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117 workers in Cambodia fall ill after smelling paint, welding fumes:
police
PHNOM PENH, May 28, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – About 117 workers at a bag factory
in southern Cambodia’s Kandal province were hospitalized on Monday morning
after smelling paint and welding fumes from a nearby factory, a local police
chief said.
The incident took place at the Starite (Cambodia) factory in Ang Snuol
district after those workers inhaled paint and welding fumes from a nearby
factory which was being renovated, said Mean Samnang, police chief of Ang
Snuol district.
“They had vomit and dizziness, and fainted subsequently,” he told Xinhua,
adding that the workers’ poor health also contributed to the mass fainting.
Samnang said the factory has a total of 700 workers, and its management
after the incident allowed the workers to take a day-off.
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF), which takes responsibility for
the workers’ medical expenses, said in a statement that the ill-fated workers
had been sent to a district hospital and two private clinics. None of them
was in serious condition.
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