SONGKHLA, Sept 8 - Three Cambodian industrial workers were killed this morning by flying machine parts in a latex processing factory.
The victims, two men and one woman, were migrant workers with legal work permits, identified as Zat In, 21, Chanhuan Seng, 26, and Sarit Sen, 26.
Ten workers were working when the incident occurred, according to the initial police investigation.
The process required removing parts of the machine for cleaning every two hours. The workers were hit when loose-fitting parts returned to the processing equipment flow off at high-speed, killing the three victims.
The factory owner pledged to take responsibility and compensate the victims' families, including costs for the transfer of their bodies to their homes in Cambodia. (MCOT online news)
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Three Cambodian labourers killed in Thai rubber factory accident
Monsters and critics
Sep 8, 2011,
Bangkok - A machinery mishap in a rubber factory in southern Thailand on Thursday killed three Cambodian labourers, including one woman, Thai media reports said.
The spinning rotor in a rubber mixing machine at the Chalong Usahakham Company in Channa district, Songkhla provicne, 760 kilometres south of Bangkok, broke lose from its base and mangled three labourers to death, Radio Thailand reported.
The three Cambodians, identified as males Sae Binh, 21, Jaa Sepeng, 26, and female Salee Sepeng, 26, were all registered as legal labourers.
There are more than two million registered foreign labourers in Thailand, most of them from neighbouring countries - Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.
Thai police attributed the accident to 'carelessness' on the part of the labourers, claiming the machine - used to mix natural rubber with chemicals to produce rubber sheets - required frequent cleaning to avoid accidents.
Thailand is the world's leading exporter of rubber products.
The victims, two men and one woman, were migrant workers with legal work permits, identified as Zat In, 21, Chanhuan Seng, 26, and Sarit Sen, 26.
Ten workers were working when the incident occurred, according to the initial police investigation.
The process required removing parts of the machine for cleaning every two hours. The workers were hit when loose-fitting parts returned to the processing equipment flow off at high-speed, killing the three victims.
The factory owner pledged to take responsibility and compensate the victims' families, including costs for the transfer of their bodies to their homes in Cambodia. (MCOT online news)
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Three Cambodian labourers killed in Thai rubber factory accident
Monsters and critics
Sep 8, 2011,
Bangkok - A machinery mishap in a rubber factory in southern Thailand on Thursday killed three Cambodian labourers, including one woman, Thai media reports said.
The spinning rotor in a rubber mixing machine at the Chalong Usahakham Company in Channa district, Songkhla provicne, 760 kilometres south of Bangkok, broke lose from its base and mangled three labourers to death, Radio Thailand reported.
The three Cambodians, identified as males Sae Binh, 21, Jaa Sepeng, 26, and female Salee Sepeng, 26, were all registered as legal labourers.
There are more than two million registered foreign labourers in Thailand, most of them from neighbouring countries - Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.
Thai police attributed the accident to 'carelessness' on the part of the labourers, claiming the machine - used to mix natural rubber with chemicals to produce rubber sheets - required frequent cleaning to avoid accidents.
Thailand is the world's leading exporter of rubber products.
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