Home>News Center>China
           
     

    Death toll drops in work incidents
    By Cao Desheng (China Daily)
    Updated: 2004-07-21 01:29

    China's work safety situation improved in the first half of 2004 despite rapid economic growth, a senior official said Tuesday.

    Meanwhile, a gas explosion in the Luzigou coal mine in Huairen County of North China's Shanxi Province killed 12 miners on Monday.

    More than 426,000 incidents involving injury or death occurred nationwide, 12.8 per cent less than the same period of last year, said Wang Dexue, deputy director of the State Administration of Work Safety, at a press conference organized by the Information Office of the State Council.

    The incidents resulted in 63,735 deaths, a 0.2 per cent drop from the year before, Wang said.

    Wang attributed the improvement of the nation's work safety to measures taken by the central government at the beginning of this year.

    Control indicators were established to promote the implementation of a safety responsibility system by various levels of government, said Wang.

    Work safety campaigns were carried out, focusing on problems in accident-plagued industries, Wang said.

    Safety campaigns were launched to go hand in hand with intensified safety supervision and administration, he said.

    "However, work safety still remains a serious concern since the number of incidents and the death toll remains high -- with about 350 people killed daily on average," Wang noted.

    At the same time, major incidents are still happening frequently and occupational hazards are still very serious, he said.

    When speaking of the notorious underreporting of incidents in some coal mines, Wang said severe penalties will be given to those responsible for cover-ups.

    Several cases under or deceptively reported were discovered across the country when gas explosions occurred in some coal mines in Henan, Hebei and Hunan provinces earlier this year.

    Due to the nation's strained coal supply and the rise in coal prices, some coal mine managers hesitate to report accidents for fear of hurting the bottom line, said Huang Yi, spokesman of the work safety administration.

    On the other hand, the existing laws tend to be lax with people responsible for covering up mining accidents, Huang said.

    "Even worse, behind the underreporting cases are often corrupted officials, who provide protective umbrellas," he said.

    While consolidating the role of enterprises as the major entities responsible for work safety, the administration will better train personnel in areas of work safety supervision and administration as well as in coal mine safety inspections in the second half of this year, Wang said.

    More than 600,000 people suffer from occupational diseases because of poor protective measures at workplaces. The number is increasing by 20,000 every year, said Wang.



     
      Today's Top News     Top China News
     

    Nations team up on arms control

     

       
     

    China squad targets 20-plus Olympic golds

     

       
     

    China: World's 2nd most wired nation

     

       
     

    Death toll drops in work incidents

     

       
     

    Overseas Chinese help modernization

     

       
     

    Energy shortfall to persist

     

       
      Death toll drops in work incidents
       
      China revises up GDP growth in first half of 2003
       
      Shanghai set for huge tourism gala
       
      Guideline issued for companies to invest overseas
       
      Intense flood strain builds up
       
      Seven killed, 27 injured in road accident
       
     
      Go to Another Section  
     
     
      Story Tools  
       
      News Talk  
      When will china have direct elections?  
    Advertisement
             
    亚洲A∨无码一区二区三区| 中文成人无码精品久久久不卡| 免费无码国产在线观国内自拍中文字幕| 一本大道香蕉中文在线高清| 惠民福利中文字幕人妻无码乱精品| 无码乱码av天堂一区二区| 中文字幕极速在线观看| 久久精品无码午夜福利理论片| 中文字幕一区二区三区在线观看| 久久久精品无码专区不卡| 亚洲精品无码成人片久久| 中文字幕精品一区影音先锋 | 日日摸夜夜爽无码毛片精选| 中文字幕亚洲欧美日韩2019 | 中文字幕专区高清在线观看| 精品人妻系列无码天堂| 一本色道无码道DVD在线观看| 人妻无码中文字幕免费视频蜜桃| 中文字幕在线观看有码| 人妻系列无码专区久久五月天| 亚洲av无码成人黄网站在线观看| 影音先锋中文无码一区| 最近完整中文字幕2019电影 | 少妇性饥渴无码A区免费| 狠狠躁天天躁无码中文字幕图| 亚洲AⅤ无码一区二区三区在线| 无码国产伦一区二区三区视频| 成人午夜福利免费无码视频| 日本中文字幕在线视频一区| 日本中文字幕中出在线| 国产中文在线观看| 99久久超碰中文字幕伊人| 色噜噜综合亚洲av中文无码| 亚洲自偷自偷偷色无码中文| 中文日韩亚洲欧美字幕| 亚洲美日韩Av中文字幕无码久久久妻妇 | 国产成人精品无码播放| 久久久无码精品亚洲日韩按摩| 日韩AV无码中文无码不卡电影| 国产午夜精品无码| 国产精品无码专区在线观看|