In mid-March 2011, after working on the assembly line at the Apple factory, and spending nearly two months investigating and collecting nearly 100 audio files and other information, the reporter from the New Express found that Wanshida's employees had worked overtime and had not prevented and treated occupational diseases. The Dongguan Human Resources Bureau and Dongguan Work Safety Supervision and Administration Bureau also confirmed to the reporter that Wanshida has the above situation after the investigation.
In this regard, on April 22, 2011, Apple responded to the reporter that it "will investigate these allegations in depth". A spokesman for Wanshida's parent company, Taiwan's Shenghua Technology, said in an interview with reporters that it would confirm the situation on the ground and respond after checking. In the second half of 2009, a hexane poisoning incident occurred at Apple supplier Lianjian Technology.
On Jan. 20, 2011, 36 domestic environmental NGOs released a report titled "The Other Side of Apple," which disclosed problems in labor and the environment at Apple's OEM factories, accusing a number of "suspected" Apple OEMs of using toxic solvents in production, which resulted in the poisoning and maiming of a number of employees.
On February 15, 2011, Apple released a supply chain management report, publicly acknowledging for the first time that employees of its Chinese suppliers had been sickened by the working environment, and that 137 workers at Lianjian Technology had suffered "adverse health effects due to exposure to n-hexane".
Dongguan Wiskind:
Global sales of the first
LCD panel manufacturers
Dongguan Wiskind LCD Co., Ltd. is the world's leading small and medium-sized LCD panel manufacturers, Apple, Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Panasonic, Sony, Philips, TCL, Siemens and other well-known brands in the world are its main customers.
Data shows, WanShiDa is located in Dongcheng District, Dongguan City, SangYuan Industrial Zone, and the "poison apple" event protagonist Suzhou LianJian science and technology belongs to Taiwan listed company ShengHua science and technology group. The company began operations in 1995, often about 20,000 employees. 2007, the company won the title of Dongguan's leading industrial enterprises.
The company is mainly engaged in the research and development, manufacturing, sales and maintenance of liquid crystal displays (LCDs), display modules (LCMs) and touch panels (Touch panels), which are used in cell phones, PDAs, various meters, home appliances and other products. Employees confirmed that some people fainted
Company rumors of poisoning
March 2011 New Express reporter in the Wiskind workshop assembly line experience for nearly half a month, during which he heard a lot of rumors about occupational poisoning, rumors that the target is focused on the TP (Touch panel) Department. This department is a department of Wiskind, which was put into operation in 2010, and mainly produces touch panels, which are used in the hottest touch-screen cell phones and tablet PCs nowadays. Wu Zhiwei, an employee who has left the company, told reporters that in 2010 she had seen a worker on the assembly line faint, "The girl was pale when she was carried out. A few of us were scared and cried, and we never saw her again after that."
Wu Zhiwei before leaving the work shop is exactly Wanshida TP Department, the content of its work is to use a kind of "ISO solution" to wipe the touch screen. She told reporters that this "ISO solution" is a "chemical solution, the smell is very big, smell very uncomfortable".
Wanshida security guard Zhang Liang (a pseudonym) also told the New Express reporter that in June 2010 around the time of up to a month, he almost every day to call the factory car will be fainted employees sent to the hospital.
In March 2011, Wiskind employees rumored that two employees had died of poisoning. To this end, Wiskind released a "poisoning clarification" announcement on March 15, 2011, which was seen by a reporter from the New Express who was experiencing the assembly line: "The recent rumor that two of the company's employees died of hexane poisoning is purely a rumor, and the company has taken the initiative to ask the government to investigate the incident. To reiterate: the company has never used the chemical 'hexane'."
Luo Yubo, police chief of Sangyuan police station, who is in charge of the security of Wanshida, told reporters that some people with ulterior motives spread rumors of poisoning through the Internet and slandered Wanshida because of its rapid development, which attracts a lot of attention. Some employees found other diseases or abnormalities
Whether the poisoning rumors are true or not is not yet known, but Dongguan Wanshida company had an occupational disease warning. on January 20, 2011, 36 domestic environmental protection NGOs previously released the "other side of the Apple" report pointed out that the Apple OEM factory Dongguan Wanshida company there are occupational hazards of the hazards of the potential danger of the disease.
It is understood that in August 2009, the Dongguan Municipal Health Bureau inspection team inspection found that Wanshida company in July 2009 had 234 workers with a history of occupational hazards exposure to occupational disease physical examination, the results of 30 people need to be reviewed, of which 8 people hearing loss, 8 people suffering from anemia.
An investigation by a reporter from the New Express found that Wanshida's medical checkups in 2010 were not optimistic either. Dongcheng Hospital had conducted occupational health checkups for some of Wanshida's employees in August of that year. The hospital issued a medical report to the New Express reporter showed that the benzene occupational hazards check, the number of physical examination of 171 people, of which 7 people need to review, 92 people have other diseases or abnormalities; noise, dust and other occupational hazards check, the actual inspection of the employee 131 people in 5 people need to review, 30 people have other diseases or abnormalities.
The above data shows that although the number of people needing review is 12, accounting for only 4%, the number of employees with other diseases or abnormalities accounts for nearly 40% of the total number of medical examinations.
Dongguan Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Center director Ge Xuhai said in an interview with the New Express that the physical examination of the list of employees and physical examination of occupational disease hazards are designated by the factory, the hospital is only required by the factory to carry out the physical examination, it is difficult to determine the existence of the person to be examined by the designated physical examination of occupational diseases other than occupational diseases; in addition to the worker's actual work position and whether the corresponding physical examination is also not well understood.
Dongguan City Safety Supervision Bureau:
There are four aspects of the problem
has been verbally ordered to rectify
Dongguan City Safety Supervision Bureau deputy director Shen Shanzhi said in an interview with Xin Express News Agency reporter, pre-job, on-the-job, post-job occupational health physical examination should be examined but not examined, the employer's such a behavior is clearly a violation of the "Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Act" and the State Council Decree No. XXIII ("The State Council on Further Strengthening the Work Safety of Enterprises, the State Council on the Work Safety and Health of Enterprises"). State Council on further strengthening the work of enterprise production safety notice"), the Safety Supervision Bureau will be in accordance with the law on the investigation of the relevant enterprises to deal with.
It is reported that the Dongguan City Safety Supervision Bureau had gone to Wanshida on April 19, 2011 to investigate, the results of the investigation pointed out that , the company in the prevention and treatment of occupational disease there are four aspects of the problem: firstly, the failure to establish and improve occupational hazards notification system; secondly, leaving the job without an occupational health check; thirdly, the failure to develop a special emergency rescue plan for occupational hazards accidents; and fourthly, the failure to establish an occupational health publicity, education and training system.
"Among them, the plant did not carry out pre- and post-service occupational health checks on employees, in-service checks are recorded, but whether the checks are in place to do the checks for everyone is not yet known." Shen Shanzhi said yesterday that the Dongguan Municipal Safety Supervision Bureau has Wanshida verbal supervision, requiring it to rectify the situation.
Occupational disease prevention and control of the inspection does not check or less inspection
Ge Xuhai also told reporters that, in accordance with the "Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases Law" requirements, employees in addition to the entry physical examination, but also includes the pre-job, in the workplace during the period and leave the job when the occupational health examination. Workers engaged in exposure to occupational disease hazards, employers must organize the above three physical examination and inform the workers of the results, which on-the-job physical examination should be once a year, part of the job twice a year, and "entry physical examination and pre-job physical examination are two concepts".
However, a number of workers who claimed to have frequent contact with chemicals told reporters that they had only had an entry physical examination before starting work, and did not know that workers operating in places where occupational diseases are hazardous should also have pre-post, in-post and out-of-post occupational health checks. zhu ying, a worker in the TP touch-screen wipe shop (a pseudonym), told reporters that she had been on the job for more than a month, but in addition to an entry physical examination, she had not been arranged for any other physical exams.
Article 32 of the Law on Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases clearly states, "Employers shall not arrange for workers who have not had a pre-service occupational health checkup to engage in operations exposed to occupational disease hazards."
Shenghua Technology:
Health Bureau had come to the factory to inspect
Checked no illegal matters
On the issue of prevention and control of occupational diseases, Huang Zhongjie, a spokesman for Shenghua Technology Group, the parent company of Wanshi, responded yesterday, saying that Dongguan Municipal Bureau of Health had sent its staff to the factory to inspect the factory in mid-March 2011, and found that there were no illegal matters. Huang Zhongjie said that the company in addition to maintaining the safety of the working environment in accordance with the law, but also to provide appropriate protective equipment to improve the safety of employees at work, while requiring management to require employees to actually use this protective design to ensure the personal safety of employees. However, the company has not yet responded to the question of whether there are employees fainting and occupational health checks are not in place.
The reporter saw the following words on the official website of Shenghua Technology Group: "Shenghua Technology always adheres to the concept that prevention is more important than cure in taking care of the health of its employees, and implements employee health checkups every year in accordance with the provisions of the law."
Affected by the parent company Taiwan Shenghua Group restructuring, the group in Dongcheng and Songshan Lake, two subsidiaries - Wanshida liquid crystal display company limited, the United States (China) Technology Co. The relevant departments of the city and Dongcheng Street, Songshan Lake Management Committee attaches great importance to the timely establishment of a working group, to make every effort to properly deal with the follow-up issues in accordance with the law and regulations, and to effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of all parties. The relevant work is being carried out in an orderly manner.
In October 2014, Taiwan Shenghua Group applied to the local court for reorganization, integrating production capacity and seeking restructuring. As a result, two of its subsidiaries in Dongguan also stopped work and production. Among them, Wanshida began operations in April 1995, mainly producing LCDs for small and medium-sized panels, with about 5,000 employees; Lian Sheng Technology was set up in July 2010, mainly researching, developing and producing touch panels or touch screens, etc., and its revenue began to decline in November 2014, with about 2,000 employees.
After the incident, the relevant departments of the city and Dongcheng Street, Songshan Lake Management Committee timely intervention, active coordination, urging the two companies from the overall situation, prioritize the protection of employees' interests, and at the same time actively contacting other employers to provide employment opportunities, to help the workers reemployment. Among them, Wanshida Company has been paying employees' wages since December 5 and solved the problem of suppliers' payment according to the law. At the same time, Dongcheng Taiwan Business Association and Dongcheng Human Resources Sub-bureau have contacted a number of employers to arrange for timely re-employment of factory employees; employees who are not yet employed can continue to stay in the factory, and Wanshida will guarantee the basic food and accommodation. Songshan Lake Management Committee has strengthened communication with relevant departments, in accordance with the law and regulations to deal with the series of problems brought about by the suspension of work and production of Liansheng Technology, giving priority to the protection of the normal life of the employees and personal safety, according to the law to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of all parties .