Weirdest sleaze I evah hoid

[con's fly is open]

Death toll faked in China fire
Thursday, July 14, 2005 Updated at 10:23 AM EDT
Associated Press

Beijing — The managers of an illegal coal mine in China hid the bodies of 17 dead miners after a gas explosion earlier this month so they could under-report the death toll, the official Xinhua news agency said Thursday.

Officials at the Jiajiapu Coal Mine in central Shanxi province reported that 19 miners had died in the accident on July 2, but a total of 36 were actually killed, Xinhua said.

An investigation disclosed that mine officials had shipped the bodies to other areas to cover up the death toll, it said. The unreported bodies were found in Ulanqab, a city in China's northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Xinhua said.

Mine operators are obliged by law to pay compensation to the families of miners killed on the job.

The mine was operating without official permits, it said.

China's mines are the world's most dangerous, with fires, floods and other mishaps killing thousands of workers every year. Lax safety rules and the lack of proper safety equipment are often to blame.

[gengrant]

China's mines are the world's most dangerous, with fires, floods and other mishaps killing thousands of workers every year. Lax safety rules and the lack of proper safety equipment are often to blame.

but it pays the bills - barely. did they not think that people would come asking around for their loved ones who have suddenly 'gone missing' ? this just reeks of wrongness...

[con's fly is open]

Not the sickest thing I've read about in China... just sick in the largest variety of ways. i'm thinking of the comedy film, a kind of combination of a buddy road movie meets Weekend at Bernie's.

[Steiner]

Do any of you even pay attention to Chinese mining disaster news anymore? I've become desensitized, like I am to bombings in Iraq, hurricanes in Florida, and ferries sinking in Bangladesh.

[Lotus Eater]

I used to manage a Work Place Health and Safety division back in Oz, and the guys would take me on site visits. Here I freak every time I see workers working - we would truly have closed down every work site in China!! Even as a Director of the region I was not allowed on site unless I had my own hardhat, safety jacket (BRIGHT yellow) and steel capped boots. I still have them in storage in Oz, wish I could have them here sometimes!

I am SOOOOO glad I am not a construction worker in China - and mine worker - forget it!!

[con's fly is open]

Hear, hear. Chinese miners are disposable equipment. There's no excuse for it- government reform is WAY overdue.

[Raoul Duke]

Be patient, Con, it's still a developing country.
Those reforms will be coming along as soon as all of the extra profits have been drawn from the current way of doing things.

Lotus, ever think that they dressed you up in BRIGHT yellow so they could see you coming from far enough away to give them time to let them pretend to be following safety procedures?

[Lotus Eater]

No - it was so they had time to get the porno posters off the walls!! I also managed the apprenticeship/training program, and Industrial Relations ections at the same time and they knew they weren't supposed to corrupt the young.