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Amid building boom, safety left dangling
Sroeun, 43, a former rice farmer from Kandal province, said he was sure there had never been any accidents at his construction site. “Small things happen. Scratches on our hands,” he said, declining to give his full name as a supervisor stood nearby during a break ...
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Constructing a safer industry
Construction worker Samnang (not his real name), spent weeks confined to a hospital bed after piles of cement crashed down on him while he toiled without a hard hat. During the ensuing weeks of recovery at his home, the 28-year-old nursed head injuries and a broken ...
As Phnom Penh's buildings rise, safety scales back
Vatha, a 42-year-old construction worker, has been toiling for four years at numerous building sites across Phnom Penh. He knocks down dilapidated dwellings and in their place builds houses and apartments that are bigger, better – and increasingly higher – as demand for residential property, especially ...
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