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Thursday, April 19, 2007

Molten Steel Kills 32 Workers

32 workers in China were killed yesterday when they were engulfed by red hot molten steel. A newspaper article reported that "Industrial accidents occur frequently in China with more than 15,000 work place fatalities recorded in 12,800 mishaps at mines, companies and factories in 2005, according to government figures."

110 workers were killed in a Siberian mine explosion last month. The death toll increased to 110 yesterday when two additional bodies were found. It appears the "accident" was caused by the methane detectors in the mine being intentionally blocked by workers who did not want their work (their pay) interrupted.

Workplace safety is serious. In American, at times we start to give safety a back seat because it seems as though everything is going right... and maybe we can take a few shortcuts and save some time or money. Safety always needs to be first.

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