Bangladesh is
one of the countries
in Asia actively
involved in
commercial ship
breaking for more
than two-decades.
The ship graveyard
at Shitakundha,
Chittagong is a only
‘iron mine’ of the
land. Bangladesh
purchase on overage
180-250 old ships a
year for scrapping.
At present, the
number of active
ship breaking yards
is 30 and around
30,000 workers
directly and around
50,000 indirectly
employed there.
Ship breaking industry is in
top of the list of workers
death and injury caused by
workplace accidents.
Poor human
rights, unhealthy
working conditions
and definite threat
of asbestos exposure
made thousands
workers vulnarable.
OSHE with the support of
FVN, currently implementing
a special project for two
years aim to improve health
and safety situation,
asbestos awareness and
workers rights status in
theis sector of the benefit
of workers, local community
and labour movement.
Core Project
Activities:
a) Development of workers
education and campaign
materials
b) Training of safety
trainers and organizers
c) Study circle education
for ship breaking workers
d) Development awareness on
asbestos and workers rights
