Worker fatalities: How does China compare to U.S.?
China says 83,196 people lost their lives in work-related incidents last year. China’s State Administration of Work Safety reported 380,000 incidents in the workplace that caused death or injury. How...
View Article9 suicides in 5 months at huge iPad factory
Authorities in China are trying to deal with a cluster of suicides at a factory that employs 300,000 workers near Shenzhen. A 19-year-old worker was the ninth successful suicide at Foxconn’s Longhua...
View ArticleIn China, productivity tops safety laws
China is on the verge of overtaking the U.S. as the world’s top manufacturer. Some use Chinese competition as a reason why OSHA’s regulations shouldn’t be stricter. However, a recent newspaper article...
View ArticleWhat if they found an ‘accident-prone’ gene?
A researcher thinks he’s found three genes that are linked to being accident-prone. What could this mean for workplace safety? Dr. Jin Huiqing has spent nearly three decades in China trying to figure...
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