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Four workers injured by chemical splash at Winbond plant in Kaohsiung

Four contract workers were injured when they were splashed by a waste mixture of hydrofluoric and nitric acid during pipeline construction at a Winbond Electronics plant in Kaohsiung. Emergency services transported the workers, who remained conscious, to E-Da Hospital and Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital for treatment. The circumstances leading to the chemical leak have not yet been clarified.

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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
3 differing positions reported on attribution across 3 publishers; unresolved.
  • mirrormedia華邦電外包商
  • ltn華邦電
  • ettoday公司
3 differing positions reported on location across 4 publishers; unresolved.
  • ettoday路竹分公司
  • newtalk路竹廠
  • ltn高雄路竹廠
  • pts路竹廠
WhereKaohsiung
22.616, 120.313 ±10 km
First reported23 days ago
Published2026-10-02 07:17 UTC
Sources5
Casualties reported0
How this travelled.
Reports6Independent tellings5
5 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Four workers injured by chemical splash at Winbond plant in Kaohsiung. 2026-10-02T07:17:28.900Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:4366. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-02/4-e871389b

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