In a recent happening, more than a hundred readymade garment (RMG) workers at a garment manufacturing factory located in Kampong Speu province, fainted due to pesticide sprayed in the factory premises a night ago, as reported by the local police.
Although, the factory officials at Orient International Enterprise, the factory where the incident took place, informed that all the windows and doors at the factory were left open post the spraying, the workers however started fainting at around 10:30 a.m. onwards. The workers reportedly started feeling uneasy while breathing but did not report anything until 10:00 a.m.
“About 100 factory workers, not sure how many, were unconscious because some of them came to work early in the morning and they did not have any breakfast. That’s what made them feel uncomfortable in the factory,” speculated Liu Wenjing, a factory representative. The workers were soon rushed to a hospital and provided all the required treatment, which was taken care of by the company.
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The factory workers who fainted were offered rest for a few days, but a lot of them insisted on getting back to work the next day or the same day even, added Liu.
