China sees at least one workplace explosion per week on average, says NGO
Hong Kong-based NGO China Labour Bulletin has created a work accident map that recorded and mapped the 38 explosions in the mainland that have taken place so far this year, which averages at about one incident every six days.
The map provides details such as the location, date, description, industry, province, and news links related to the incidents.
China Labour Bulletin’s Work Accident Map
The latest accident was an explosion that occurred at the Dongying industrial zone in Shandong province on Monday night, which killed least five people. Last week, there was another chemical blast in Shandong, killing one and injuring nine.
Explosion in Shandong. Photo:
The incidents came less than a month after massive chemical explosions in Tianjintook at least 145 lives, raising concerns about the safety of industrial zones in China.
The Tianjin explosion raised questions about the storage of industrial chemicals, after a residential complex 600m away from a warehouse was badly damaged in the blast. Eleven officials and 12 company executives have been arrested as the nation’s highest level of prosecutors stepped in to investigate the cause of the explosions and why chemical warehouses were allowed to be built just a few hundred metres away from homes, contravening a 2001 government regulation to keep homes and chemical storage facilities apart.
Tianjin explosion. Photo: Sina.
The NGO has recorded a total of 346 workplace accidents this year, including 10 explosions at chemical plants and warehouses, six in coal mines and four separate explosions at firework factories. It notes that common causes for accidents are “a lack of maintenance and routine safety precautions, poor training and the disregard of work safety laws and regulations in the push for higher productivity and profit.”
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