BEIJING
— A platform elevator at a construction site in southern China dropped 30
floors in a free fall on Thursday, killing 19 workers, Chinese state media
reported.
— A platform elevator at a construction site in southern China dropped 30
floors in a free fall on Thursday, killing 19 workers, Chinese state media
reported.
The accident happened Thursday
in Wuhan city in Hubei province, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
in Wuhan city in Hubei province, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
The elevator fell 328 feet,
according to a government notice posted by local Wuhan newspapers on their
official microblogging sites.
The notice said the municipal
government would halt all construction in Wuhan for security checks.
Work safety is a big problem in China, where regulations are routinely ignored.
government would halt all construction in Wuhan for security checks.
Work safety is a big problem in China, where regulations are routinely ignored.
Work safety is a big problem in
China, where regulations are routinely ignored.
China, where regulations are routinely ignored.
Although the
government says it is taking measures to reduce fatalities, more than 75,500
people died in work-related accidents last year, according to the State
Administration of Work Safety
