Foxconn’s factory explosion at Chengdu claims three casualities
The explosion that occurred on Friday at Foxconn’s flagship manufacturing unit, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. in Chengdu, China, has now officially claimed the lives of three workers, and injured 15 others, four of whom have severe burns. So far, police findings have concluded the explosion was accidental, and was caused by the ignition of combustible dust in one of the factory’s polishing workshops.
[RELATED_ARTICLE]The concerned plant of the Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. opened in October 2010, and was built at a cost of $2 billion. It is currently the main Foxconn unit handling the production of iPhones and iPads, however, a shortage of these products is not expected as the work can apparently be shunted back to Foxconn’s Shenzen units.
Following the accident, a Foxconn representative made the following statement: “All operations at the affected workshop remain suspended and production at all other workshops that carry out similar processing functions have also been halted pending the results of the investigation. All other production operations in our facilities in China continue operating normally.”
An Apple spokesperson added: “We are working closely with Foxconn at this point to understand what caused this terrible event. We are deeply saddened by the tragedy.”