Retailers find safety problems in Bangladesh factories

European retailers have said they had found thousands of safety problems while inspecting Bangladesh garment factories in a drive to prevent a repeat of last year’s Rana Plaza disaster that claimed over 1,100 lives.

The Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety, an umbrella group of nearly 200 European brands such as H&M and Carrefour, said inspectors discovered 80,000 safety hazards in the 1,106 factories investigated this year.

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