Foxconn India plant shut down following toxic gas leak

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2010-07-25 15:40:00


Mobile phone accessory maker Foxconn India's plant at Sunguvarchatram, around 45 km from here, has been shut down following a gas leak late Friday.

The Tamil Nadu government has ordered the closure of the plant till all safety aspects are checked and cleared by authorities concerned.

The decision came after 37 workers were admitted to Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre here after they fell ill inhaling an unknown toxic gas late Friday.

Foxconn India, part of $1.74 billion the Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group, is the third largest industrial employer in Tamil Nadu with around 7,000 workers, after Hyundai Motor India and Nokia India.

The company's Sunguvarchatram plant, employing about 500 workers, was reopened Friday after nearly nine months on on the back of increased orders for mobile accessories.

'Around 2 pm Friday after the lunch time six female workers fainted and were hospitalised in Sriperumbudur. Subsequently the second shift was cancelled,' said C.V.M.P. Ezhilarasan, president, Foxconn India Thozilalar Munnetra Sangam, affiliated to ruling DMK party's labour wing, Labour Progressive Front.

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