Despite installing safety nets around the building premises, a 22-year-old female worker at Foxconn’s Kunshan factory committed suicide early yesterday morning. She only joined Foxconn at the end of March, where she worked packaging plastics.
Miss Liu was apparently saved by the safety nets rigged up several months ago in reaction to the spate of suicide-jumpers at Foxconn’s other factory in Shenzhen, however she later died from her injuries. [YICAI via MicGadget]
Tam
Friday, August 6, 2010 at 10:15 PMBars over the windows anyone?
Anyone?
tree
Saturday, August 7, 2010 at 2:16 AMNothing raises worker morale like bars over the windows.
Gorhob Perkins
Saturday, August 7, 2010 at 1:35 AMWhile it’s horrible, I’m kinda interested to see how far Foxconn will go to avoid improving work conditions. All workers fitted with bunjie cords? Uniforms made out of mattresses?
Troy Thompson
Monday, August 9, 2010 at 11:15 AMThey should replace the nets with trampolines and make it he funnest work place ever!
DK_Son
Monday, August 9, 2010 at 12:19 PMWas she hot? If so what a waste :(
DK_Son
Monday, August 9, 2010 at 12:20 PMWait, how safe were these safety nets if she suffered injuries and died from them?
Was the net made of razor sharp wire or something?
Worst…company…ever.
gb
Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 12:51 PMDon’t be a dickhead.
I suppose you’re quite ugly yourself, no loss if you fall off a building.
Knob Gobbla
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 12:33 AMShe took to her work head-on, and had quite an impact.