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Factory collapse injures four

Categories: Articles:Human Rights | Published: 16/10/2014 | Views: 2090
A factory floor in a factory in Cambodia collapsed on 21 October injuring a number of people. The factory was producing for H&M and New Look. Four employees suffered back and leg injuries after part of the floor collapsed at a Takeo province garment factory yesterday morning.

Authorities blamed the incident – the latest to raise questions about building safety in Cambodia’s biggest export industry – on substandard construction.  Some 800 workers fled from Building B of the Nishiku Enterprise factory at about 9:30am after part of the ground floor near the entrance caved in, pinning several workers under their sewing machines and causing minor injuries, witnesses said.



“According to a primary investigation, it was caused by substandard construction,” said Som Hor, deputy chief of a military police unit in Bati district’s Putsar commune. “We have asked investigating officers to check the construction again, because the company did not follow the blueprints they submitted.”  Read more here
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