Western retailers have found structural-related security problems with some ready-made garment factories in Bangladesh, but not as severe as the Rana Plaza.
Such has been said in the reports of Bangladesh Accord Foundation, a group of 150 retailers from more than 20 countries all over the world.
The group in association with Bangladeshi engineers have released their probe report on the first 10 factories and released their findings on Tuesday, the New York Times reports.
The reports said those factories lacked adequate fire doors, required fire safety mechanisms and had dangerously high weight loads on several floors.
“Our inspection program is in full swing,” the group's chief safety inspector Brad Loewen said. “It's big news that we are in full flight.”
The inspections, carried out in November and December last year, do not reflect any problems as severe as those that caused the Rana Plaza collapse.
The factory probe comes in view of the Rana Plaza disaster that killed at least 1,100 workers last year and fire at Tazreen Fashions that roasted 111 more.
If an inspection uncovers critical problems, Accord officials must notify the Government of Bangladesh and request that the factory be closed, the report said.