Occupational Safety Board of Bangladesh (OSBB), IEB

1. About The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB)

The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh is a professional Institution, an apex body of Graduate and post Graduate Engineers qualified in Bangladesh or elsewhere under the glove.

• Established in 1948 in Dhaka, the Capital of East Pakistan, the only Headquarters of the then Pakistan.
• Aimed to develop the professional Excellency of the engineers to build better world.

IEB has Seven Engineering Divisions

• 1. Civil Engineering
• 2. Mechanical (Including NAME, Mining, Metallurgical)
• 3. Electrical & Electronic Engineering
• 4. Chemical Engineering
• 5. Agriculture Engineering
• 6. Textile Engineering
• 7. Computer Engineering

IEB has the following four corporate bodies

• 1. Bangladesh Professional Engineers Registration Board. (BPERB)
• 2. Engineering Staff College of Bangladesh (ESCB)
• 3. Board of Accreditation for Engineering & Technical Education (BAETE)
• 4. Occupational Safety Board of Bangladesh (OSBB)

2. About Occupational Safety Board of Bangladesh (OSBB), IEB

Functional activities of OSBB, IEB

• 1. Development of Training and Awareness
• 2. Formulation of Safety Rules, Regulations and Policy
• 3. Safety Audit Program & Implementation
• 4. Safety in Industrial sectors
• 5. Safety in Transportation sectors
• 6. Safety in Civil construction sectors
• 7. Safety in Telecommunication & Power distribution sectors
• 8. Pollution Control & Environment Management
• 9. Occupational Health Service Management
• 10. Universities Linkage Programs for introducing syllabi on Safety, Health & Environment

Subjects in different levels of educations.

• Safety in Jute & Textile Industries sectors
• Safety in Tannery Industries sectors
• Conducting R & D activities in Industries
• Compiling Safety Codes & Manuals for individual industries

3. Background of National Safety & Health Policy

• BCIC requested Ministry of Industry to form National Safety Council in 1992.
• Ministry of Industry formed a 15-member Industrial Safety Committee headed by a Joint Secretary, MOL.
• Draft Industrial Safety Policy was formulated and submitted to the Secretary, Ministry of Industry in 1996.
• Draft policy was revised in two inter-ministerial meetings held in 1998.
• Ministry of Labor & Employment took over the responsibility for formulating and implementing the actual Safety Policy as job allocation of ministries.
• OSBB, IEB took the leading role in finalizing OSH Policy which was appreciated by the Hon'ble Prime Minister of the Government of Bangladesh.

4. What we have done so far

• Trained over 3000 safety professionals on Occupational Safety, Health & Environment Management jointly with Engineering Staff College, Bangladesh (ESCB).
• Conducted seminar on clean water technology and arsenic mitigation jointly with Dhaka Center, IEB.
• Conducted seminar on safety in garments industries jointly with AUST.
• Conducted in-plant training at Sanmar Developing Company, Chittagong.
• Conducted in-plant training at ACI Formulation Plant at Sreepur, Gazipur.
• Held monthly meetings with OSBB members and implementation committees.

5. Follow up Activities

• Ministry of Industry authorized Member Secretary Engr. Taibur Rahman, PEng. to follow-up ISPB till NSCB is established.
• OSBB, IEB communicated with concerned Secretaries and Ministers and met the Minister of MOL&E several times with IEB leadership to discuss OSHE.
• IEB representatives attended meetings and supported OSHE advancement through policy and technical contributions.

6. Safety, Health and Environment problems are addressed in different sectors of economy

• 1. Safety awareness training programs in public and private industries.
• 2. Drafting safety policy, rules and regulations for individual industries.
• 3. Organizing safety audit programs in different industries.
• 4. Organizing seminars and workshops on occupational safety, health and environment.
• 5. Recommending syllabus for introducing SHE protection in different levels of education.
• 6. Organizing a database on OSHE in OSBB, IEB.
• 7. Establishing OSBB in all Centres and Sub-Centres of IEB.
• 8. Organizing workshop on OSH policy jointly with related institutions.
• 9. BGMEA
• 10. BKMEA