As reported at EETimes, three workers died and 15 more are injured as a result of an explosion at a iPad manufacturing factory in Chengdu, China, belonging to Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn, Apple's close OEM partner. The cause of the explosion, which happened on the evening of Friday, May 20, is reported to have been a combustible dust mixture in a duct. CNET has some full reporting on what observers found as they entered the plant after the deadly blast. Some observers believe that the incident could cost Apple upwards of 500K tablets.
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