According to inspection reports, a lot many safety hazards have put low-wage workers at risk at a Bangladeshi garment factory that makes shirts for Donald Trump's apparel brand. Advocates say a lot of alleged jobsite hazards have placed the Trump-contracted factory known as Elite Garments Industries in violation of standards mandated by the Bangladesh Accord on fire and building safety.

The Accord is a legally binding agreement signed by more than 200 brands and retailers after the 2013 Rana Plaza collapse outside Dhaka, that killed more than 1,100 garment workers. In August 2014, the organization overseeing the accord conducted an in-depth safety analysis of factory buildings within Elite's walled complex.

The Accord group found that, among other issues, the factory contained support columns that were highly stressed, had an inadequate fire alarm system, had apparent electrical problems, and escape stairwells in danger of being engulfed with smoke during a fire. It is learnt that the concerned factory has numerous serious safety hazards that have not been corrected even though deadlines for completing the work have expired.

In the last year, the factory implemented a majority of over a hundred of Accord's recommendations, and records state that it has committed to addressing the outstanding requirements imposed by the agreement. Yet, some of the most important steps towards safety still have not been taken. Although it is known that a variety of Trump apparel items have been manufactured in Bangladesh, the Elite Garments Industries factory is the country's only specific facility to have been linked to Trump.