A Study on Minimization of Injury and Accidental Causes in Different Operational Sections of RMG Industries in Bangladesh

Israt Parveen,Mosammot Nelufa Akter,Md Iqbal Mahmud,Shima Shil,Anik Kumar Mondol

doi:10.11648/j.ijimse.20190401.13

Abstract

The primary objective of this study is to investigate the industrial accident in readymade garments (RMG) industries and find out the ways how this risk of injuries and accidents can be mitigating by implementing safety rules and suggestions. The paper discusses in brief the risk of injury and accidental causes of workers in various sections like dyeing, cutting, sewing, printing and finishing of RMG industries based upon the industrial environment and working conditions. The sample respondents are selected from the different industries in Tangail district. Purposive sampling technique is followed for data collection, where different level of respondents is interviewed for collecting information from selective garments industry. After analyzing the collected data, the major accidental causes and injuries faced by the workers in those selective units are indicated for which there have been noticed a massive fall down of workers’ efficiency. Indicating those problems, improvement proposals are given to those industries and implemented over a course of month. From the proposed improvement proposal, it is found that, the rate of injury and accidental risks have been decreased far better than before and almost all risks can be properly controlled if the managing as well as responsible parties try to follow the risk controlling technique properly.

Highlights

Accidents and injury in an industry endanger the safety of workers, adversely affect livelihood of the workers and their families, and those living in the vicinity of the industry
Before implementation the action plans, the injury level of the workers is collected by monitoring and assessing the risk in the month of January 2018 and after implementation of action plans in cutting section, the injury level of the workers is collected in the month of February 2018
Before implementation the action plans, the injury level of the workers is collected by monitoring and assessing the risk in the month of January 2018 and after implementation of action plans in dyeing section, the injury level of the workers is collected in the month of February 2018

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Introduction

Accidents and injury in an industry endanger the safety of workers, adversely affect livelihood of the workers and their families, and those living in the vicinity of the industry. According to the ILO, occupational accidents and work-related diseases cause over 2.3 million fatalities annually, of which over 350,000 are caused by occupational accidents. These result in immeasurable human sufferings and major economic losses for entrepreneurs and economies as a whole; around 4% of the world’s GDP, or about US$2.8 trillion, is lost annually in direct and indirect costs [1, 2]. Different industrial hazards resulted in several initiatives worldwide to protect human life and reduce material damage from industrial accidents, both nationally and internationally [3]. Recent accidents around the world have highlighted the potential hazards inherent in many industrial operations

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