China workplace safety News

5 Killed, 8 Missing in China Chemical Plant Explosion

BEIJING (AP) — A massive explosion at a chemical plant in northeastern China killed at least five people and left eight missing, state broadcaster CCTV said Monday. More than 30 other people were injured in the explosion Sunday on the …

Gas Leak Caused Explosion That Killed 23 at ChemChina Plant

A gas leak at a plant owned by a ChemChina subsidiary caused a blast that killed 23 people and injured 22 last week in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, ChemChina said in a statement on Friday. PVC producer Hebei Shenghua Chemical Industry …

China: Company Bears ‘Unshirkable Responsibility’ for Deadly Poultry Plant Blaze

Safety management at the Chinese firm whose poultry slaughterhouse caught fire earlier this week killing 120 people was a “total mess” and two senior executives have been detained by the authorities, state media said on Thursday. The local government is …

China Poultry Plant Workers Didn’t Question Locked Doors

Workers at a poultry slaughterhouse in northeastern China where 119 people died in a fire this week saw nothing odd in the plant’s doors being locked, even after a previous fire at the 4-year-old facility. One 36-year-old worker, who gave …

China Orders Probe Into Deadliest Plant Fire Since 2000

China’s President Xi Jinping ordered an investigation into the cause of a fire at a poultry plant in northeastern China that killed at least 119 people, the nation’s deadliest blaze in 13 years. Xi and Premier Li Keqiang asked the …

China Arbitrators Rule Against Injured Foxconn Worker

Chinese labour arbitrators have ruled against the father of a Foxconn worker brain-damaged in a factory accident in southern China, in a case that puts more attention on the labour practices of Apple Inc.’s largest contract manufacturer. The case involves …