2. Bangladesh Building Collapse
• Event: Dhaka April 24th 2013 Dhaka
Bangladesh garment factory collapsed.
• Topic: South Asian nation’s deadliest industrial
accident.
• Location: Dhaka Bangladesh
3. Driving question
• What impact did the building collapse have on
people?
• Answer: The impacts were: sorrow over losing
loved ones, suffering from injuries
received, crying for missing relatives and
friends, angry at the business’ owner.
4. Learning objective questions slide 1
• Why did the building collapse? 3 floors were
added illegally. The original agreement was to
build a 5 story structure. Cracks were seen on
the walls of the 7th floor. That made it very
dangerous.
• Who were the employees and why go to
work? They were garment workers that were
worried about losing their jobs.
5. Learning objective questions slide 2
• What is the causality count? 420 and
counting, were killed, 600 people
missing, 2,500 people survived.
6. Action plan
• The Parliament is going to improve safety for
employees of the garment industry by using a
new reform package.
7. Work’s citied
• "4 arrested after deadly Bangladesh building collapse - CNN.com." CNN.com - Breaking
News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2013.
<http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/27/world/asia/bangladesh-building-collapse/index.html?iref=allsearch>.
• "'Action plan' to boost Bangladeshis' worker safety is unveiled - CNN.com."CNN.com - Breaking
News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 May 2013.
<http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/04/world/asia/bangladesh-building-collapse/index.html?iref=allsearch>.
• "At least 123 killed, 1,000 hurt in Bangladesh building collapse - CNN.com."CNN.com - Breaking
News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2013.
<http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/24/world/asia/bangladesh-building-collapse/index.html?iref=allsearch>.
• "Bangladesh factory owner could face 7 years in prison - World - CBC News."CBC.ca - Canadian News Sports
Entertainment Kids Docs Radio TV. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2013.
<http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/04/29/bangladesh-building-collapse-survivors-unlikely-
monday.html>.
• "Death toll from Bangladesh building collapse climbs above 700 - CNN.com."CNN.com - Breaking
News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 May 2013.
<http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/07/world/asia/bangladesh-building-collapse/index.html?iref=allsearch>.
• http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/world/asia/bangladesh-collapse-aftermath/index.html?iref=allsearch
