Preliminary investigation by the State Development and Reform
Commission (SDRC) shows that inadequate management and poor
equipment design are to blame for eight deaths and injuries to 21
others in an accident in an east China foundry.
The accident happened on Nov. 8 in Wuxi Yongqiang Mill Roll Co.
in east China's Jiangsu Province. A casting mould designed by
the mill was being test used for the first time when seven of the
eight bolts attaching the mould cap sheared off. Boiling liquid
steel spilled out killing eight people and burning 21 others.
The SDRC said China's work safety record on new projects was
unacceptable. It ordered authorities at all levels to enhance work
safety in order to avoid such accidents.
(Xinhua News Agency December 8, 2006)