Worker faints after chemical spill at factory in Sungai Petani


SUNGAI PETANI: A worker at a factory producing rubber-based products in Bakar Arang here lost consciousness while 16 others complained of eye pain and dizziness on Thursday, believed due to a chemical spill.

Sungai Petani Zone 2 Fire and Rescue Senior Operations Commander, Assistant Superintendent Fauzi Shuib said they received a distress call via the MERS 999 line at 3.04pm reporting a chemical spill known as sodium hypochlorite.

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