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The Zmalia textile factory in North Shouneh region, Jordan Valley, has been closed since Wednesday, upon a decision of Minister of Labor, Nidal Bataineh, according to a ministry statement issued on Thursday.
The ministry also dismissed media reports as untrue, alleging the factory didn’t comply to the minister’s decision, and still working, added the statement.
The ministry’s inspection teams have checked on the plant’s closure, once the minister’s decision was issued, it said, adding the factory will not be reopened pending the results of the joint committee, forged from the labor, health ministries and the Civil Defense Directorate, to emerge, according to the statement.
Last Thursday, the minister decided to close the factory after 130 female workers were poisoned, as they inhaled an insecticide sprayed to sterilize the factory.
In another ensuing incident, 39 workers also suffered suffocation on Wednesday, after the factory management decided to resume operations.
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