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WELCOME

FWF Workshop on

Safety

27 September 2016

AGENDA FOR TODAY

09:00 – 09:30 Registration

09:30 – 10:15 Opening

a. Welcome and Introduction

b. Objectives

c. What is Fair Wear Foundation

10:15 – 10:45 Inspections

10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 11:45 Safety in your factory � Who is responsible?

11:45 – 12:30

12:30 – 12:45

12:45 – 01:00

How to solve the safety problem in your factory?

Building safety

Electrical safety

01:00 – 02:00 Lunch

02:00 – 03:00 Safety

a. Fire safety

b. Occupational safety & health

02:45 - 03:00 Coffee break

03:00 – 04:00 Next steps

04:00 – 04:30 Conclusion & Certificate distribution

OBJECTIVES

After completion of the workshop the participants:

• have more aware on Fair Wear Foundation and activities

• have more awareness on safety,

• Understand the requirement of safety

• understand individual responsibilities with regard to

safety,

• understand the gap on remediation process.

• are ready to take the next step.

What is

Fair Wear

Foundation?

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Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) is independent, non-profit international verification initiative Dedicated to improve working condition and enhance workers’ lives all over the world. Netherland base, Multi Stakeholder Platform

What is Fair Wear Foundation?

Balanced Board of Directors:

• Business associations

• Trade unions

• Non-governmental organisations

Who runs FWF?

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

STAKEHOLDER-GOVERNED

• 90 + members brands

• Based in 7 European

countries

• In Bangladesh: 415

factories, 16 brands

Who Are The Members

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WHERE DOES FWF ACTIVE

Active in 15 production

countries including

Bangladesh, China, India,

Myanmar and Turkey

SUPPLY CHAIN APPROACH

Factory conditions depend on many actors!

Focus on Sewing &

brand-factory relations ROLES

Members are responsible for

improving conditions in their

supply chains.

FWF verifies how well each

member is doing, and

reports to the public.

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a) Performance Check

b) Verification Audits

c) Complaints Procedure workers’ safety net

FAIR WEAR FOUNDATION

RESPONSIBILITIES PROCESS APPROACH

• Step-by-step

improvements

• FWF never

certifies clothing,

factories, or

brands as ‘100%

fair’

WHAT FWF DOES TO VERIFY BRAND’S WORK

• Checks that members

respect human rights

in supply chains

• Checks factory

conditions

• Worker complaint

hotlines in 15

production countries

What FWF does to

verify brand’s work

Reports on member company progress

• Annual report on FWF website

• Transparent, public reporting is critical

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FWF IN BANGLADESH

Auditors

Complaints Handler

Trainers

400 Factories supplying for Members

Local Stakeholder/ organization

Programme:

Training concept

to end violence against women

Fire & Building Safety

Country Study/ Need assessment research

Enhanced monitoring programme

in Bangladesh

• Protection of women workers’ safety

and preventing harassement at work

• Support on to ensuring building, fire

and electrical safety of factories

• Strategic Partnership for

improved working conditions

garment sector

CAPACITY BUILDING

Audits alone do not ensure sustainable improvements.

Capacity building at the level of the brand and the supplier is needed.

WORKING GROUP FOR FACTORY

IMPROVEMENT

• Workshop /training for auditors, factory

managers and owners, relevant

stakeholders

• Encourage people to think independently

based on principles, not on requirements

• Continuous support by international and

local experts

• Establish FWF working group

This is why we are here today!

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FWFs

Code of Labour

Practices

How does FWF membership

work?

8-point Code of Labour Practices is core of FWF membership

Code of labour practices FACTORY GUIDE

www.fairwear.org/factory-guide/

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THE FAIR WEAR FORMULA

www.fairwear.org • Twitter: @fairwear_org • Facebook • LinkedIn

HOW CAN YOU LEARN MORE?

Online resources:

Social media updates:

Questions?

www.fairwear.org • Twitter: @fairwear_org • Facebook • LinkedIn

HOW CAN YOU LEARN MORE?

Online resources:

Social media updates:

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Inspections on structural, electrical and fire safety in the RMG

in Bangladesh

Tazreen Fashion Factory 24 November 2012

NATIONAL TRIPARTITE PLAN OF ACTION ON FIRE SAFETY FOR RMG

wcms_209285.pdf, on ILO.org website

Rana Plaza, 24 April 2013

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• BNBC Code 2006 and BNBC 2014,

(new buildings)

• Guidelines for Assessment of Existing

RMG Factory Buildings in Bangladesh,

November 2013 (Structural, Fire and

Electrical)

• The Accord on Fire and Building

Safety in Bangladesh Building

Standard December 30, 2013

• Alliance Fire Safety and Structural

Integrity Standard Final Version 1.0

December 30, 2013

• The Bangladesh Labor Law 2006

• The Bangladesh Labor Rules 2015

• The electrical rules 1937

• http://buildingcode.gov.bd

https://www.ungm.org/Public/No

tice/29932

• http://bangladeshaccord.org/buil

ding-standards/

• http://www.bangladeshworkersa

fety.org/programs/standards-

assessments

STANDARDS AND REGULATION

BUET

± 1500

International Labour Organisation NTC

National Tripartite Committee 13 May 2013

PART A

Guidelines for Assessment of Structural

Integrity of Existing RMG Factory

Buildings in Bangladesh, 22-11-2013

PART B

Guidelines for Assessment of Fire and

Electrical Safety of Existing RMG Factory

Buildings in Bangladesh, 22-11-2013

Alliance Fire Safety and Structural

Integrity Standard

Final Final Version 1.1 August 12, 2014

The Accord on Fire and Building Safety

in Bangladesh Building Standard

December 30, 2013

± 677 Factories

1,2 M workers (August 16)

Approx. 1646 Factories,

Factories suspended : 129 Factories fully remediated: 03

2M workers (August 16)

http://database.dife.gov.bd/reports/safety-assessment-reports

http://accord.fairfactories.org/ffcweb/Web/ManageSuppliers/InspectionReportsEnglish.aspx

http://www.bangladeshworkersafety.org/factory-information/factory-inspection-reports

Factories suspended : 77 Factories fully remediated: 24

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INCREASED EFFORTS BY BRANDS

• Shifting to better factories

• Increased inspections and demands for

improvements in safety

• Stay with their suppliers

• Brands join Accord or Alliance

• Provide money for inspections

• Support on remediation

• Work together with factories to remediate

factories

INCREASED EFFORTS BY FACTORIES BEFORE INSPECTIONS

• Quick inspection

• Quick remediation

� Often under pressure of brands

• Are the inspectors qualified?

• Has the remediation plan been approved?

• Are the corrective measures certified?

EXAMPLE QUICK REMEDIATION

Non certified

fire doors

installed

Not approved

by international

initiatives

Thus useless!

EXAMPLE WRONG REMEDIATION

Fire doors tied

to keep the

door open

Purpose of

installing fire

door not

achieved

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Fire door

blocked stair,

permanently

tied to keep the

door open

Purpose of

installing fire

door not

achieved


Management

think install fire

door in any

place per floor

is enough

Purpose of

installing fire

door not

achieved


Fire control

panel installed

beside

generator room

Purpose of

installing central

detection

system not

achieved

INCREASED EFFORTS BY FAIR WEAR FOUNDATION

• Setting up own inspection teams?

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INCREASED EFFORTS BY FAIR WEAR FOUNDATION

Level playing field for all manufacturers

• Advice brands to join the international efforts

• Monitor inspection / review process / remediation process

under NTC (Accord-Alliance-BUET)

• Stay in contact with all main stakeholders

• Capacity building for factory management

• Train FWF auditing team

• Train Union leaders on the same issues as factory

management

FIRE SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT

4A YARN DYEING LTD.KAICHABARI, SAVAR

OTHER FACTORIES: NONE

March 24, 2014

INSPECTION REPORT

HIGH RISK REVIEW PANEL

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FACTORY CLOSE DUE TO HIGH RISK

WHERE ARE WE NOW: ACCORD

WHERE ARE WE NOW: ALLIANCE WHERE ARE WE NOW: ALLIANCE

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WHERE ARE WE NOW: NTPA

Assessment Status : 23 August 2016.

Factory inspected : Total 2961 assessment reports

published.

Total Factories : 4809

Received CAP: 300

http://database.dife.gov.bd/factories/ni-assessed

• BUET, Alliance and Accord have finished their

inspections

• In most factories remediation is ongoing

• Inspection reports and CAPs are published on the

websites of Accord, Alliance, and DiFE

• Referred to Review Panel: 150

• Allowed to operate: 69

• Factory suspended total: 206

WHERE ARE WE NOW?

INTERNATIONAL TRADE EXPO

All presentations areavailable on the website:

http://www.buildingandfiresafety.com

CAP AND BEYOND

• Determine Lead brand

• DEA: Detailed engineering (structural) is

sometimes necessary to determine if it is

feasible to enter remediation

• Make drawings of existing situation

• Accord and Alliance approve design

• Start remidiation Action

• Accord and Alliance support remediation

process

• Follow up the CAP

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Questions?

Ensuring safety in the factory �

Who is

responsible?

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SAFETY IN YOUR FACTORY

Write down at least three reasons on:

Why ensuring safety is your responsibility

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Which barriers stand in your way to maintain the

responsibility on ensuring safety

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Discussion

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What do you need to solve the problem of safety in factory?

SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF SAFETY IN THE FACTORY

• Write down the main problems on remediation

action in the factory

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• What do you need to solve the problems on

remediation in the factory?

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Questions?

SAFETY Structural, electrical, fire, and occupational safety in the RMG

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STRUCTURE SAFETY

Structure Safety

STRUCTURE SAFETY

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1. Extra floors constructed for

which the lower level columns were

not capable of carrying load. 2. The cantilever projection caused

extra load on columns Initiated

3. By failure of overstressed column

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The certificate should be submitted to the

inspector whether the provisions of other

existing laws have been complied with in

case of the durability and the load capacity

of the building and machineries and the

construction of any structure and can direct

to the owner to show the same and justify.

Bangladesh Labor Rules 2015- (53 (1)

STRUCTURE SAFETY

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Dead Load:

� The dead load includes:

- -

-

loads that are relatively constant over time. weight of the structure itself.

immovable fixtures such as walls, plasterboard or

carpet.

Live Load:

� It refer to loads that :

- -

-

change over time, such as people walking

movable objects such around a building (occupancy).

as furniture.

Types of load

Floor Load Management

Impact loading:

The dynamic effect on a

stationary or mobile body as

imparted by the short, forcible

contact of another moving body.

� Some illustrative examples in RMG factory:

Machinery Operation in RMG Factory.

Machinery Operation in RMG Factory.

Manual unloading

500mm high sand-filled plinth and finishes.

Floor Load Management

Additional openings for stairs (not shown on the design drawings)

Floor Load Plan (FLP)?

� Floor Load Plan shall document the operational loading on each floor.

actual maximum allowable

� Floor Load Plan for each floor shall be permanently and

conspicuously posted on each floor. (Ref : Alliance Standard Part 8 Section 8.10)

� A floor load plan could guide alteration or future change in factory by keeping the loading system within limit.

� According to Alliance Standard, buildings are to provide a specific floor loading and must be practiced by the factory.

� The Factory Owner shall ensure that the live load for which a floor or roof is or has been designed, will not be exceeded during its use.

(Ref : Alliance Standard Part 8 Section 8.8)

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Live Load for RMG BNBC Live Load

Structural Integrity Assessment Guide for RMGF

� Recommended RMG Factory Loading

Sewing floor (90 % of RMG floor)

=2.0 kN/sq. m (42 psf)

Accord Standard: 8.15

Fabric Storage (10 % of RMG floor)

=4~9 kN/sq. m

Preparation of as-built floor plan

Asbuilt documents shall serve as the basis for any detailed structur

analysis performed to confirm the capacity of structural elements

and load plans. (Alliance Standard , Section 8.20)

Identify the storage pattern

Density or unit wt calculation of storage items

Equipment & Machinery Data sheet

Oscillation factor for vibrating machines

Floor wise or process wise worker data

Each type of stored material shall be weighed and measured

Weight of office items such as file cabinets, furniture, decorates

Suspended load such as ducting, cable tray etc

Imposed loads on floor such as water tank & hydrant pipe wt

Key Considerations to Prepare load plan :

Loads to be considered During Floor Load Planning:

- Machineries, Workers, Partition Wall

- Heavy Equipment, i.e. Generator, boiler, compressor,

transformers etc

- Water Tank

- Storage items including rack

- Decorative Items - furniture, cabinet, false ceiling etc.

• -

-

Other Non-structural elements such as: steam pipes, gas pipes chemical or process pipes shall be considered as live

during floor load planning.

load

Fabric storage 6kN/Sq. m

Sewing floor 2 kN/sq. m

Load Plan : First Floor Finish goods storage 4.5 kN/Sq. m

Load Plan

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Detail Engineering Assessment (DEA) required?

Vertical Load System logical? Lateral load system apparent with redundancy? Key structural elements adequate? (Column, Flat Plate, transfer girder etc.) Foundation performance satisfactory?

Structure free from any distress in main load carrying

Acceptable Performance of any vertical or horizontal

extension

Availability of Credible structural documents?

1. 2.

3.

4. 5.

6.

7.

EXISTING BUILDING

Water tank Generator

Building permit

Illegal

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FLOOR LOAD MARKING

1. AS-BUILT DRAWINGS: As-built drawing should be generated in order to concisely record the general arrangement of the building and size and location of the structural elements. As-built structural drawing set should include: a. Foundation layout. b. Ground floor layout. c. First floor layout. d. Additional floor layouts for each additional suspended floor or mezzanine including beam and column schedule and existing super- imposed dead loading. e. Roof layout. f. Building elevations. g. Building sections. h. CAD Softcopy of As-built should be submitted along with DEA. i. Scan Report of structural members with As built Structural Drawings. j. ENGINEERING TESTS: h. Concrete. i. Reinforcement. j. Subsoil Investigation report. k. LOAD PLANS: l. ANALYSIS: i. ETABS. ii.STAAD pro iii. Any other software used

Details Engineering Assessment Requirement

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Electrical Safety

ELECTRICAL SAFETY

If exposed to weather or damp situations, they shall

be of the weather proof type and if installed where

exposed to explosive dust, vapor or gas, they shall be

of flame proof type. In corrosive atmospheres they

shall be treated with anticorrosive preservative or

covered with suitable plastic compounds.

Standard: Accord Standard Part 10 Section 10.7.3.3

Separate branch circuits shall be provided for the

installation, which need to be separately controlled.

These branches should not be affected by failure of

other branch circuits.

Standard: Accord Standard Part 10 Section 10.3.1.1

ELECTRICAL SAFETY

Cables shall be connected to terminals only by

soldered or welded lugs, unless the terminal

are of such form that it is possible to securely

clamp them without cutting away the cable

strands.

Standard : Accord 10.3.9.2.2

ELECTRICAL SAFETY

Meters and other electrical devices (Ammeter, Voltmeter, PFI Auto Controller, etc)) installed on the main electrical equipment

Standard : Accord Standard 10.13.7

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Overhead LT service cables are

not supported.

ELECTRICAL SAFETY

Excessive dust and lint deposit

in cable channel.

Phase barrier/separators

between different phases are

not installed.

Excess cables are crowded and

not supported inside the panel.

ELECTRICAL SAFETY

Cable entry and exit hole is not

sealed and cable gland is not

used for cable entry and exit.

Panel doors not connected

with earth bond.

ELECTRICAL SAFETY

Multiple cables terminating to MCCB

terminal in panel.

Underground service cables are laid in conformity

with the requirements of concealed wiring.

ELECTRICAL SAFETY

Multiple cables inserted into a single lugs.

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All electrical wiring/cable properly

terminated at its point of

termination (No un-terminated

wires, lugs should be provided at

terminals

Cable trenches properly covered

ELECTRICAL SAFETY

Additional insulation is

provided for wiring exposed to

external heat

Switchboards and/or

distribution boards -minimum

clearance of 1 m (39 in) t

sources.

ELECTRICAL SAFETY

The generator frame

earthling (grounding) --

two separate points

ELECTRICAL SAFETY

ELECTRICAL SAFETY

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The single-line diagram provides the road map to

enable proper maintenance of equipment, design

redundancy, and protection of your electrical

distribution system.

•Incoming lines showing voltage and size

• Incoming main fuses, cutouts, switches, and

main/tie breakers

• Power transformers (rating, winding connection

and grounding means)

• All main cable and wire runs with their associated

isolating switches

• All substations, including integral relays and main

panels with total load of each feeder and each

substation

• Critical equipment voltage and size (UPS, battery,

• A summary load schedule for the LT switchgear

panel.

ELECTRICAL- SLD

• A load schedule for each distribution panels and switch board.

• Rating and dimension of bus bar.

• All outgoing cables with cable size and type with rating (e.g. circuit breaker).

• Length and voltage drop of all outgoing cables.

• Rating of PFI , changeover, ATS, generators with associated protection and isolating

switch

• All earthling cable rating (size, type etc.)

• All connected load with their individual load capacity.

• All spare switches (outgoing circuit breaker) shall be mentioned.

• Earthling system must be included with dimension of earthling pit, boring, earth

electrode size, earth lead and ECC cable size and type.

ELECTRICAL- SLD

A Lightning Protection System (LPS) is

designed to protect a structure or

building and contents from damage

caused by the intensely high voltage

currents of a lightning strike (often

exceeding a 1,000,000,000 Volt Amps)

Lighting a Gigantic Electrical Spark

Travelling between cloud to cloud or

cloud to earth containing an average

charge of 30 to 50 lakhs volts and a

current of 30 kilo amperes with a spread

LIGHTNING PROTECTION

SYSTEM (LPS

Thermo graphic scanning for the

entire electrical system must be

performed on a bi-annual basis and

recorded. Find the cause of excessive

heat-rise which may be the

overloading, loose connection,

unbalanced load and others and take

action accordingly.

THERMO GRAPHIC SCANNING

A thermo graphic imaging inspection service detects heat being generated by electrical plant and equipment through measurements of infrared electromagnetic radiation emitted by the object, which could be deteriorating through an ageing process that may ultimately lead to fire and destruction of such equipment.

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All electrical installations and

equipment comply with insulation

resistance specification so it can

operate safely. Whether it involves

the connection cables the sectioning

and protection equipment, or the

motors and generators, the electrical

conductors are insulated using

materials with high electrical

resistance in order to limit as much

as possible the flow of current

outside the conductors. All the

cables must be performed once

every 2 year cycle as per accord

instruction

INSULATION RESISTANCE TEST

Permissible Resistance of

Earthling system:

Small Substation -2 Ohms

EHV substations up to

220KV -1 Ohm

Power station and 400 KV

substations – 0.5 Ohms

Distribution transformer –

5 Ohms

ER (EARTH RESISTANCE) TEST

The risk of spread of fire shall be minimized by

the selection of appropriate materials and

erection

Standard: Accord Standard Part 10 Section

10.3.5

External heat sources. In order to avoid the

effects of heat from external sources one of

the following methods shall be used to protect

wiring systems:

(1) shielding;

(2) placing 900 mm (36 in.) from the source of

heat;


10.3.4.2

ELECTRICAL

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FIRE SAFETY

FIRE SAFETY

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3. FIRE SAFETY 3. FIRE SAFETY

LESSONS LEARNT

• Development of a fire can go slowly or very quickly, depends on place, goods and material uses

• By high temperature fire growth can ignite other materials

• After flash-over escape from the fire floor is impossible

• Smoke development can go very fast; smoke is the biggest enemy

FIRE SAFETY

1. FIRE SEPARATIONS – FIRE

COMPARTMENTS

2. OPENINGS IN FIRE SEPARATIONS-

Unsealed

3. MEANS OF EGRESS

4. Penetrations and opening-Exit

Capacity

5. FIRE DOOR- Lockable door

swinging egress doors NFPA 101

6. TRAVEL DISTANCE more than 23

meter

7. FIRE ALARM AND DETECTION

SYSTEM in accordance with NFPA

72

8. STANDPIPE SYSTEM

9. SPRINKLER SYSTEM

10.PORTABLE FIRE

EXTINGUISHERS

11. BOILER ROOM,

GENERATOR ROOM,

ELECTRICAL ROOM

12. emergency lighting

system

13. width of egress aisles

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SPREAD OF FIRE AND SMOKE

Fire exit door

1.5 hours fire resistant + self closing doors / enclosures

REMEDIATED SITUATION

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How do fire doors work? 1. Fire doors slow down the escalation

of fires.

2. Fire doors create a protected route to

safety.

3. Fire doors withstand the attack of fire

for a period of time.

4. Fire doors assist the fire brigade

FIRE – FIRE DOOR

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DOOR CLOSER

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Slower Door closing

3. FIRE SAFETY

Normal Door closing

FIRE SEPARATIONS – FIRE COMPARTMENTS

Fire Separation

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OPENINGS IN FIRE SEPARATIONS

Openings in fire

separations are

required to be

protected with closures

to limit the spread of

smoke and fire through

the opening from one

fire compartment to

another.

1. How many stairs are

required in a factory

with requirements?

2. Width requiem's of a

stair?

3. Handrail requirements?

4. Handrail height

requirement?

MEANS OF EGRESS-STAIR

MEANS OF EGRESS-STAIR

A means of egress is a continuous and unobstructed way of exit travel from any point in a building to a public way.

For any storey with only two exits, the maximum occupant load should

not exceed 500 people. For any storey with only three exits, the maximum occupant load should not exceed 1000 people. The rating of the exterior wall shall extend 3.05 m (10 ft) beyond the ends of the stair structure.

MEANS OF EGRESS -8 MM PER PERSON

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Handrails height:

New handrails shall have a minimum

height 34 in.) and a maximum he

ight (38 in.) as measured from the

leading edge of the tread.

Standard: Accord 6.12.1.1

Minimum widths of Door:

Doors. Doors in an existing means

of egress shall have a minimum

width of 0.8 m (32 in.).

Standard: Accord : 6.5.6.1

Stairs Width.

In new construction and for newly

constructed stairs, stairs shall have

a minimum width of 1.25 m

(50 in.)

Standard: Accord 6.5.6.2.1

Alternative Stair: Every shall have an alternative stair

connected to every floor as a means of

escape in case of fire and be equipped

with the extinguisher as may be

prescribed by rules.

Standard; The Bangladesh Labor

Code,2006 62 (1

Handrails: Handrails shall be provided on

both sides of each stairway. Int

ermediate handrails shall be provi

ded when the stair width

exeeds (87 in.). Standard: Accord 6.9.2.4

FIRE - MEANS OF EGRESS

Where Second Exit

Required:

Each room of the factory

building where more than

20 workers are engaged,

there will be at least two

exits .

Standard: The BLR (54-1)

MEANS OF EGRESS -SECOND EXIT

Minimum widths of Stair < 6

storied building.

No staircase of 6-storied building

won’t be wide less than 1.15 meter /

45 Inch


Minimum widths of Stair > 6

storied building.

The staircase of the building more than

six stories won’t be less than 2.00 meter

/ 78.74 inch


Where there is no opportunity to increase the

width of the staircase 0.82 / 32 inch meter

due to old infrastructure.


Hand rail construction:

Each staircase to be used for coming

out in case of fire should be with

durable hand rail and the said

staircase and its rail will be made

with non-conducting and fire-

resistant materials and the staircase

will be rough.


Hand rail both side :

staircase is made after these rules

come into effect, hand rails should

be attached to both sides.


MEANS OF EGRESS

Each staircase to be used for coming out

in case of fire should be with durable

hand rail and the said staircase and its

rail will be made with non-conducting /

�� and fire-resistant materials

and the staircase will be rough.


MEANS OF EGRESS NON-CONDUCTING AND FIRE-RESISTANT

MATERIALS

Roofs. All occupiable roofs shall be provided with parapets or guards with a minimum height of 1067 mm (42 in.).

Standard: Accord 6.12.2.4

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1) The maximum travel distance to reach

an exit from any point in the building

shall not exceed 45meters (147. ft)

Travel distance limitations for G2 (RMG

factories) shall be increased to 60 m (200

ft) where a complete automatic fire

detection system, portable fire

extinguishers, and standpipe system

Travel distance limitations for G2 (RMG

factories) shall be increased to 122 m

(400 ft) where a complete automatic

sprinkler system,


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TRAVEL DISTANCE

Exits won’t be located more than 50 meters off from the workplace of the workers and these won’t be less than 1.15 meters /45 inch in width and 2.00 meters /6.5 feet in height.

Standard: The BLR ( 54 -2)

Where Required:

Automatic fire alarm and detection systems

shall be installed throughout all new and

existing garment factories.

Required Qty: 70% of capacity

Minimum 2-core:

Minimum 2-core- 1.5 mm2 Fire

resistant/FP200 cables for Detectors and

Minimum2-core- 2 .5mm2 FR/FP 200 Cables

for NAC Circuit .

FIRE -FIRE ALARM AND DETECTION SYSTEM

Where Required:

Standpipe systems shall be installed throughout all

new and existing buildings and structures.

Class I standpipe hose connections (65 mm) shall be

located in all required stairwells at each floor level

including occupiable roofs.

Class II standpipe hose connections (40 mm) shall

not be required if the building is protected with

automatic sprinklers.

Minimum pressure of 450 kPa (65 psi) at the

hydraulically most remote hose connection.

Fire department (Siamese) inlet connections shall be

provided to allow fire department pumper

equipment to supplement the fire protection

systems.

A hose reel should be set up in a place on each floor

for each 850 sqmt space of each building and there

will be the arrangement of uninterrupted water

supply in it and it should be tested at least once a

year (standard: The BLR 55-1 –d)

STANDPIPE

Where Required:

Automatic sprinkler protection shall be

installed throughout all portions of new and

existing high-rise buildings with an

occupiable floor greater than 23 m (75 ft)

above the finished grade.

Existing buildings greater than 2 stories with

nonrated construction shall not exceed 2000

m2 (22,000 sq. ft.) per floor unless

automatic sprinkler protection is provided

throughout

Storage clearance: All storage shall be

maintained with a 460 mm (18 in.) minimum

clearance from the top of storage to the

sprinkler deflector.

FIRE- SPRINKLER SYSTEM

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Spacing: Extinguishers shall be placed so that

maximum travel distance to the nearest unit shall

not exceed 30 m (100 ft).

Mounting height:

a. Fire extinguishers having a gross weight not

exceeding 18.14 kg (40 lb) shall be installed so that

the top of the fire extinguisher is not more than 1.53

m (5 ft) above the floor (NFPA 10 6.1.3.8).

b. Fire extinguishers having a gross weight greater

than 18.14 kg (40 lb) (except wheeled types) shall be

installed so that the top of the fire extinguisher is not

more than 1.07 m (3_ ft) above the floor (NFPA 10

6.1.3.8).

In the factory with the floor area more than 90 sqmt,

a dry chemical powder fire extinguisher or such kind

of portable fire extinguisher should be installed.

Standard : The BLR( 55-2)

PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS

Inspection, Testing and Maintenance: Fire extinguishers shall be inspected, tested, and maintained in accordance with NFPA 10.

PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS

The members of fire fighting team, rescue

team and first aid team must wear the

prescribed uniform while conducting their

respective operations and the dress code shall

be as follows:

a) Fire fighting team: Yellow colored apron, in

rear of which ‘FIRE’ shall be written in red

color.

b) Rescue team: Yellow colored apron, in rear

of which ‘RESCUE’ shall be written in red color.

c) First aid team: White colored apron, in rear

of which ‘FIRST AID’ shall be written in red

color.

Standard: the BLR 55-11

All workers or at least 18% of the workers

employed in each department have to be

trained on fire-fighting, emergency rescue

operation, first aid and the usage of portable

fire-repellant instruments. And the security

has to be ensured by dividing the trained

workers into fire-fighting team, rescue team

and first aid team (6% members in each team)

Standard: the BLR 55-10

FIRE TRAINING

Illumination. The means of egress paths shall

be illuminated at all times the building is

occupied.

Illumination shall be a minimum of 10 lux for

all corridors, exit doors, and stairways. Aisles

shall be provided with a minimum 2.5 lux.

Standard: Alliance 10.12.2.1

Emergency power. Means of egress

illumination shall be provided with emergency

power or supplemented with battery powered

lights that provide minimum 10 lux for no less

than 30 min in the event of failure of normal

lighting.


Exit signs may be illuminated either by lamps

external to the sign or by lamps contained

within the sign. The source of illumination

shall provide not less than 50 lux


EXIT SIGNS

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Headroom.

All means of egress shall have a minimum

ceiling height of 2.3 m (7 ft 6 in.) with

projections from the ceiling not less than 2.03

m (6 ft 8 in.). The minimum ceiling height shall

be maintained for at least 2/3 of the space or

room as long as the remaining area shall be

not less than 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in.). Headroom on

stairs shall not be less than 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in.).


Stair designation signs shall be provided at

each floor entrance from the stair to the floor

in English and Bengali. Signs shall indicate the

name of the stair and the floor level. Signs

shall be posted adjacent to the door.


MINIMUM CEILING HEIGHT

Minimum width of aisles:

Aisles shall be provided with a minimum

unobstructed clear-width of 0.9 m

(36 in.).

Standard: Accord 6.5.1

Installation of equipments and rout- In

case of installation of any equipment in

any place of the company , the distance

of the equipment from the wall must be

at least 1 meter and near the installed

equipment or the row of the equipments

at least 1 meter wide passage must

have.

Standard: BRL-2015 (59)

EGRESS WIDTH

Miscellaneous storage:

Storage that does not exceed 2.45 m (8

ft.) in height, is accessory to other

occupancies (see 3.4.2), does not exceed

23 m2 (250 ft2) in any one area and is

separated by a minimum 3.0 m (10 ft)

from other storage areas.

MISCELLANEOUS STORAGE.

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Hand rail missing !

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Wrong maintenance

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4. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (OSH)

• OSH has until now been covered in social audits, carried out by brands and Fair Wear Foundation

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Questions?

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Next Steps

OBJECTIVES

After completion of the workshop the participants:

• Have more aware on Fair Wear Foundation and activities

• Have more awareness on safety,

• Understand the requirement of safety

• Understand individual responsibilities with regard to

safety,

• Understand the gap on remediation process.

• Are ready to take the next step.

SAFETY IN THE NEAR FUTURE

• With the knowledge about safety that you

already have, and

• the knowledge gained in this workshop

today, and

• knowing that remediations are ongoing,

� What are you going to do NOW?

(please try to be concrete)

Questions?

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Conclusions

CONCLUSIONS FROM PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS

• Learn more about safety in the factory/ further risk

assessment

• Coordination with each other: Share good practice with other

factories, learn from each other by discussion

• In house awareness program on safety issues including

multimedia arranged by brand

• Share with top management about the learning from this

workshop

• Set up technical expert department wise

• Careful on remediation/corrections, final corrections must

comply to the standards

THANK YOU!

For more information:

www.fairwear.org

For local contact:

Bablur Rahman

01716328111

[email protected]

To Contact

International Verification

Coordinator

Juliette Li:

[email protected]

Download the presentation:

www.fairwear.org/suppliers-bangladesh

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