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Occupational hazards kill 435 workers in 2007 [1]

At least 435 workers including 61 women were killed and 1,176 injured in different types of occupational accidents and violence in workplaces across the country in 2007, said the Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies in Dhaka on Thursday. Of them, 291 workers were killed and 550 injured, mostly in occupational accidents last year, said BILS while revealing an annual survey report at a press conference at its office.

Publication Date: 
15/02/2008
New Age (Bangladesh) [2]
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Health Effects [3], Occupational Health [4], Bangladesh [5]
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