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Foxconn said Tuesday which it has temporarily closed "polishing workshops" whatsoever of its mainland China facilities since it investigates the reason a considerable explosion that killed three people last week in the Chengdu manufacturer where Apple ipad 2 keyboard cases tablets are assembled.

"[W]hile we have seen no accidents at our other polishing workshops, learn how to in the accident in Chengdu, we have temporarily suspended operations in those facilities and won't resume those operations until we certainly have completed the full report on the security procedures in those locations," Foxconn said in a statement emailed to PCMag.

Analysts earlier thought Foxconn would be able to shift the Chengdu plant's polishing focus on items like the iPad 2's aluminum cases to its other facilities, offsetting any production delays to the popular tablet and also other computer products Foxconn makes under contract.

Terry Gou, chairman of Foxconn parent company Hon Hai Precision Industry, had earlier stated the fact that explosion won't cause production delays for any ipad 2 keyboard. But research firm HIS iSuppli estimated Monday the fact that blast may lead to a production lack of 500,000 ipad 2 keyboard 

dock tablets inside the second quarter of 2011.

Foxconn also assembles iPhones and iPods for Apple, in addition to having contract partnerships with of the biggest names from the computer and electronics industry.

Meanwhile, Foxconn also denied a Hong Kong workers advocacy group's allegation the contract computer and electronics manufacturer's negligence caused the the fatal blast that Foxconn now says occurred in an air duct within the workshop where aluminum iPad 2 cases are reportedly polished.

"It is unfortunate that SACOM is wanting to take advantage of the tragic accident that came about at our Chengdu facility last Friday and, along the way, misrepresent Foxconn's dedication to the health and safety your employees as along with other facilities in China," Foxconn said in an email delivered to PCMag.

Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM), a workers advocacy group, now claimed how the explosion was no random accident but alternatively the result of alleged management negligence to maintain work safety for the factory.

But Foxconn said investigating authorities never accept that assessment.

"As the joint investigation committee, led by government officials and law enforcement officials, [has] stated in [its] preliminary findings, this was a tragic accident," the corporation said in its statement.

SACOM said its May 6 report on working conditions at Foxconn's mainland China facilities warned that workers lacked adequate personal protective gear and "are not well-informed regarding the chemicals in use" at their work.

"Foxconn carries a good safety record that is certainly because of the policies and practices that any of us have integrated in order to safeguard this and safety off our employees," this company said to use latest statement.

"We cannot speculate about what additional measures have to be applied to address the reason for this accident at this time, but we can assure everyone that when the reason may be determined, new measures will be put in place immediately to deal with that creates and additional protect this and safety of our own valued workforce."

SACOM fired back Tuesday by using a press release calling it "outrageous that Foxconn does not have any persistence for examine the findings of SACOM however denies the criticisims [sic]."

The advocacy group also posted a YouTube video of exactly what it claimed were Chengdu plant workers covered in aluminum dust, but by Tuesday afternoon flick would not remain visible without the owner's permission.

Many experts have reported that combustible, "ultra-light" aluminum dust often have triggered the explosion within the Chengdu plant.

Incidents at Foxconn's mainland China manufacturing plants are an origin of controversy recently for Hon Hai and high-profile contract customers like Apple, Dell and Hewlett-Packard. A string of worker suicides squeeze spotlight on working conditions and pay rates at Foxconn's Shenzen plant, which houses some 420,000 employees into the factory complex.

Foxconn and its particular partners pledged to generate a wide variety of reforms with the manufacturer's facilities from the wake of negative attention within the suicides. SACOM alleges that promised improvements to the compensation structure and workplace safety at Foxconn facilities have not happened.