Some 1,686 workers faint in Cambodia in 2012: official report

Approximately 1,686 workers in garment and shoe factories got fainted last year due mainly to overwork, poor health, exposure to chemical substances, and hysteria, a Cambodian labor official said Wednesday. Pok Vanthath, vice-chief of the Labor Ministry’s vocational training department, said the mass fainting incidents had occurred in more than 20 factories in 2012 and 1,686 workers got fainted. …

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