenter 1 0 0 0 0 1

Mechanical sector 0 1 0 0 0 1

Migrant worker 16 309 0 0 46 371

Security Guard 5 5 0 0 0 10

Tea Industry 2 1 0 0 0 3

Agricultural worker 16 5 2 3 0 26

Constructions 7 14 1 0 0 22

Rice Mill 1 0 0 0 0 1

Brick field 0 65 0 0 0 65

Others 7 0 0 1 0 8

Day Labourer 8 1 0 0 0 9

Wielding / Workshop 2 1 0 0 0 3

Fishing & Fisheries 4 3 38 0 0 45

Hotel Restaurant 0 0 1 0 0 1

Hawker 4 1 0 0 0 5

Salesman 3 5 1 0 0 9

Manufacture Industry 1 0 0 0 0 1

Plastic Factory 1 0 0 0 0 1

Shopkeeper 1 0 0 0 0 1

Mobile Banking Agent 1 0 0 0 0 1

Spinning Mill 1 1 0 0 0 2

Hosiery Sector 1 0 0 0 0 1

Health Sector 1 0 0 0 0 1

Press & Media 1 21 0 0 0 22

Jute Mill 1 0 0 0 0 1

Total 155 483 49 8 46 741

Gender Wise Casualties

Sex of the victim

Causality

Total Death Injured Missing Suicide Not Mentioned

Male 130 135 46 5 45 361

Female 25 348 3 3 1 380

Total 155 483 49 8 46 741

Workplace Unrest-2019 (January to June)

Types of Industrial Unrest

Working

Sector

Types of Unrest

Total

Rally

Road Block

Strike

Vandalis

m

Mass

Gathering & Rall

y

Memorandu

m Submission

Besiege

Hunger

Strike

Sit in Demonstrati

on

Both Demonstration & Rally

"Both Demonstration &

Human

Chain"

Assembly & Hu

man Chai

n

Assemb

ly

Demonstration &

Hunger

Strike

Both Abstentio

n from Work & Roa

d Bloc

k

Human

Chain &

Rally

Mass Demonstrati

on

Both Demonstration & Road Block

Human

Chain

Abstentio

n from Wor

k

Protest

Agriculture

1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 1 14

Bidi 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5

BRDB

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Cable Factory

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

Construction

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Custom House

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Education

0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 5

Electricity Sector

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

Electronics Factory

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Fishing & Fisheries

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5

Food Factories

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

Hawker

1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 10

Health

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Iron Sheet Mill

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Jute 0 5 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 31

Jute Mill

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Land Port

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2

Metal Industry

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

Park Workers

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

Press & Media

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 22

Rice Mill

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

RMG 3 20 0 1 1 2 3 1 7 2 1 0 3 1 0 1 21 8 5 1 0 81

Shop Staff

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

Shop Worker

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Sugar Mill

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Tannery

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

Tea 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6

Textile Mill

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Transport

0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 10

WASA

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2

Water Transport

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Total 6 34 14 2 1 11 6 1 9 9 3 9 9 1 6 1 34 12 35 10 1 214

Causes of Industrial Unrest

Working

Sector

Causes of Unrest

Total

Due Wages

Conspiracy

Workers

Death

Demands for Reopening

Factory

Overtime

Increment

Layoff

Due Wages

and Allowa

nce

Demand relea

se

Due Wage

s & Place

d Demands

Demands for Withdrawal the

Cases

Due Wages & Reop

en Factory

Due Wages & Bonus

Low

Wage

Rights &

Claim

Workers

Beaten

Placed

Demands

Factory

Closure

without

Prior Notic

e

Agriculture

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 5 0 14

Bidi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 5

BRDB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2

Cable Factory

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Construction

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

Custom House

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

Education

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 5

Electricity Sector

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Electronics Factory

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Fishing & Fisheries

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5

Food Factories

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

Hawker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 10

Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2

Iron Sheet Mill

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

Jute 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 31

Jute Mill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

Land Port

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2

Metal Industry

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Park Workers

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

Press & Media

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 6 0 22

Rice Mill 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

RMG 16 0 4 4 0 0 5 15 0 2 0 3 5 3 13 1 7 3 81

Shop Staff

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Shop Worker

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Sugar Mill

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Tannery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

Tea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 6

Textile Mill

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Transport

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 10

WASA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2

Water Transport

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Total 30 1 4 4 1 1 6 15 3 11 1 3 5 6 72 1 47 3 214

Casualties in Industrial Unrest

Sector

Death Total

Injured Total Male Female Male Female

Jute

40

40

RMG 1 1 92 48 140

Total 1 0 1 132 48 180

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