TSMC Kaohsiung F22 plant brewed four deaths, Chen Qimai regrets: strengthened labor inspection

A major industrial safety incident occurred yesterday at the F22 plant P4 under construction by TSMC in Nanzi Science Park, Kaohsiung. Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai expressed regret for the incident in a joint interview with the media today (21st), emphasizing that the city government will cooperate with the Southern Science and Technology Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and TSMC in the future to try to strengthen the labor inspection mechanism.

In the P4 new construction project of TSMC's Nanzi F22 factory in Kaohsiung, four outsourcer workers were performing high-altitude steel structure lifting operations yesterday. It was suspected that the crane bolts suddenly broke, and they accidentally fell heavily from a height and hit the ground along with the steel beams. They died in hospital. Today, Chen Qimai participated in a "sports"-centered public office development project signing event. He was interviewed by the media to express his views.

Chen Qimai said that he was very sorry that an industrial safety accident occurred. After the incident, the relevant units of the Kaohsiung City Government immediately contacted the Nanke Administration Bureau, the construction site authority, and provided relevant assistance to those who unfortunately died. The city government will cooperate with the Nanke Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and TSMC to try to strengthen the industrial safety inspection mechanism to make construction sites safer.