Horror steel spill kills 32 factory workers

[Mentalist]

AT LEAST 32 workers were killed yesterday and two injured when showered by molten steel at a metal factory in northeast China.


The accident happened a plant of the Qinghe Special Steel Co Ltd in Tieling, in the northeastern province of Liaoning.

It was triggered when a ladle, with a capacity to hold 30 tonnes of liquid steel, sheared off from the blast furnace, spilling molten metal on to the factory floor 3m below.

The molten steel then engulfed an adjacent room where all the victims were gathered for a routine change in shifts.

The official Xinhua News Agency said earlier that the ladle fell on some workers below but it wasn't clear if they were crushed or burnt to death.

Given the high temperatures involved rescuers had to wait before they could reach the victims.

Industrial accidents killed more than 127,000 people in China in 2005.

Last year, state media reported that the Government would spend nearly $60 billion over the next five years to reduce the high death toll in its coal mines and other dangerous workplaces.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21582208-2,00.html

Ouch. Would of been a lot more fun at Virginia Tech than this.

 

[Tyrant]

I think it's too hot to be painful. Tragic.

 

[Gagh]

See - whether it be a nutjob South Korean or failed Chinese safety standards, these Asiatics must have something about the number 32.

 

[Mentalist]

I noticed that as well. Odd coincidence.

Harsh. That's all that can be said.

 

[Mentalist]

The moral of this story is that if you don't have an R2 unit to fly in and save you at the last second then you shouldn't be fucking around with ladels of molten steel.

 

[Sarek]

Being NOT born Asian sounds like it would be a big help too.

 

[Sarek]

Can you imagine the potential for a low cost company BBQ though?