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12 workers killed by electric shock in Guangdong
Twelve workers were killed and three others were injured by electric shock on Thursday night at a construction site in Jieyang City of south China's Guangdong Province. Witness said the accident occurred around 8 p.m. when the workers were removing an iron-framed work shed, which touched the high-tension line at the construction site of the Guangdong Zhongrun Steel Industry Co., Ltd, located in Rongcheng District ofthe city. Eleven workers died at the site and four others were injured. One of the injured died later that night in hospital and another three are being treated, according to local police. After days of investigation, local officials said on Saturday that lowered high-tension line, violation of safety rules and carelessness were to blamed for the electric shock. Guangdong Zhongrun Steel Industry Co., Ltd, where the tragedy occurred, had shunned governmental supervision and reduced the distance from the ground to high-tension line by filling in the uneven ground surface, thus posing a source of hazard, they acknowledged. police said eleven workers died at the site and four others were injured. One of the injured died later that night in hospital and another three are being treated. The on-the-scene direction by Chen Shaopeng, the company's deputy general manager, was in violation of the work safety regulations when workers were carrying out operation, according to police's preliminary investigation. Workers' lack of safety knowledge and self protection were also partly blamed for the deadly accident, according to the investigation. Chen Shaopeng had been held by local police for further investigation.
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