Foxconn logo. On Friday evening, an explosion in , China caused partial shutdown of a facility operated by , one of the world's biggest electronics manufacturers and a major supplier to companies like , , , , and . Initial investigations now suggest the explosion was caused by poor ventilation, which lead to high concentrations of combustible dust. On Monday, city officials gave the cause as combustible dust in the air at a polishing workshop. -based labor rights group Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior said they reported aluminium dust problems in March when they reviewed working conditions at Foxconn. After the explosion, they commented that workers were complaining "the ventilation of the department is poor. Workers polish the cases to make them shiny. In the process, there is lots of aluminum (aluminium) dust floating in the air. Workers always breathe in aluminum dust even though they put on masks. When workers take off their cotton gloves, their hands are covered with aluminum dust."
Foxconn logo. On Friday evening, an explosion in , China caused partial shutdown of a facility operated by , one of the world's biggest electronics manufacturers and a major supplier to companies like Hewlett-Packard, , Sony, Apple, and Nokia . Initial investigations now suggest the explosion was caused by poor ventilation, which lead to high concentrations of combustible dust. On Monday, city officials gave the cause as combustible dust in the air at a polishing workshop. Hong Kong-based labor rights group Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior said they reported aluminium dust problems in March when they reviewed working conditions at Foxconn. After the explosion, they commented that workers were complaining "the ventilation of the department is poor. Workers polish the cases to make them shiny. In the process, there is lots of aluminum (aluminium) dust floating in the air. Workers always breathe in aluminum dust even though they put on masks. When workers take off their cotton gloves, their hands are covered with aluminum dust."
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