RSOE EDIS - Situation Update No. 1 : China - HAZMAT

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Situation Update No. 1 Posted:2010-01-05, 05:17:41 [UTC] Ref.no.: HZ-20100105-24436-CHN Situation Update No. 1 On 2010-01-08 at 10:24:48 [UTC] Event: HAZMAT Location: China Province of Hebei Hebei Puyang Iron and Steel Co Shijiazhuang Number of Deads: 21 person(s) Number of Injured: 16 person(s) Situation: State media says 21 workers were killed by a gas leak at a factory in northern China earlier this week after executives were caught underreporting the number of deaths. The workers were poisoned after a gas pipeline broke at the Hebei Puyang Iron and Steel Co. Monday in Handan city in northern Hebei province. The Friday report says company officials initially said 16 workers were poisoned and seven died while nine were sent to a hospital. It says senior executives "confessed" late Thursday that they covered up the death toll. Calls to the local government office and Puyang company rang unanswered Friday. Workplace accidents are common in China with thousands dying every year. Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu