Record-Breaking Number Of Fatalities On Beach Of Chattogram: NGO Shipbreaking Platform

Beached Oro Singa in Chattogram - September 2021 - © NGO Shipbreaking Platform

At least seven workers lost their lives while scrapping vessels on the beach of Chattogram in what is the worst quarter in terms of number of accidents in Bangladeshi shipbreaking history.

Few weeks ago, seven separate accidents that killed five workers were reported by the Platform. Since then, two more fatalities occurred. On September 18, Liton Paul, 26 years old, fell from the ORO SINGA (IMO 9171838) during cutting operations at SN Corporation yard. On September 29, a falling iron plate took...

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