Earlier this month, Shah Jahan was killed while working on a container ship in Chittagong, Bangladesh, when he was struck in the head by a large piece of iron. As with many other workers, Shah was not provided with any safety gear or heavy lifting equipment. Unfortunately this is only the latest death to hit the Chittagong shipbreaking yards where unions are heavily repressed. This death also comes just few weeks after the horrific explosion and fire at the Gadani shipbreaking yards in Pakistan that claimed the lives of scores of workers.
Earlier this month, Shah Jahan was killed while working on a container ship in Chittagong, Bangladesh, when he was struck in the head by a large piece of iron. As with many other workers, Shah was not provided with any safety gear or heavy lifting equipment. Unfortunately this is only the latest death to hit the Chittagong shipbreaking yards where unions are heavily repressed. This death also comes just few weeks after the horrific explosion and fire at the Gadani shipbreaking yards in Pakistan that claimed the lives of scores of workers.
