Fainting workers blame fumes

3 September 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
Clothes / Economy and commerce / Education and training / Education policy and administration / Exports / Garments and textiles / Industries / Manufacturing / Safety and health at work / Social development / Trade
Clean Clothes Campaign / Conpress Holding Industrial / Free Trade Union / Garment factories / garment factory workers / Hi Fashion / labour / mass fainting / mass fainting incident / occupational health / poor working conditions / workplace safety issues

Almost 150 garment factory workers from two Phnom Penh factories fainted late last week after inhaling toxic fumes used to treat clothes, workers and union leaders said yesterday. The mass faintings came as the Clean Clothes Campaign and Community Legal Education Center released an evaluation report on garment factory watchdog Better Factories Cambodia, highlighting the poor occupational health and safety standards that plague the industry. Free Trade Union official Oum Lina said more than 100 workers from Hi Fashion in the capital’s Sen Sok district were rushed to state hospitals and private clinics on Friday. … Meanwhile, 36 workers at Conpress Holding Industrial in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district fainted on Thursday and Friday. …

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