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 Support The DrudgeReport; Visit Our Advertisers  12 workers killed by electrocution on China building site Fri Apr 09 2004 11:09:36 ET Twelve workers were killed and three injured by electrocution on a building site in southern China's Guangdong province, a report said Friday. The accident occurred Thursday evening in Jieyang town when a workers' hut hit a high-tension cable while being moved, the semi-official China News Service said. Eleven workers were killed on the spot and a 12th died after being taken to hospital. Between January and October last year, 13,283 people were killed in industrial and mine accidents in China, nearly 10 percent up on the same period in 2002. There were 2,213 fatalities recorded in the booming construction sector in the first 10 months of last year, an increase of 24 percent. |
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