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全球化監察 Globalization Monitor We Hold Maersk Dongguan Responsible for the Death of Mr. Mo Globalization Monitor March 10, 2010 Mr. Mo Desong worked for MCID (Maersk Container Industry Dongguan Ltd) for three years since 2006. He died on October 30, 2009, after falling ill nine months earlier. He was diagnosed as having chronic occupational diseases and mild benzene poisoning, and died of multiple organ failure. MCID had delayed Mo ‟s application for occupational diseases diagnosis and treatment for five months. His death might have been avoided if MCID had not obstructed both the sending of Mo to the Guangdong Provincial Hospital for Prevention and Treatment of Occupational Diseases (Occupational Hospital hereafter) in time, and the providing of necessary documents to this hospital for Mo‟s diagnosis within the time limit set by this hospital. Mo Desong Mr. Mo joined the company on 12 June 2006 as a product finishing worker. His work meant that he had contact with paint and thinner when he processed containers during the final phase of production. He fell sick in March 2009 and went to a local hospital (Dongguan Machong Hospital) close to the factory, where he was diagnosed as having leukopenia. On 8 May, 2009 he was admitted to this hospital for treatment on his own account, and was hospitalized there until the middle of August. During this period, on 27 May, he paid a visit on his own account E-mail: gm_hongkong@ Website: .hk Postal address: P.O. Box 72797, Kowloon Central Post Office, Hong Kong. Tel Fax: (852) 2882 1572 to the Occupational Hospital, which is a certified hospital for the diagnosis and treatment of occupational disease, and found that he had thrombocytopenia and hearing loss. He then approached the company‟s management, providing them with the diagnosis and requesting that they send him