Sunday, May 22, 2011

Foxconn confirms 3rd death factory linked to iPad

NEW YORK Foxconn Technology Co Ltd Sunday confirmed that a third person died after a large explosion in a factory in southwestern China Friday that local media have linked to the production of iPad Apple 2.


The Taiwanese company, manufacturer of Apple Inc. main contract for the popular Tablet for iPhone gadgets, operates the plant in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, China.


Point of preliminary findings of an explosion of combustible dust in one leads to a workshop in the polishing plant, said Foxconn said a working group headed by civil servants and law enforcement.


The company also said that all operations in this workshop remains in suspension and production at all workshops are similar work is also suspended. Perform all other operations of production at its plant in China as in the usual, it added.


An Apple spokesperson was not immediately available for comment.


In addition to the death of three, 15 employees was injured. The six were treated and released from the hospital, said Foxconn.


Foxconn, the largest manufacturer of contract of the world, is a subsidiary of Hon Hai Taiwan to the.

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