A Bangladesh government probe has recommended disciplinary action against the owner of a Sitakunda shipbreaking yard after finding severe safety lapses and negligence led to the deaths of 10 workers from toxic gas exposure.
Ferdous Steel Ship Recycling Industries in Chattogram had been convicted twice for labor-law violations before nine workers were killed at the yard Aug. 14, according to Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments records.
Bangladesh authorities detected 10.8 parts per million of hydrogen sulfide, a highly toxic, colorless gas, inside a ship at Ferdous Steel Shipbreaking Yard in Sitakunda, Chattogram, after an accident killed nine workers, officials said Friday.
Nine workers were killed and at least five others were injured when toxic gas leaked during the dismantling of an old ship at a yard in Bhatiari, Chattogram on Friday, according to local media reports.
