Man loses leg in Valenzuela factory blast

Published by rudy Date posted on January 22, 2013

MANILA, Philippines – A man died while four others were injured in a rubber factory accident in Valenzuela City on Tuesday morning.

A pressurized machine that processes rubber reportedly exploded, instantly killing 36-year-old Bongbong Dandin, according to PO1 Jonathan Bolinao.

Bolinao said Dandin’s leg was severed in the blast. Four other workers of Pilipinas Fire Rubber Corp. in Colon Industrial Subdivision in Barrio Ugong were injured.

Three of the injured victims were Segundo Enrequito, 34; Nedie Espinueva, 25; and Reynaldo Espinosa, 32. – report from Johnson Manabat, dzMM

April 2025

World Day for Safety and Health at Work
“Safety and health at work every day!”

Invoke Article 33 of the ILO constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government
(NUG) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands #Distancing #TakePicturesVideos

Time to support & empower survivors. Time to spark a global conversation. Time for #GenerationEquality to #orangetheworld!

Monthly Observances:

March – Women’s Role in History Month
April – Month of Planet Earth

Weekly Observances:
Last Week of March: Protection and Gender Fair Treatment of the Girl Child Week
Last Week of April – World Immunization Week

Daily Observances:
Mar 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transallantic Slave Trade
Mar 27– Earth Hour
Apr 21 – Civil Service Day
Apr 22 – World Earth Day
Apr 28 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work

Categories