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Article

28 Mar 2017

Author:
Sen David and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon, Phonm Penh Post (Cambodia)

Cambodia: 1 dead, 7 injured in explosion at factory of Levi's supplier

"Blast at Levi's supplier kills one, injures seven", 28 Mar 2017

A wood-fired boiler exploded at a Chinese-owned garment factory that supplies Levi’s brand trousers, hurtling through the air and crashing into a group of workers, killing one and wounding seven others in the capital’s Sen Sok district…

A Ministry of Labour statement said…that the body of the deceased – identified as Kor Samon, 48 – was being returned to her hometown in Svay Rieng province, with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to ensure compensation is paid…

The factory, operated by Zhen Tai Garment (Cambodia) Co Ltd in Phnom Penh Thmey commune, employs nearly 2,000 workers.

According to Sokpet, the boiler – which was located about 100 metres from where it landed – was about three to four years old and supplied the steam for the pressing of clothes as part of the production process…

Zhen Tai was previously implicated in two instances of mass fainting among staff in August 2011, which prompted ministerial visits, though officials at the time ruled that conditions there weren’t to blame…

…In a statement to The Post, Levi Strauss & Co. said it has started an investigation into the incident”…