Friday, June 17, 2011

‘Mass fainting’ at Cambodian factory

Friday, June 17, 2011
TheJournal.ie

MASS FAINTING took place at a Cambodian factory this week, with 300 workers falling ill over two days.

Reuters states the incident took place at a factory in Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh and isn’t the only such mass fainting to take place in the country.

This week, about 200 female garment workers fainted while working at King Fashion Garment on Wednesday afternoon.

On Thursday morning, another 100 people fell sick.



According to Reuters, district police chief Born Sam Ath said the workers were in bad health, didn’t eat enough and were working in stuffy conditions.

There are around 2,000 people employed at the factory.

Workers told Reuters that there had been a bad smell inside the factory for two days and that heat also contributed to the fainting.

In April, another mass fainting took place, involving 800 workers over two factories.

Many Western brands source their clothing in Cambodia, and are under pressure to ensure their suppliers provide decent working conditions for employees.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I heard that this type of incident have happened most every month. No body investigate or do anything. This happens in Srok Khmer only. You get what you voted for. So the lower standard, mistreatment, harrasment.. all these are because of most khmer have voted for.
if his happen in western countries, the company will be shut the door in 24 hour.