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Subaru production, profits undercut in latest quarter by fatal plant accident in Japan

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A worker death at Subaru’s Yajima assembly plant, pictured here, cause a production slowdown that ate into sales in the Japanese carmaker’s fiscal first quarter earnings. (HANS GREIMEL)
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August 05, 2024 10:15 AM

TOKYO — The on-the-job death of a Subaru worker, a decadeslong veteran crushed to death by a 25-ton mold at a factory in Japan, undercut earnings in the carmaker's latest quarter by eating into global production and denting sales, despite robust demand for the brand's vehicles.

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