title: Improving occupational safety and health in Bangladesh.
abstract: The majority of the population in Bangladesh is employed in manual handling tasks, but adequate protections for these workers do not exist. Conditions at a boulder handling site, saw mill, rice packaging plant and construction site show the need for comprehensive reforms in occupational safety and health legislation and practice in Bangladesh. New policies on training, industrial hygiene, safety equipment, and risk assessment are necessary to protect workers in a rapidly developing economy.
authors.affiliation: Research and Evaluation Unit, Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed.
authors.forename: Afsana Jahan
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bhuiyan
authors.forename: M Nazmul
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Haq
mesh_terms: D001459:Bangladesh; D006040:Goals; D016272:Occupational Health; D011640:Public Policy