“An explosion at a Shanghai supplier to Apple Inc. injured 61 workers after aluminum dust produced by polishing cases for iPads ignited, China Labor Watch said,” Mark Lee reports for Bloomberg.
“The cause of the Dec. 17 blast at Ri Teng Computer Accessory (Shanghai) Co., owned by Taipei-based Pegatron Corp., was similar to that of an accident at a Foxconn Technology Group facility in May, according to an e-mailed statement from China Labor Watch yesterday,” Lee reports. “Foxconn, the biggest contract manufacturer for Apple, said in May “combustible dust” probably caused the May 20 accident at its factory in Chengdu, China, when three workers died and 15 were injured”
Lee reports, “Pegatron said Dec. 18 that some employees injured in the explosion the previous day were hospitalized, without providing details about the accident.”
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