Workers’ Paradise? Sent to Paradise.
A nasty industrial accident in China, where growth comes before safety. A horrible way to die, I expect.
TimesOnline
At least 32 workers were killed and two injured today when they were buried in white-hot molten steel at a metal factory in North East China, officials said.
The mishap was triggered when a 30-tonne-capacity steel ladle sheared off from the blast furnace, spilling liquid metal onto the factory floor three metres below.
The molten steel engulfed an adjacent room where workers had gathered for a routine shift change, the State Work Safety Administration said.
Rescuers were unable to get closer because of the intense heat emitted from the “white-hot” liquid metal which rose to 1,500 C (2,732 F), according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.
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