A recent initiative by a coalition of local and international nonprofits will focus on educating garment industry workers and collective transport drivers in a bid to prevent traffic accidents, which remain a major safety concern for factory employees as they travel to and from work.
At an August 27 road safety workshop attended by trade union leaders and government and non-profit representatives, Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation Director Kim Pagna said that although road accidents are a serious challenge for all Cambodians, they have an outsized effect on garment and footwear industry workers.
“Traffic accidents are a major concern for workers, especially those working in the garment and footwear sectors,” Pagna said at the latest in a series of AIP Foundation-led safety training workshops in Phnom Penh.
In full: https://cambojanews.com/program-to-provide-traffic-safety-training-for-factory-workers-drivers/
