CHINA: Blast at plant linked to iPad kills two

Record ID: 1960306

  • Title: CHINA: Blast at plant linked to iPad kills two
  • Date: 22nd May 2011
  • Summary: LONGNAN CITY, GANSU PROVINCE, CHINA (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (AUGUST 13, 2010) (CCTV - NO ACCESS CHINA) FLOOD WATER FILLED COURTYARD PARTIALLY SUBMERGED BUILDINGS FLOODED STREET FLOOD WATER FLOOD WATER AND COLLAPSED RIVER BANK FLOOD WATER RUSHING PAST TREES FLOOD WATER SOLDIERS CLEARING FLOOD WATER AND MUD WITH SPADES PEOPLE CARRYING TREE PEOPLE TYING ROPE TO LADDER PEO
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  • Location: China, China
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Crime / Law Enforcement,Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
  • Reuters ID: LVADF738CV1SENYJ87TNN25VA3ZS
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: An explosion that occurred on Friday night (May 2) at a factory owned by Foxconn in Chengdu, China killed two employees and injured 16 others, state news agency Xinhua reported.
    The factory, forced to halt production, is said to produce the popular iPad 2 for Apple, who is now investigating the deadly explosion.
    Foxconn, part of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industries group and Apple's main manufacturing partner, said in a statement the explosion happened at about 7 pm local time (1100GMT) on Friday (May 20, 2011).
    Foxconn in a statement said that "production has been suspended at the site of the explosion until the completion of the investigation", stressing that employee safety remains the company's highest priority.
    The company did not name the affected plant or say what it made, but China's official Xinhua News Agency reported that it was the Hongfujin Precision Electronics plant in a high-tech industrial zone west of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province.
    Hon Hai spokesman Edmund Ding said the company is still evaluating losses.
    The plant explosion is the latest setback for Foxconn, the world's largest contract manufacturer.
    It made headlines last year after reports emerged about poor working conditions at factories in southern China, which critics say may have been the driving force behind a the multiple suicides of more than 13 workers last year.
    The company has since pledged to improve employee welfare.
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