55 Sharjah workers treated after inhaling gas in workplace leak
요약
보고된 날짜: 2017년 11월 1일
위치: 아랍에미리트
기업 페이지
Bee'ah - Employer영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 55
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 55 - 위치를 알 수 없음 , 폐기물 처리 , Gender not reported )토픽들
상해 , 개인 건강결과
응답 요청 여부: 예, Resource Centre에 의해 요청됨
응답을 포함하는 스토리: (더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: Both the company, Bee'ah, and the police investigated the cause of the gas leak. The company issued a statement claiming to have taken corrective action and that the incident was resolved. Business and Human Rights Resource Centre invited Bee'ah to respond to the allegations ahead of the publication of this tracker; their response is available on our website.
출처: News outlet
About 55 workers of an environment company in Sharjah suffered from suffocation due to a gas leak at their workplace in Al Sajjah area...Initial investigations have revealed that the gas leak was caused during the treatment process of semi-liquid food waste at Bee'ah's waste treatment plant. The workers were rushed to different hospitals and 54 of them have been discharged. The police are investigating the source of the gas leak. Mohamed Abdullaziz, director of safety department at Bee'ah, said the incident happened when the workers were carrying out manual work at the plant. "Only one of the workers suffered from inhaling the gas, but all the workers on site were sent to the hospital as a precautionary measure." The workers were given the rest of the day off and sent to their accommodation to ensure safety.