The Foxconn factory (鸿富锦成都厂) where the incident took place is located at Pi County Hongguang (红光镇) with a total of about 52 production lines.
[6] Numerous sources have said the explosion impact affected and cracked the factory building's 2nd, 3rd and 4th floor walls.
[2][7] However, Hon Hai spokesman Edmund Ding (丁祈安) said the explosion was only confined to a single workshop on one floor.
[8] The factory is an aluminum casing finishing (polishing) plant, and provides services for Apple, Microsoft, and Samsung among others, including work on the iPad line.
The events caused Apple to have worker welfare concerns, and it began corporate and vendor governance changes to improve conditions at Chinese factories.