A separate image captured inside Bowker shows a thermometer reading 35.2C, with humidity at 57.6%.
An employee working on the ironing line said the extreme heat was seriously affecting workers’ health.
Employees at both factories reported being pushed to achieve collective daily production quotas ranging from 300 to 700 garments.
One worker questioned how little employees received compared with the revenue generated when hundreds of shirts, each priced at $120 (£90), were sold.
Some workers also reported being verbally mistreated when production goals were not reached.
A third Bowker employee said supervisors shouted at workers, reprimanded them and told them to quit whenever they failed to meet the required quota.
The same worker said they had suffered two electric shocks caused by an exposed cable.
They said the hazard was reported several times, but corrective action was taken only after the second electric shock.
Adidas said both facilities had measures for managing high temperatures, its policies prohibited all forms of harassment, and Bowker’s records contained no electrical accident reports.
Trax admitted there had been periods of unusually high temperatures but said cooling equipment was available and maintained that its working practices did not depend on compulsory output quotas.
Similar problems have been reported throughout Cambodia’s clothing manufacturing sector. A 2024 International Labour Organization report, external source found that 69% of factories had heat-related shortcomings, while 84% had problems concerning worker protection.
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