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January 17, 2009, Saturday
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CHINA'S top work safety official said yesterday 91,172 people were killed in 413,752 traffic and work-related accidents last year.
The number of deaths was down 10.2 percent from 2007 and the number of accidents was down 18.3 percent as the country stepped up efforts to ensure work safety.
Luo Lin, head of the State Administration of Work Safety, said the 2008 death toll fell below 100,000 for the first time since 1995 as work-safety conditions improved in various sectors, including coal mining.
Fatalities from coal mine accidents fell 15.1 percent and deaths from road accidents dropped 10 percent, Luo said.
Figures released by the Ministry of Public Security on January 4 showed 73,484 people were killed in 265,204 road accidents last year.
Luo told the annual national work safety conference that the agency reported 168 accident cover-ups and punished 3,488 people responsible for the accidents last year.
The agency will launch more safety awareness campaigns and crack-downs to further declines in work-related deaths this year.
Luo added the agency will also check the coal mine industry and other sectors for safety loopholes.
The number of deaths was down 10.2 percent from 2007 and the number of accidents was down 18.3 percent as the country stepped up efforts to ensure work safety.
Luo Lin, head of the State Administration of Work Safety, said the 2008 death toll fell below 100,000 for the first time since 1995 as work-safety conditions improved in various sectors, including coal mining.
Fatalities from coal mine accidents fell 15.1 percent and deaths from road accidents dropped 10 percent, Luo said.
Figures released by the Ministry of Public Security on January 4 showed 73,484 people were killed in 265,204 road accidents last year.
Luo told the annual national work safety conference that the agency reported 168 accident cover-ups and punished 3,488 people responsible for the accidents last year.
The agency will launch more safety awareness campaigns and crack-downs to further declines in work-related deaths this year.
Luo added the agency will also check the coal mine industry and other sectors for safety loopholes.
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