Tech Factory Staff Worked 34 Days Straight, 16 Hour Days

firefighters at the site of an industrial accident look down into a wastewater tank

June 27, 2017June 28, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Ilan, Unitech, workplace-safety

A factory that was the site of an industrial accident that killed four workers yesterday has been found to have regularly breached labor regulations, and is currently being investigated for lethal professional negligence, Chinese language media reported today. Liberty Times Network reported that Ilan County labor inspectors found the company to be in breach of regulations in 2015 when it was found that some employees had worked 13 days in a row. Unitech Printed Circuit Board Corp, a company with

scene of industrial accident in Yilan County

Health and Safety

June 26, 2017June 26, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Ilan, industrial-accident, Unitech

Four workers at a tech company in Ilan County died and two were injured while working in an underground wastewater tank without breathing equipment this morning. Yilan Fire Bureau received a report of an industrial accident at a factory in Suao township belonging to printed circuit board manufacturer Unitech at around 10:00am. Two workers had been working to unblock a drainage pipe during annual cleaning operations when one worker suddenly collapsed. Other workers then succumbed to toxic fumes after going