Nine Dead as Toxic Gas Chokes Bangladesh Shipbreaking Yard

Nine workers died and several others were injured after being exposed to toxic gas at a shipbreaking yard in Bangladesh earlier this month. The accident occurred on August 14 at Ferdous Steel Ship Recycling Industries in Sitakunda, Chattogram, while workers were dismantling the vessel Rasi. The incident took place around 8:30 a.m. inside a ballast tank of the ship, which had been beached for over a year. Initial inspections detected hydrogen sulfide at 10.8 parts per million, a level that can be lethal in confined spaces. However, a subsequent examination…

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