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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Foxconn Technology Co Ltd on Sunday confirmed that a third person has died following a large explosion at a plant in southwestern China on Friday that local media have linked to production of Apple's iPad 2.
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Sun May 22, 2011 2:20pm EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Foxconn Technology Co Ltd on Sunday confirmed that a third person has died following a large explosion at a plant in southwestern China on Friday that local media have linked to production of Apple's iPad 2.
The Taiwanese company, Apple Inc's main contract manufacturer for gadgets from the popular tablet to the iPhone, operates the plant in Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan province.
A task force led by government officials and law enforcement said preliminary findings point to an explosion of combustible dust in a duct at a polishing workshop at the plant, Foxconn said.
The company also said that all operations at that workshop remain suspended and production at all workshops doing similar work is also suspended. All other production operations at its facilities in China are running as usual, it added.
An Apple spokesman was not immediately available for comment.
In addition to the three deaths, 15 employees were hurt. Of those six, have been treated and released from hospital, Foxconn said.
Foxconn, the world's largest contract manufacturer, is an affiliate of Taiwan's Hon Hai.
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Ghost52 wrote:
So just because Foxconn is a contractor for Apple, these deaths and injuries are automatically the fault of the iPad 2? That has to be the most flawed logic I’ve ever heard. If a grunt working for a construction company drills a hole in his hand, is it the company’s fault? No, it’s the worker’s own stupidity. This heading NEEDS to be changed.
May 22, 2011 3:49pm EDT -- Report as abuse
FrankBlank wrote:
Not too bad. Not even close to a mine explosion in W.Virginia. Like casper the ghost said, it’s never the company’s fault. never never never.
May 22, 2011 4:28pm EDT -- Report as abuse
mastershakejb wrote:
Title doesn’t need changing. Ghost52 is just scared of feeling guilty cause he owns an ipad.
May 22, 2011 4:30pm EDT -- Report as abuse
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