Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/08/31
By: William Yen

Taipei, Aug. 31 (CNA) The Filipino community called Saturday for factories in Taiwan to provide safer working environments for its workers in the wake of the recent death of a Filipina from a chemical spill this week.

The victim, identified by local media as 29-year-old Deserie Castro Tagubasi, died Wednesday at Taipei Veterans General Hospital after suffering chemical burns when a container of a mixture containing hydrofluoric acid fell and splattered against her legs.

Tagubasi was on duty at the time of the accident at her place of employment, an electronics plant in Jhunan Science Park in Miaoli operated by LED maker Tyntek Corp., according to local media.

Fidel A. Macauyag, labor attaché and director of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Taichung, told CNA that he has faith in the Taiwanese investigators and will also follow up on their progress with the case after the victim's body has been returned to the Philippines.    [FULL  STORY]