'Anti-suicide' nets fitted around buildings at a Foxconn factory in Kunshan , Jiangsu , failed to save the life of a young female worker who leapt from a dormitory on Wednesday morning.
Foxconn said the 22-year-old was found severely injured outside a dormitory at 4am. She was taken to hospital for emergency treatment but died 10 hours later.
It was the 16th suicide attempt by a worker employed by the Taiwanese-owned electronics giant or one of its affiliates this year, and the 11th death.
Foxconn said the woman had joined its staff in March and worked in the plant's plastic material packaging department.
'An investigation into all the facts and the cause of the tragedy is being carried out by local authorities, and Foxconn is co-operating fully in that process,' a spokesman said. 'Foxconn has expressed our deepest sympathy and condolences to the worker's family and we are providing support to them at this very sad time.'
A spate of suicides at the company's Shenzhen plants triggered global concern over working conditions at the company, which counts Apple and Hewlett-Packard among its clients.