Garment Workers Injured in Svay Rieng Crash

5 February 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Garments and textiles / Government / Government services / Industries / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Safety and health at work / Social development / Social security and veterans
American Center for International Labor Solidarity / Bavet City / Dave Welsh

At least 86 garment workers were injured when the 3-ton truck in which they were traveling overturned on National Road 1 in Svay Rieng province Tuesday morning, police and health officials said. … In November, seven people were killed and 17 others seriously injured when a cassava-filled truck, on which 27 workers were sitting, veered out of control and overturned in Kratie province. In June, a minivan carrying 16 garment workers crashed into a Toll Royal Railway freight train in Kandal province, leaving 12 women injured. … Dave Welsh, country director for the American Center for International Labor Solidarity, said that employers and the government were liable in such cases. “Liability begins when the workers leave their residences to get to the factory,” he said. “In theory…compensation schemes are in place. The deficiency is in practice. Are workers getting full compensation, and should [such accidents] be happening in the first place?”

 Ben Sokhean
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