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FoxConn has about half a million workers in Shenzhen, which means if you just go by the cases we've heard about, the documented injuries-per-worker rate (and th
by glenra 15y ago
FoxConn has about half a million workers in Shenzhen, which means if you just go by the cases we've heard about, the documented injuries-per-worker rate (and the suicide rate) seems to be unusually low. Less than that for most US cities, most chinese cities, most US colleges. In order to think the overall accident rate or suicide rate among these workers is unusually bad, I think one needs to bring in additional assumptions to the effect that what we see is just "the tip of the iceberg".