Forty hurt in Bangladesh garment factory stampede
01 Apr 2014 14:11:04 GMT
Source: Reuters
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, April 1 (Reuters) – At least 40 Bangladeshi garment workers, most of them women, were injured in a stampede at a factory on Saturday, police said.
“The stampede was triggered following a false fire alarm when several hundred workers were busy taking a quick lunch,” said a police officer in Chittagong, 300 km (185 miles) southeast of the capital Dhaka.
Most of the injured had limb fractures and were rushed to the hospital for treatment.
A fire in a garment factory in Chittagong killed 55 workers last month, while another 20 died when a factory building collapsed in Dhaka a few days later.
Textiles are Bangladesh’s biggest export fetching the country some $6 billion annually, but safety standards at the mills are poor, officials and employees say.
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