Four Workers Killed at TSMC Factory Site in Kaohsiung, Halting Construction
TSMC said four workers died during steel structure construction at a new factory site in southern Taiwan, prompting it to suspend similar work across the island pending an investigation.
TAIPEI, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Chipmaker TSMC said on Wednesday that four construction workers had been killed at a site for a new factory in southern Taiwan, with some building work being halted as a result.
• The four workers were killed on Tuesday during steel structure construction at the site in Kaohsiung, the company said in an emailed statement
• "We and our construction contractor immediately suspended related construction work at the site, and we have also suspended similar steel structure work at all our construction sites across Taiwan pending our investigation," it said
• TSMC's on-site safety team is cooperating with the relevant authorities and our construction contractor to investigate the incident and ensure appropriate remedial steps are taken, the company added
• TSMC is the world's largest contract chip maker and a major supplier of the advanced chips powering the trend towards AI
(Reporting by Wen-Yee Lee and Ben Blanchard; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
