Myanmar: Garment worker health & safety guidelines launched
"Garment worker health and safety guidelines launched", 30 April 2018
The Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population has launched guidelines to ensure the safety and health of workers in the garment industry in a bid to improve the conditions and welfare of the country’s workforce.
...The guidelines include suggestions on how to safely handle electric equipment and machines as well as chemicals that are commonly used in garment factories and how to prevent accidents in the workplace.
...[S]ome factories...have only one exit and they would be faced with big losses in the event fire breaks out.
...According to the International Labour Organisation, an estimated 2.78 million people have died due to accidents and diseases working in factories.
About 374 million workers got injured or ill as a result of working in factories.
The Myanmar government estimated that the garment sector would provide job opportunities for up to 1.5 million workers by 2020. Investments in the garment sector are also expected to increase by up to US$10 billion (K13.44 trillion.)