In this regard, on April 22, 20 1 1, Apple responded to the reporter that "these allegations will be investigated in depth". A spokesman for MasterCard's parent company, Taiwan Province Shenghua Technology, said in an interview that it would confirm the situation on the spot and reply after verification. In the second half of 2009, an incident of n-hexane poisoning occurred in Lian Jian Technology, an Apple supplier.
201165438+1On October 20th, 36 domestic environmental NGOs released the report "The Other Side of Apple", which exposed the problems existing in employment and environment of Apple OEM enterprises, and accused many "suspected" OEM enterprises of using toxic solvents in production, resulting in poisoning and disability of many employees.
On February 20115, 2005, Apple released a supply chain management report, which publicly admitted for the first time that the employees of suppliers in China were sick due to the working environment, among which 137 workers of Lian Jian Science and Technology "suffered from adverse health effects due to exposure to n-hexane".
Dongguan MasterCard:
The world's largest sales volume.
LCD panel manufacturer
Dongguan MasterCard LCD Display Co., Ltd. is the world's leading manufacturer of small and medium-sized LCD panels. Its main customers are world-renowned brands such as Apple, Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Panasonic, Sony, Philips, TCL and Siemens.
According to the data, MasterCard is located in Sangyuan Industrial Zone, Dongcheng District, Dongguan City, and belongs to Shenghua Technology Group, a listed company in Taiwan Province Province, together with Suzhou Lian Jian Technology, the protagonist of the "Poisoned Apple" incident. The company 1995 started to operate, often with about 20,000 employees. In 2007, the company won the title of Dongguan Industrial Leading Enterprise.
The company is mainly engaged in the research, development, manufacture, sales and maintenance of liquid crystal display (LCD), display module (LCM) and touch screen, and related products are applied to mobile phones, PDA, various instruments, household appliances and other products. The staff confirmed that someone fainted.
The company denied the poisoning incident.
20 1 1 in March, 2008, the reporter of new express experienced the assembly line of MasterCard workshop for nearly half a month, during which he heard many rumors about occupational poisoning, which were concentrated in TP (touch screen) department. Our department was put into operation on 20 10. It mainly produces touch screens, which are used in the most popular touch-screen mobile phones and tablet computers. Wu Zhiwei, a retired employee, told the reporter that at 20 10, she saw a worker on the assembly line faint. "When the girl was carried out, she was pale. We all cried at the time and never saw her again. "
Wu Zhiwei's workshop before leaving his job was the TP department of MasterCard, whose job was to wipe the touch screen with "ISO solution". She told reporters that this "ISO solution" is a kind of "chemical solution, with a strong taste and unpleasant smell".
MasterCard security guard Sean (not his real name) also revealed to the reporter of New Express that in a month around 20 10, he had to call the factory car to take the fainted employees to the hospital almost every day.
On March 20 1 1, news of poisoning of two employees was circulated among MasterCard employees. To this end, MasterCard issued a "Poisoning Clarification" announcement on March 5th, 20 1 1. The reporter of the New Express who happened to experience on the assembly line saw the announcement: "It is rumored that two employees of the company recently died of n-hexane poisoning. This is purely a rumor. The company has taken the initiative to ask the government department to investigate the incident. Reiterate: the company has never used the chemical' n-hexane'. "
Luo Yubo, director of Sangyuan Police Station, who is in charge of MasterCard's public security, told reporters that some people with ulterior motives spread rumors of poisoning through the Internet and vilified MasterCard. The reason is that MasterCard has developed rapidly and aroused great interest. Some employees find other diseases or abnormalities.
Whether the poisoning rumors are true or not is still unknown, but Dongguan MasterCard Company once had an occupational disease warning. 201165438+1On October 20th, 36 environmental NGOs in China had previously released the report "The Other Side of Apple", pointing out that the Apple foundry Dongguan MasterCard Company had occupational hazards.
It is understood that in August 2009, the inspection team of Dongguan Municipal Health Bureau found that in July 2009, MasterCard conducted an occupational disease physical examination on 234 workers with a history of occupational hazards. As a result, 30 workers needed re-examination, 8 of them had hearing loss and 8 were anaemic.
According to the investigation by the reporter of New Express, the physical examination of 20 10/00000 Star is not optimistic. Dongcheng Hospital conducted an occupational health examination for some employees of MasterCard in August of that year. The physical examination report issued by the hospital to the reporter of New Express shows that in the examination of occupational hazards of benzene series, the number of physical examinations is 17 1, among which 7 people need reexamination and 92 people have other diseases or abnormalities; In terms of inspection of occupational hazards such as noise and dust, 5 employees in 13 1 need to be reexamined, and 30 employees have other diseases or abnormalities.
As can be seen from the above data, although the number of people who need re-examination is 12, accounting for only 4%, employees with other diseases or abnormalities account for nearly 40% of the total number of medical examinations.
Ge Xuhai, director of Dongguan Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Center, said in an interview with the New Express reporter that the list of medical examination employees and the occupational hazard factors of medical examination are all designated by the factory. The hospital only conducts medical examination according to the requirements of the factory, and it is difficult to judge whether there are other occupational diseases besides the occupational diseases designated by the medical examination; In addition, I don't know much about whether the physical examination should be carried out for the workers' actual jobs.
Dongguan Municipal Administration of Work Safety:
There are four questions.
Has been verbally ordered to rectify.
Shen, deputy director of Dongguan Safety Supervision Bureau, said in an interview with the reporter of New Express that the occupational health examination before, during and after taking up the post should be checked but not checked. This behavior of the employer obviously violates the Law on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases and Decree No.23 of the State Council (Notice of the State Council on Further Strengthening the Work Safety of Enterprises), and the Safety Supervision Bureau will deal with the relevant enterprises verified according to law.
According to reports, Dongguan Safety Supervision Bureau visited MasterCard on April 1 19, 2065438. The survey results show that the company has four problems in the prevention and treatment of occupational diseases: first, it has not established and improved the notification system of occupational hazards; Secondly, there was no occupational health examination when leaving the company; Third, there is no special emergency rescue plan for occupational hazards; Fourth, there is no occupational health education and training system.
"Among them, the factory did not conduct pre-job and post-job occupational health examinations for employees, and the on-the-job inspections were recorded, but it is still unknown whether the inspections are in place or not." Shen said yesterday that Dongguan Safety Supervision Bureau had verbally urged MasterCard to carry out rectification.
Occupational disease prevention and control, inspection is not carried out or less carried out.
Ge Xuhai also told reporters that according to the requirements of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases, employees include occupational health examinations before, during and after taking up their posts, in addition to the physical examination before taking up their posts. For workers exposed to occupational hazards, the employer must organize the above three physical examinations and inform the workers of the results, of which the physical examination on the job should be once a year and some posts should be twice a year. "On-the-job physical examination and pre-job physical examination belong to two concepts."
However, many workers who claimed to be in frequent contact with chemicals told reporters that they only had a physical examination before taking up their posts, and did not know that workers working in places with occupational hazards should also have occupational health examinations before, during and after their posts. Zhu Ying (a pseudonym), a worker in the TP touch screen wiping workshop, told the reporter that she had been on the job for more than a month, but she was not arranged for other physical examinations except physical examinations.
Article 32 of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases clearly points out: "The employing unit shall not arrange workers who have not received occupational health examination before taking up their posts to engage in operations that are exposed to occupational hazards."
Shenghua Technology:
The health bureau came to the factory for inspection.
Check whether there are any illegal matters.
Regarding the prevention and treatment of occupational diseases, Huang Zhongjie, spokesman of MasterCard's parent company Shenghua Technology Group, responded yesterday that Dongguan Health Bureau had sent staff to the factory for inspection in mid-March, and no illegal matters were found on 20 1 1. Huang Zhongjie said that in addition to maintaining the safety of the working environment in accordance with laws and regulations, the company will also provide appropriate protective equipment to improve the safety of employees, and at the same time require management to require employees to use this protective design to ensure the personal safety of employees. However, the company has not responded to whether any employees fainted and the occupational health examination was not in place.
The reporter saw the following words in the official website of Shenghua Technology Group: "Shenghua Technology has always adhered to the concept that prevention is more important than treatment in caring for employees' health, and conducts employee health checkups every year according to laws and regulations. "
Affected by the structural adjustment of the parent company, Taiwan Province Shenghua Group and its two subsidiaries, MasterCard LCD Co., Ltd. and Liansheng (China) Technology Co., Ltd., located in Dongcheng and Songshan Lake formally stopped production and actively sought integration and reorganization. The relevant departments of the city and Dongcheng Street and Songshan Lake Management Committee attached great importance to it, set up a working group in time, and made every effort to properly handle the follow-up issues of shutdown in accordance with the law and regulations, and earnestly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of all parties. Related work is being carried out in an orderly manner.
20 14 10, Taiwan Province Shenghua Group applied to the local court for reorganization, integrated production capacity and sought reorganization. Affected by this, its two subsidiaries in Dongguan also stopped production. Among them, MasterCard Company was put into production in April, 1995, mainly producing liquid crystal displays with small and medium-sized panels, with about 5,000 employees; Liansheng Technology was established in July, 20 10, mainly developing and producing touch panels or touch screens. On October 20 1 14 10, its revenue began to decline, with about 2,000 employees.
After the incident, the relevant departments of the city, Dongcheng Street and Songshan Lake Management Committee intervened in time, actively coordinated and urged the two companies to proceed from the overall situation and give priority to safeguarding the interests of employees. At the same time, they actively contact other employers to provide jobs and help workers find jobs again. Among them, MasterCard will pay employees' wages from February 5, 65438, and solve the problem of supplier payment according to law. At the same time, Dongcheng Taiwanese Business Association and Dongcheng Human Resources Branch have contacted a number of employment enterprises to arrange the re-employment of factory employees in time; Unemployed employees can stay in the factory, and MasterCard will guarantee basic accommodation. Songshan Lake Management Committee strengthened communication with relevant departments, dealt with a series of problems caused by the shutdown of Liansheng Technology according to law, gave priority to ensuring the normal life and personal safety of employees, and safeguarded the legitimate rights and interests of all parties according to law.