rana aplaza

1. ABDUL
RAZZAK
MARL FRANCIS
MEMBERS:

2. THE RANA PLAZA
DISASTER

3. Western
Countries
Bangladesh Rana Plaza
• USA
• Canada
• Europe
Second Largest
Garment-
producing Country
The Garment
Factory

4. Location: Savar Upazila, Dhaka District
Owner: Sohel Rana
Inauguration: August 19, 2009
Collapsed: April 24, 2013

5. Sept. 18, 2003 - Contract between
Rana and Kazi Saiful Islam
2006 to 2007 - Five-storey
Construction
2008 to 2012 - Additional four
floors
Apr. 23, 2013 - Cracks appeared

6. Apr. 24, 2013 - Rana Plaza
Disaster where:
1,137 deaths
162 missing
85 unidentified
2,438 survivors and injured

7. The Accord on Fire and
Building Safety
The Alliance for
Bangladesh Worker Safety
Workers’ Minimum Wage
The Memorial

8. Inspection and Design
Construction Management & Safety
Materials used & Cost

12. Structural Cracks
Structural Integrity

13. April 24, 2013 at 9:00 am
It started from the 7th floor
No exit doors
No emergency plan

14. Unstable land for construction
Use poor quality of materials
Additional loads added
Poor regulations and building codes
High demand in garment market

15. locals started first to help
the people
The Government action
What happened during
the rescue

16. Ordinary buildings converted into factories and add extra floors
without permission
Murder charges filed against 42 people (Official & Owners)
Wage raised from $37 to $68 per month (Demand-$104)

17. Government
Lack of respect towards workers’ right
Failure to protect the citizen against human rights abuses by third
parties
Failed to inspect and monitor the illegal establishment of Rana Plaza
Failed to act in a way that could have saved the lives of hundreds of
workers

18. Building owner
Low quality materials
Violating the design, building codes, and approval process,
Establishing garments factory on top of a market complex and
was loaded with vibrant machineries

19. Factory owners
Ignored warnings and let workers enter the building despite those
visible cracks
Western Companies/Media
Getting profit of Cheap labor- companies
Failed to focus on political corruption to global audience - medias

20. Female Garment Workers
Family lost their loved and Earners
Reduces Women empowerment
 Young women become an economic
“burden” from primary income earner
Face obstacles in obtaining
compensation,
No treatment for Physical & mental injury
(Ref.:Law at the Margins, n.d.)

21. Injured women’s concerns for their children’s
future & support their families
Children become orphan
No support and monitoring of their
financial and educational needs
Drop out of school to support their
family
(Ref.:Law at the Margins, n.d.)

22. Government
Amendment of the labor law
Formulation of National Occupational Safety and Health Policy
Formation of taskforce to review inconsistencies in industry-
specific laws
Formulate labor Code and inspection checklist
Government Order not to issue construction approvals by Union
Parishad, etc.

23. The ‘Rana Plaza Donors Trust Fund’
Agreements signed between global retailers and brands and
trade unions –
The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh
The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety
Factory owners have started paying overtime payments with
monthly salary

24. Getting group insurance for workers
Relocating generator(s) at the ground floor
Getting soil test report for the factory etc. (TIB, 2014)
Transparency pledge by:
Nike and H&M Group – committed by the end of 2017
Columbia Sportswear and the Walt Disney Co. - published
"No Commitment to Publish Supplier Factory Information"
category include Hugo Boss, Mango and Walmart.

25. Documentations
No land title
Built w/o construction permit
Operated w/o occupancy permit
Intended for office spaces but operated as factory

26. Engineering Factors
No structural design
No construction safety management plan
Incompetent construction personnel
No materials testing conducted

27. Government Concern
Not enforcing Bangladesh Building Code
Not implementing the local district engineering regulations
Lack of control in site inspection
Lack of rescue PPE’s and personnel training
Malpractice

28. RMG Companies Concern
Pressure to the factory owners
Ignoring worker’s rights

29. CRACKS
Generators on
the 8th floor
Stocked
materials
4floors
added
Fromoffice
tofactory
Marsh
land
Land
Grabbing
MANMADE
DISASTER!!

30. Labor law amended
Bangladesh joined ILO-IFC
Accord on Bangladesh fire and safety created
Stricter policy of USA on the trade preferences

31. Building code strict implementation
Tougher inspection during construction stage
Centralized materials testing

32. Improve safety and rescue program
No
harness
No safety
shoes