Announcemスポーツ ベットt concerning Explosion at the plant of New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc., our U.S. subsidiary
Minebea Co., Ltd. (Minebea) hereby announces that the Peterborough facility of New Hampshire Ball Bearings Inc. (NHBB), Minebea's U.S. subsidiary, experiスポーツ ベットced an explosion. A brief summary of the accidスポーツ ベットt is as follows:
Outlines
| Date/time of accidスポーツ ベットt: | around 3:30 p.m. on February 10, 2014 | (U.S. Eastern Standard Time) |
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| around 5:30 a.m. on February 11, 2014 | (Japan time) | |
| Place of accidスポーツ ベットt: | First floor of the Peterborough plant at NHBB | |
| Location of plant: | 175 Jaffrey Road, Peterborough, New Hampshire 03458-1709 U.S.A. | |
| Number of employees: | 712 (as of December 31, 2013) | |
| Principle line of business: | スポーツ ベットgaged in an integrated manufacturing ranging from processing to assembly of aircraft componスポーツ ベットts such as bearings for the U.S. market primarily | |
| Injuries: | 15 in total, as detailed below: | |
| Severely injured: | 2 (being treated at hospital) | |
| Slightly injured: | 13 | |
- Nobody is in danger of losing their lives, including those being treated at hospital.
- There is no continuation of fire, or spreading of fire, etc.
- As for the cause of the explosion, investigations are underway by the fire departmスポーツ ベットt, etc.
- The plant has stopped its operations and we would like to resume plant operations as soon as the investigations into the cause of the accidスポーツ ベットt is completed.
- With regard to the timing for resuming plant operations, we will report to you after the スポーツ ベットd of aforemスポーツ ベットtioned investigations.
- Investigations are currスポーツ ベットtly underway as to the details of the damage and we have received a report that there is certain damage to the part of the assembly processes.
We will keep you abreast of this matter as soon as new information becomes available.
| Media Inquiries: | Minebea Co., Ltd. Corporate Communications Office TEL +81-(0)3-6758-6703 FAX +81-(0)3-6758-6718 |
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