Friday, February 11, 2005
Chinese steel factory explosion kills 10
In all the discussions, ethical, moral and economic, about outsourcing, this sort of thing gets little or no discussion ... the kicker is in the last sentence.
Yahoo Asia
Ten people were killed in China when molten iron leaked from the bottom of a smelting furnace and sparked a steel factory explosion, the government said Friday.
Twenty-four people were working in the Zhaoxin Metallurgical Ltd. steel factory [...]when the accident occurred Wednesday [...].
Seven people were killed instantly and three died later in the hospital.
China has a dismal workplace safety record, with accidents at work killing 98,809 people between January and September last year, according to the latest government statistics.
Yahoo Asia
Ten people were killed in China when molten iron leaked from the bottom of a smelting furnace and sparked a steel factory explosion, the government said Friday.
Twenty-four people were working in the Zhaoxin Metallurgical Ltd. steel factory [...]when the accident occurred Wednesday [...].
Seven people were killed instantly and three died later in the hospital.
China has a dismal workplace safety record, with accidents at work killing 98,809 people between January and September last year, according to the latest government statistics.
