A worker lost his hand in a workplace accident at Top Glove's Ipoh factory.

The migrant worker's hand was chopped off at the wrist on Thursday, the Penang division of the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) said.

"From the scant information that we have received, the worker's hand was caught in the rotating shafts of the glove washing brush tank of the company, resulting in his wrist being severed...