OSHE organized training on accident monitoring mechanism in Dhaka, Savar and Gazipur
Three (3) trainings were held on accident monitoring mechanism for the Volunteers and Factory Workers in this quarter. First training was held on 23 February 2023 Thursday and the second one on 27 February 2023 Monday. A total of fifty (50) volunteers and workers were joined to the training event where 31 were women and 19 were men.
The first training on workplace accident monitoring mechanism was held at U-multipurpose Hall, Mirpur Dhaka on 23rd February. MM Kabir Mamun, Project Coordinator took the sessions as chief facilitator of the training. MIS Officer Md. Sohel Shaikh was also present there as co-facilitator of the training. BGTLNG leader Shamima Akter and OSHE Case Management Officer were also present in the training. A total of 25 volunteers and workers were participated in the training where 21 participants were women and 04 were men.
OSHE Foundation organized second training on “workplace accident monitoring mechanism” on 27 February 2023 at YMCA Training Center, Savar, Dhaka. OSHE Director Md. Alam Hossain and MM Kabir Mamun, Project Coordinator facilitated the sessions as trainer of the training. Research and Monitoring Officer Md. Nur Alam moderated the training. Distinguished trade union leaders and factory workers from Savar and Dhamrai areas participated to the training. A total of 25 volunteers and worker participated to the training event where 10 were women and 15 were men.
Third training on accident monitoring mechanism was held on 21 March 2023 at at Industrial Relation Institute, Tongi Bazar, Gazipur. A total of 25 volunteers and workers were participated in the training where 08 participants were female and 17 were male. These volunteers are engaged to collect information related to occupational accident and diseases and will assist to manage research and monitoring smoothly. This volunteer groups are comprised with the members of different trade unions, representative of workers, social workers and local journalists.
MM Kabir Mamun, Project Coordinator, OSHE Foundation was present there as chief facilitator of the training. Nusrat Jahan, Case Management Officer and Nur Alam, Research and Monitoring Officer were also present there as co-facilitator of the training.
Through these training events the participants came to know about the types of occupational accident and sectoral categories of industry. Participants learnt about detail on workplace accident and basic components of workplace accident. They also came to know about the monitoring mechanism of OSHE Foundation to monitor workplace accidents and occupational diseases. Participants identified problems of receiving compensation benefits in case of death and/or injury in the workplace accident and occupational diseases were discussed through question and answer and also in the open discussion.
In these session, major discussion of the participants are as follows:
- If a worker absents for more than 4/5 days due to diseases or Injury they are fired from their job.
- If an RMG worker falls ill after half a day’s work and seeks leave, then authority counts it as full day leave.
- No one can raise his/her voice for someone if there are any issues on worker rights.
- Workers are the victims of bulling by their supervisor and/or their charge. They often use obscene languages.
- Most of the time the worker didn’t get their letter of appointment and agreement for the job in RMG sector. Authority takes a signature in a blank white paper very often for further use as they like.
- If authority knows that any of the women worker conceives baby, they try to dismissed the workers because they don’t want to take this issue into their account.