Fabiha Tasnim, Imon Rahman, Monica Sharfin Rahman and Ridwan Islam
In the recent scenario, occupational health hazard has been the reason of great concern for a long period of time in this industrialized and digital generation. It is obviously because their significant impacts in terms of human, social and economic sufferings both on national and international arena, but mostly on Asian region. However, there were attempts to take measures and strategies to prevent, control, reduce or eliminate these hazards; they were not adequate to eliminate this issue completely. As a result, occupational hazards are still continued to be significantly disastrous in developing countries like Bangladesh. In Bangladesh it is estimated that 11.7 thousand workers suffer from fatal accidents and a further 24.5 thousand die from work related diseases across all sectors each year which lead the victims spend an average of US $4 on each injury where 17.6% of the population lives below the lower poverty line. Therefore, in order to raise required concern this article will provide a brief overview of occupational hazard exposures, accidents and their hazardous impacts on human health, keeping in concern the most hazardous occupational sectors in a developing country of Asia with a close comparison with other developed and developing countries of the world. And at the end, it will also provide possible recommendations among industrialists, researchers and policy makers.
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