Latest News:  

English>>China Society

Special equipment accidents kill 292 in 2012

(Xinhua)

10:15, January 29, 2013

BEIJING, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Accidents involving special equipment, such as elevators and boilers, claimed 292 lives and injured 354 people in China last year, a government official said Monday.

The death toll was down 2.67 percent from 2011, Fu Wenbiao, deputy director of the General Office of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), said at a news briefing.

The country reported 228 cases of special equipment accidents last year, down 17.09 percent from 2011, Fu said.

He attributed the causes to a lack of safety awareness, unspecified safety management responsibilities and illegal operation.

Fu added that AQSIQ has asked local authorities to strengthen checks over special equipment, including elevators, cable cars and entertainment facilities, to ensure public safety.

We Recommend:

Photos: Chinese Style in 2012

Aged ladies' dancing dream

China’s weekly story (2013.01.09-01.19)

Heartbreaking farewell to hero schoolmaster

9-year-old girl holds up a family

Living in Beijing on monthly income of 10,000 yuan

Who has stolen our air quality?

'Children's weddings' held in kindergarten

Photos: Cities and villages surrounded by pollution

Email|Print|Comments(Editor:黄瑾、陈丽丹)

Leave your comment0 comments

  1. Name

  

Selections for you


  1. Submarine flotilla in torpedo rapid-support

  2. Soldiers in emergency military drill

  3. The world in photos (2013.1.21-1.27)

  4. Panda 'Yaya' trained in China's Shaanxi

  5. Buildings collapse after subsidence

  6. Dense fog stages a choking comeback

  7. Incredible old photos

  8. CCTV hosts and their lovers

  9. China to build its first third-generation nuclear plant

  10. Nation's wind farms heading offshore

Most Popular

Opinions

  1. Inflection point of demographic dividend appears
  2. Purpose of Japanese politicians' China tour
  3. Why world focus on China's anti-corruption
  4. Japan PM: Door open for talks with China
  5. Y-20 marks transformation of PLA air force
  6. Is UK's withdrawal from EU a show?
  7. China's anti-missile test no threat to peace
  8. Children toy with new forms of leisure
  9. Egyptians' rallies reflect growing political awareness
  10. Princess's unique perspective for cultural integration

What’s happening in China

Buildings collapse after subsidence in S China

  1. 10 dead in Heilongjiang train-bus collision
  2. Hot debate on how to keep South warm
  3. 5 dead in central China oil tank blast
  4. Beijing restaurants size down to save waste
  5. Rewards for diners who leave nothing