Re: Exploding mobile kills man: police

On 2007-11-30, pluto <pluto@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Exploding mobile kills man: police
Edmund Tadros
November 29, 2007 - 8:05AM
It is presumed that pressure caused by the explosion damaged his heart and
lungs, leading to his deathAdvertisement
An exploding mobile phone battery is thought to have killed a South Korean
worker, although the phone's manufacturer said this was highly unlikely.
The 33-year-old man, identified only as Seo, was found lying on the ground and
bleeding from the nose by a fellow worker, South Korean newspaper, Chosun,
reported.

It was later reported that the cell phone battery didn't kill him:

Cell phone battery didn't kill S. Korean worker, LG says

Construction worker died after being struck by a backhoe, reports say

November 30, 2007 (IDG News Service) -- A South Korean construction worker
reportedly killed by an exploding cell phone battery was actually killed
in an industrial accident, South Korean news reports and cell phone maker
LG Electronics said today.

The unnamed worker was found dead Wednesday with a melted cell phone in
his breast pocket. Initial reports quoted police as saying they presumed
the death was due to the cell-phone battery exploding.

The initial reports "led to the unfair assumption by the media and the
general public that an LG product was somehow the cause of this tragedy.
This undeservedly damaged the company's reputation for more than a day,"
cell phone maker LG Electronics said in a statement.

The story made headlines worldwide in part because several companies have
had to recall batteries in recent years because of defects that could
cause the batteries to explode and injure users. Earlier this year the
world's biggest cell phone maker, Nokia Corp., issued an advisory about
faulty batteries in some of its phones. It offered to replace about 46
million Nokia-branded BL-5C batteries because they could short circuit
and overheat while recharging.

In South Korea, news media reports today said the death of the quarry
worker was an industrial accident. The Chosun Ilbo and Yonhap News
reported the man was hit by a co-worker driving a backhoe.

The Korea Times said the phone may have caught on fire as a result of the
heavy impact with the backhoe.

--
Clay Irving <clay@xxxxxxxxx>
You get the idea that if Apple won a 90% market share, bought out Microsoft,
and hired Bill Gates to mop the bathrooms, Business Week would write:
"Apple has all but ignored the possibility of alien invasion..." - David Pogue
.

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