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Subject: 2007 - Over 100,000 Chinese Died at Workplace
Softwar    1/11/2008 8:51:31 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080111/wl_nm/china_accidents_dc More than 100,000 Chinese died in workplace accidents last year, including on the roads and railways, but the figure was down one-tenth on 2006, a senior official said on Friday. Li Yizhong, head of the State Administration of Work Safety, said 101,480 people died but that government education and publicity campaigns were paying off. "The national production safety situation continues to steadily improve," he told a national meeting, carried live on central government Web site http://www.gov.cn
 
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the British Lion       1/14/2008 8:26:04 PM
What's the average accident rate in places like the U.S. and Europe?

B.L.

 
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Nanheyangrouchuan       1/14/2008 9:44:42 PM

What's the average accident rate in places like the U.S. and Europe?

B.L.



That number is pretty low considering China's total and labor populations.  The official stats may not count things like suicides that construction workers engage in to take care of their families. 
 
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Softwar    2006 USA stats   1/15/2008 10:55:34 AM

What's the average accident rate in places like the U.S. and Europe?

B.L.


According to OSHA - 5703 deaths in the US during 2006 - they didn't have 2007 posted yet.

 
 
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