“Apple Inc. supplier Pegatron Corp reported an explosion at a subsidiary’s plant in Shanghai over the weekend that it said had injured 61 workers, the latest in a series of incidents that have spotlighted safety concerns at factories in China,” Clare Jim and Argin Chang report for Reuters.
“Pegatron Chief Financial Officer Charles Lin told Reuters on Monday that the explosion at the plant, which belongs to Riteng Computer Accessory Co and is located in Shanghai’s Songjiang industrial park, had not caused a fire, but 23 of the injured workers needed to be hospitalized,” Jim and Chang report. “‘The factory has not started operations yet. Part of the facility is still under pre-operation inspection and part is running trial production,’ Lin said.”
Jim and Chang report, “Apple said it was investigating. ‘Our hearts go out to the people who were hurt in Songjiang. We are working closely with Pegatron to understand the cause of this accident,’ said spokeswoman Carolyn Wu.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “GetMeOnTop” for the heads up.]