News Desk: We’ll Be There - The Job of Death

Two labourers who worked at delivery distribution centres died in August 2018 when a record heat wave hit the nation. A 23-year old college student was electrocuted on a conveyor belt and another worker in his 50s died after working on a night shift for three days in a row. Their co-workers claim that their deaths were caused by lack of safety facilities and intense labour. How hard do you have to work in a distribution centre to die of it? To find out the answer, MBC’s reporter went undercover working at three different distribution centres and reported the poor working conditions and safety issues there.