Abstract
Whilst ships are designed, constructed and operated in an environment of high technology and legislative control, their disposal is usually undertaken in a distinctly opposing environment of low cost, low technology, high labour content, high risk and minimal, or minimally enforced, legislation. The dangers inherent in shipbreaking are manifold. In addition to the dangers from hazardous materials, the workers are at risk from fires and explosions; falling objects; falling from heights; oxygen deficiency in confined spaces; biological hazards; long working hours and the burdens of insecure employment; poverty; low wages; inadequate housing and sanitation; inadequate accident prevention and inspection procedures etc. The International Metalworkers Federation now rates shipbreaking as one of the world’s most dangerous occupations. Such is the nature of the industry that, in Bangladesh, the deaths of those who have died in the shipbreaking yards of the sub-continent are commemorated each year on December 12th.
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