Cambodia: Ventilation problems at Puma and adidas suppliers
04/04/2014
Police and workers said 118 employees fainted at the Shen Zhou and Daqian Textile factories in Phnom Penh. Puma and Adidas said they were investigating.
"We don't know why but one worker was sick and others just saw them and began to collapse," district police chief Khem Saran told Reuters.
He said 53 employees had fallen sick at another factory because of the strong smell of paint. Labour rights NGO Community Legal Education Center said more than 200 workers had fainted this week.
Cambodia has been troubled by unrest over the past year, with workers strikes over pay and conditions sometimes turning violent. Five people were reportedly killed in January.
The country’s garment industry earns more than $5 billion a year in revenue and employs some 600,000 people.
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