About 500 workers at a textile factory in Swaziland needed medical treatment after inhaling poisonous chemicals, according to the kingdom's trade union federation.
The Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA) said the incident happened at the Taiwanese-owned Tex-Ray factory in Manzini, the kingdom's main commercial city on Friday (5 September 2014).
According to a TUCOSWA press statement doors at the factory were locked making it difficult for workers to escape the fumes. It said, 'close to 500 workers collapsed and had to be treated in various medical institutions'.
Mduduzi C. Gina, TUCOSWA First Deputy Secretary General, said, 'It is more disturbing to learn that the management of the company locked the exit points of the factory shell when workers wanted to escape from inhaling the lethal substance.'
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