- The workers in China who assemble iPhones, iPads and other Apple devices often labor in harsh conditions; problems are as varied as onerous work environments and serious — sometimes deadly — safety risks.
- Vast, fast factories overseas is why Apple can't make iPhones here
Charles Duhigg and David Barboza, New York (NY) Times
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The parents of Lai Xiaodong, a Foxconn Technology worker who was killed in a May explosion at an iPad factory in Chengdu, China, hold a photo of their son, in Xinsheng township. Their 22-year-old son, a college graduate, was fatally burned in the blast triggered by aluminum dust. As Lai's mother said, her son was tough: "He held on for two days" before he died. Ryan Pyle / New York (NY) Times
The explosion ripped through Building A5 on a Friday last May.
When workers in the cafeteria ran outside, they saw black smoke pouring from shattered windows. It came from the area where employees polished thousands of iPad cases a day.
Two people were killed immediately, and more than a dozen others were hurt. As the injured were rushed into ambulances, one stood out. His features had been smeared by the blast and scrubbed by heat until a mat of red and black had replaced his mouth and nose.
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