At Least Four Injured in Takeo Factory Collapse

Joker Poker · Post by **Joker Poker** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:06 pm

At least four female workers were injured after the floor of a garment factory in Takeo province collapsed at about 10 a.m. Tuesday morning, with a local health official saying the young women arrived at the hospital unconscious.

Story here:

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/at-le ... pse-70445/

onemoregame23s · Post by **onemoregame23s** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 5:35 pm

sad news

Anchor Moy · Post by **Anchor Moy** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:38 pm

Surprise:
"Chhun Sareth, chief of the provincial internal security bureau, said he had received preliminary reports that the collapse occurred due to a weak foundation built on land that become saturated with water due to heavy morning rainfall.

“The reason the building collapsed into the land is because a lot of rain fell this morning and the…foundation is not strong,” he said.

Speaking to reporters in the afternoon, Pok Vantha, director of the Ministry of Labor’s department of health, said he also suspected the collapse was the result of a weak foundation, but that officials were still investigating the incident."

Sailorman · Post by **Sailorman** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 1:35 pm

With the construction methods used here its not a matter of if buildings will fall, but when. Here in Sihanoukville I see buildings with very small supporting columns , crappy rebar/cement and then they pile tons of wall bricks on upper floors. One new pink apartment building on the beach back road is an accident looking for a place to happen and a downtown market got a bunch of new floors and is now a hotel with very small supporting columns.