False alarms trigger fainting
Three false alarms at a garment factory triggered another mass fainting incident yesterday morning, sending 59 female staff, including one security guard, to hospitals and clinics, according to a statement from the Ministry of Labour. The first alarm went off about 7:40am in a sewing section, causing workers to rush out of the Sportex Industry factory in the capital’s Russei Keo district, garment-maker Shout Dara said. She said a manager had instructed workers to return to the factory moments later, telling them there had been no fire. Just after they had returned to their work stations, however, the alarm went off again. Workers rushed out of the two-floor complex a second time, but returned to their work stations after managers ordered them to do so a second time, she said. A few minutes after they returned, the alarm rang a third time and this triggered the fainting, Shout Dara said…
