At least 12 dead in powerful factory explosion in China

At least 12 dead in powerful factory explosion in China





People carry an injured victim away from a
damaged building after an explosion at a plastic plant in Nanjing in
east China's Jiangsu province, Wednesday July 28, 2010. (AP Photo)BEIJING — A powerful blast caused by a suspected
gas leak rocked a plastics factory in eastern China on Wednesday,
killing at least 12 people and seriously injuring more than a dozen
others.

An initial investigation showed the explosion occurred after workers
accidentally breached a propylene pipeline beneath the factory in
downtown Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province in eastern China,
state broadcaster CCTV reported.

Large amounts of the flammable toxin apparently leaked into the Nanjing No. 4 Plastics Factory.

CCTV did not give an exact figure on the number of injured. A
statement issued earlier by the Nanjing city government said 28 were
hospitalized with serious injuries in addition to five people killed
outright. Seven of those injured apparently died later of their wounds,
although the city government issued no updated figures.

Scores of others received treatment for head injuries, fractures and
burns, the official Xinhua News Agency quoted the president of the
Nanjing Gulou Hospital, Ding Yitao, as saying.

Xinhua reported buildings and vehicles within 100 yards (meters) of
the blast were badly damaged and passengers on a passing bus also
injured. Xinhua quoted local residents as saying the explosion felt like
an earthquake striking, while those killed included a man living in a
nearby home where the ceiling collapsed.

Accidents are common in China's factories, where a lack of attention
to safety leads to fires, explosions and other problems killing
thousands of people each year.

Sounds about right for China.

Blame it on the random economic combustions of laissez-faire.

I blame it on the "lack of attention to safety" that comes from being workers in a poor socialist nation. Well the worker class is poor.

Does that seem to apply accurately all the time?  Gulf, mining incidents everywhere, etc.

Though that is generally the trend.

I bet accidents are much more devastating and common in places like Oil rigs and mines then plastic factories.

Death by chemicals or BOW TO THE BLAST?