Migrant worker dies from head trauma in Taichung factory accident

Focus Taiwan
Date: 06/30/2020
By: Su Mu-chun and William Yen

Photo reproduced by CNA

Taichung, June 30 (CNA) A Thai migrant worker died after being struck on the head by a machine component in Taichung on Tuesday, according to the city's fire bureau.

Taichung Fire Bureau received a report at 6:53 a.m. Tuesday of the worker needing urgent medical attention after he fell into a stirring furnace at a cast iron factory in the city's Wuqi District.

Upon arrival at the scene, the 43-year-old man was discovered already carried to an open area within the factory with injuries to his head and no vital sign of life, a first responder said.

The man was rushed to Tungs' Taichung MetroHarbor Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival, the first responder said.    [FULL  STORY]

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