Samsung (
005930) has issued a public apology for
the fatal gas leak at one of its semiconductor plants that left one contract worker dead and four others injured. In late January as much as 10 liters of hydrofluoric acid leaked from the company’s primary semiconductor factory in Hwaseong City and is believed to have endangered thousands of people who live and work in the area. Police are
still investigating whether Samsung violated the law when reporting the incident. Samsung CEO Kwon Oh-hyun said
in a statement to The Wall Street Journal that
Samsung will “fundamentally change” its environmental safety system and revealed plans to launch its own investigation into the cause of the accident.
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