29/12/08

27/12/08

China adds 32 deaths to dismal work safety statistics

Thirty-two people died in two separate accidents in China Saturday, as explosives went off in a rural area while a lift crashed on an urban building site, highlighting the nation's poor work safety record.

Fifteen people died and nine were injuredIn the first of the incidents, a blast erupted at 1.12 am (1712 GMT Friday) in the village of Donggancheng

In the day's second serious incident, 17 people died after a construction lift crashed to the ground on a building site.

OPINIONS: I think China's contractors have not taken enough safety precautions towards their workers and objects at the construction site. They should have considered the welfare of their workers. The workers have families to feed and raise, that was why they needed to work, but now, without the workers income, the families may be experiecing lots of financial problems and may not be able to get enough money to buy food for themselves to eat.

if this carries on, many people, because of their own safety will not want to be construction site workers and there will be no one to build houses and buildings for new companies or people who needs to buy new houses
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