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A HUMAN CHAIN WAS FORMED
CALLED FOR AN URGENT OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY
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As a specialized labour Foundation concerned
with improving the health and Safety conditions
of workers in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Occupational
Safety, Health and Environment Foundation (OSHE)
organized a human-chain in front of national
press club, Dhaka on 27 April 2010 with demanding
for enacting an urgent occupational Health and
Safety policy to mark the “World Day for
Safety and Health at Work-28 April 2010”.
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Leaders and activists of trade unions and
representatives from different NGOs and civil society groups
joined the human chain. Saki Rezwana, Charperson of OSHE
was present in the event. She delivered her speech
and met the different attended journalist & channels.
A key note paper on the overview and the significance
of World Day for Safety and Health at Work was present in the event.
The paper is noted that in order to focus public
attention on safe work issues, the International
labour organization (ILO) has declared this day
as “World Day for Safety and Health at Work”.
Director of FBCCI M Balayet Hossain said if
any fire incident breaks out in Midford
area, old town of Dhaka, it will not be
possible to bring the blaze under control as
huge amount chemical are kept and used in
the factories there.
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It is also stated that according to
the World Health Organizations (WHO) report every year
a total of two million workers died and 1.2 million
were injured because of insecure and unhealthy
environment where according to a survey conducted by
OSHE, in 2009 a total of 1,639 workers and 1,858 were
injured because of workplace hazards in Bangladesh.
In addition, the paper mentioned that many child
laborers were working in various chemical units.
The leaders and the activists of different labour
organizations said that the issue of safety and
health environment for the workers had been
neglected for a long time. So they stressed
the need for amending the Bangladesh Labour law-2006.
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Saki Rezwana,
Chairman of the OSHE, said they had already
submitted a draft National Occupational
Health and Safety Policy to the Ministry
of Labour and Employment.
In addition, she
said that they also forwarded to the
government several recommendations that
included a national occupational health policy,
a national safety council and implementation of
the Bangladesh Labour Law, 2006 relating to sections
5,6 and 7 on occupational health and safety.
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The news of this event was covered in different national news paper and channel in our country.
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For more information: A.R. Chowdury REPON, OSHE
E-mail: oshe@agni.com
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