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REACHING OUT RIGHT NOW TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> DEVELOPING TONIGHT, WE ARE
NOW HEARING DIRECTLY FROM THE
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR
MANUFACTURING COMPANY ABOUT A
BIG SCARE AT THEIR NORTH
PHOENIX PLANT. THAT IS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION. THE PHOENIX FIRE
DEPARTMENT RESPONDING TO
REPORTS OF AN EXPLOSION THERE.
IT HAPPENED THIS AFTERNOON AT
TSMC FACILITIES IN NORTH
PHOENIX. THAT'S NEAR THE 303.
AND I-17 FIREFIGHTERS FROM
PHOENIX, GLENDALE AND DAISY
MOUNTAIN, ALL RESPONDING TO
THE SCENE. A MAN WHO TSMC NOW
SAYS WAS A WASTE DISPOSAL
TRUCK DRIVER WAS RUSHED TO THE
HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS
INJURIES. TSMC SAYS NO
EMPLOYEES NOR ANY CONSTRUCTION
SITE WORKERS WERE HURT IN
THIS. THE BUILDING WAS NOT
DAMAGED. ONE PERSON WE TALKED
TO OUTSIDE THE PLANT WAS
SHAKEN UP BY THE INCIDENT.
>> IT'S SCARY SEEING
>> THE FIRE TRUCKS AND NOT
KNOWING WHAT'S HAPPENING AND
OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, HEARING
THAT IT'S POTENTIALLY ONLY ONE
PERSON THAT HURT. THERE'S
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT WORK
HERE. BUT THERE'S STILL
OBVIOUSLY THAT IMMEDIATE
>> SADLY, WE ARE JUST LEARNING
WITHIN THE PAST FEW SECONDS
THAT THAT MAN HAS DIED. AND
NEW TONIGHT, OUR ABC, 15
INVESTIGATORS LOOKING INTO
TSMC IS PAST WHEN IT COMES TO
SAFETY. WE CHECKED IN WITH A
DODGE. THE STATE'S WORKERS
SAFETY AGENCY. THEIR RECORDS
SHOW TSMC HAS NOT BEEN SIGHTED
NOR FIND IN THE PAST FOR
WORKER SAFETY VIOLATIONS. LAST
SUMMER, THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED
A SAFETY INITIATIVE WITH TSMC
OFFICIALS THAT OUTLINED
REQUIRED SAFETY. TRAININGS AND
PERIODIC INSPECTIONS. NO WORD
WHETHER A DASH WILL BE
INVESTIGATING TODAY'S
INCIDENT. THE WORKER WHO WAS
KILLED IS NOT A T