Compilation of Major Work Safety Accidents in China in 2016

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I. Extremely serious accidents
(1) At 10:30 on June 26, on the Yifeng Expressway at kilometer 33.9 in Yizhang County, Chenzhou City, Hunan Province, a tour bus operated by Hengyang Junda Tourism Group of Hunan Province (license plate number: Xiang D94396; rated capacity: 55 passengers, actual number of passengers: 55) crashed into the central guardrail of the expressway and subsequently caught fire. The incident has resulted in 35 deaths. (2) On October 31, a gas explosion occurred at the Jinshangou Coal Mine in Laisu Town, Yongchuan District, Chongqing, resulting in 33 deaths. (3) At around 7:40 on November 24, the construction platform of a cooling tower at the ongoing Phase III project of the Fengcheng Power Plant in Jiangxi collapsed, causing 74 deaths and two injuries. (4) On December 4, a gas explosion at the Bama Mining Company in Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, resulted in 32 deaths and many injuries. II. Major accidents (1) At 00:50 on February 27, a fishing vessel registered in Jiaozhou City, Qingdao, Shandong Province (Lu Jiao Yu 60968) sank after colliding with a cargo ship operated by Anhui Xinri Jianghai Shipping Co., Ltd. (Xinri No. 6) in waters near 35°35.8′ N latitude and 120°57.5′ E longitude. The incident resulted in five deaths and five people missing from the fishing vessel. (2) At 10:53 on March 6, a coal and gas outburst occurred at the Songshu Town Coal Mine operated by Tonghua Mining Company of Jilin Coal Group in Jiangyuan County, Baishan City, Jilin Province, resulting in 12 deaths and 7 injuries. (3) At 23:46 on March 23, in Shanyin County, Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province, blasting for roof removal at the Anping Mine of Tongsheng Company under the Tongmei Group caused large-scale collapse of the goaf, generating blast shock waves that resulted in 20 deaths and 1 injury. (4) At 18:35 on April 3, a roof collapse occurred at the Tianli Coal Mine in Shache County, Kashgar Region, Xinjiang, resulting in 5 deaths, 5 people trapped, and 1 injured person. (5) At 5:40 on April 13, at the Dongjiangkou Prefabrication Plant of CCCC Fourth Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. in Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, a gantry crane slid along its tracks to the end of those tracks, where it overturned and crushed a makeshift shed, resulting in 18 deaths and 19 injuries. (6) At 8 a.m. on April 25, an underground water inrush and mud collapse accident occurred at the Zhaojin Coal Mine in Yaozhou District, Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province, resulting in 3 deaths and 8 people trapped. (7) At 7:56 on May 7, in waters 100 nautical miles east of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, a Shandong Weihai-registered fishing vessel, the “Lu Rong Yu 58398” (carrying 19 people), collided with a Maltese-flagged cargo ship, the “Catherine”, and capsized. The incident resulted in 2 deaths and 17 people missing. (8) At around 0:00 on May 12, a fishing vessel from Zhoushan, Zhejiang, named “Zhe Dai Yu 11307” (carrying 17 people) went missing in waters near 31 degrees 26 minutes north latitude and 122 degrees 46 minutes east longitude, resulting in 17 people missing. (9) At 14:40 on June 4, the tourist ship \"Shuanglong\" belonging to the Sichuan Guangyuan Ship Company (with a capacity of 40 people and 18 people on board) overturned and sank while passing through Group 3 of Feifeng Village in Sandui Town, resulting in 1 death, 14 people missing, and 3 injuries. (10) At 16:50 on June 22, during the demolition work for the relocation of the fourth sedimentation system as part of the energy-saving, emission-reduction, and upgrading project at the alumina plant of China Alumina Company’s Henan branch, located in Shangjie District, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, the roof of tank No. 4 collapsed. The construction workers fell along with the roof, resulting in 11 deaths. (11) At around 22:00 on July 1, in Baodi District, Tianjin, 24 kilometers and 300 meters down the Jinji Expressway, a passenger bus collided with the guardrail before falling into a riverbank ditch, resulting in 26 deaths. (12) At 16:15 on August 16, a fire broke out at the Xigou Mine of Jiugang Group in Sunan County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, resulting in 12 deaths. (13) At around 21:00 on August 21, in Ziyun County, Anshun City, Guizhou Province, at kilometer 222.3 of Provincial Road 209, a large regular passenger bus (Guizhou GBC002, with a capacity of 39 passengers and 39 passengers on board) overturned, resulting in 11 deaths and 9 injuries (2 of whom were seriously injured). (14) At 5:30 on August 22, in Jianshui County, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan, a crane (Yun F50684) collided with a pickup truck (Yun GG6328, with a capacity of 3 passengers but carrying 12) at kilometer marker K20+380 on the Tongjian Expressway, resulting in 10 deaths. (15) At around 11:00 on August 28, in Xingning District, Nanning City, Guangxi, a coach (license plate number: Gui A93638; rated capacity: 47 passengers, actual number of passengers: 42) lost control while traveling along the Guangkun Expressway at the 590-kilometer mark, near the Namo Bridge. The vehicle rolled off the road onto a slope, resulting in 11 deaths. (16) At 20:07 on September 24, a serious traffic accident occurred on Highway G10 between Chifeng and Hailar in Yakeshi City, Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, involving a passenger bus; 8 people died and 32 were injured. (17) At around 7 a.m. on September 27, a gas explosion occurred underground at Mine No. 3 of Ningxia Linli Coal Company, located in Dawukou District, Shizuishan City, Ningxia. As of 8 a.m. on the 28th, the accident had resulted in 18 deaths and 2 people missing. (18) At 18:47 on October 13, on Route S352 at the 65KM+748M mark in Eshan Town, Yicheng District, Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province, a semi-trailer truck with the license plate number Lu HBV575 collided with an agricultural tricycle carrying 11 people in total. As a result, 9 people on the tricycle died on the spot, while 2 others died despite attempts to save them. (19) At around 9 p.m. on November 29, an accident occurred at the Jingyou Coal Mine in Qitaihe City; 22 people were trapped underground and their whereabouts remain unknown. III. Major accidents: 1. In the metallurgical machinery industry, at 1:30 a.m. on February 27, in Linfen City, Shanxi Province, three workers from Workshop 2 for precision manufacturing at Huaxiang Group Co., Ltd. fell into a sand storage tank while cleaning it and were buried under the sand, resulting in their deaths. At 8:20 on February 28, a boiler explosion occurred at Haoyuan Building Energy-Saving Materials Co., Ltd. in Xun County, Hebi City, Henan Province, resulting in 3 deaths. At 11:35 on April 4, in Qufu City, Jining Province, Shandong, a worker at the Babao Mountain Calcium Oxide Factory suffered carbon monoxide poisoning inside a lime kiln; three others also became poisoned while attempting to rescue him. The accident resulted in a total of 4 deaths. At around 9 a.m. on April 15, an heating boiler at Gaoxin Water-Resistant Coatings Co., Ltd. in Anyang County, Anyang City, Henan Province, exploded, resulting in 3 deaths. At 16:09 on April 29, an explosion occurred at Jingyi Xing Hardware Factory in Guangming New District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, during the polishing of aluminum alloy parts; this incident resulted in 4 deaths and 6 injuries. At 13:21 on May 21, an explosion and fire broke out at Zhengzhou Changhong Precision Equipment Co., Ltd. in the High-Tech Zone of Zhengzhou City, Henan Province; this incident also set fire to the adjacent Zhengzhou Shengke Apparel Co., Ltd., resulting in 6 deaths and 7 injuries. 2. Railway transportation: At 8:40 on May 7, within Kaolan County in Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province, train No. 52351 operated by Shanxi Xishan Jinxing Energy Co., Ltd. collided with a farm vehicle on the Kaowa line, resulting in 3 deaths. At 17:19 on May 12, an accident occurred while villagers from Yankeng Community in Jindu Town, Gaoyao District, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province were illegally quarrying stones in the mountains, resulting in 3 deaths. In the early hours of May 14th (the exact time is under investigation), in Jinhaihu Town, Pinggu District, Beijing, an accident occurred while 7 people were digging for gold, resulting in 5 deaths. At 12:30 on July 3, an explosion occurred at an illegal limestone mining site in Wulaqian Banner, Bayannur, Inner Mongolia, leaving 6 people missing. At around 18:00 on July 9, an oxygen deficiency accident occurred at the dust removal project of Guangyao Foundry Co., Ltd. in Wu’an City, Handan Province, Hebei, resulting in 5 deaths. At 2:30 p.m. on July 13, in Jingbian County, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, a collapse occurred during drilling operations at the Changqing Oilfield No. 3 Production Plant, resulting in three deaths. At 1:20 a.m. on August 20, an explosion occurred in a vacuum drying oven at Tiansheng Electrical Company in Jia County, Pingdingshan City, Henan Province, resulting in three deaths. 3. Construction industry: (1) At 14:18 on February 26, an partial collapse occurred during renovation and demolition work in Room 405, Building 27, Xinxueqian Lane, Anyuan District, Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province, resulting in 6 deaths and 1 injury. (2) At 15:15 on February 26, an avalanche occurred at the construction site of the underground plant in Bianzigou of the Fengning Pumped Storage Power Station in Fengning County, Chengde City, Hebei Province, resulting in 4 deaths. (3) At 14:40 on March 2, an accident occurred at the construction site of the Sandu Materials Purchase and Sale Center in Sandu County, Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou, resulting in the collapse of a wall and 3 deaths and 7 injuries. (4) At 2:56 a.m. on March 17, a shaft wall collapse occurred at the construction site of the Hutong Yangtze River Bridge in Zhangjiagang City, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, resulting in one death and five people missing. (5) At 16:04 on March 18, during the construction of a retaining wall at the Mengyuan Rubber Production Plant of Nalongbu Yunnan Guangken Rubber Co., Ltd. in Mengla County, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, a landslide occurred, resulting in 6 deaths and 1 injury. (6) At 16:30 on March 25, an accident occurred at the construction site of the Xingang International Center project in Hongkou District, Shanghai, when a formwork climbing scaffold fell, resulting in 4 deaths. (7) At 11:40 on April 15, an accident occurred at a construction site on Qingshan Highway in Datong County, Xining City, Qinghai Province, when the formwork of a shoulder wall was removed, resulting in 3 deaths. (8) At 15:10 on April 15, an collapse occurred at the construction site of a wine cellar being built by Nalang Wine Industry Co., Ltd. in Guangnan County, Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan, resulting in 3 deaths. (9) At 11:40 on April 16, at the construction site of BYD’s Phase II project in the West District of Daya Bay, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, an worker fell into the sewage tank due to lack of oxygen during cleaning work; 3 others were trapped while trying to rescue him. The accident resulted in 3 deaths and 1 injury. (10) At 14:40 on April 19, an electric shock accident occurred at the construction site of the Meihekou Hongmei Grain Warehouse operated by Jilin Grain Assets Management Company in Meihekou City, Tonghua, Jilin Province, resulting in four deaths. (11) At 17:55 on May 17, in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, a collapse occurred at the Metalworking Plant No. 2 of Northern Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. while workers were demolishing a factory building. The incident resulted in 3 deaths and 6 injuries. (12) At 2 p.m. on May 21, in the Linjiang District of Weihai City, Shandong Province, an accident occurred during the installation of a tower crane at the Jinkaili Hardware City project constructed by Rongcheng Construction Group; the collapse of the tower crane resulted in 3 deaths and 2 serious injuries. (13) At 14:30 on June 4, an electric shock accident occurred in Nanwang Village, Shisu Town, Suning County, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, during the reinforcement work of the road embankment on the rural road to the north of the village, resulting in 3 deaths. (14) At 16:20 on June 5, an explosion occurred while demolishing a shut-down chimney at the power plant of Shandong Tianyuan Thermal Power Co., Ltd. in Huantai County, Zibo City, Shandong Province, resulting in 3 deaths. (15) At around 10 a.m. on June 17, in Huoqiu County, Lu’an City, Anhui Province, China Energy Engineering Group Anhui Electric Power Construction Company No. 2 experienced an accident involving the collapse of a transmission tower during the upgrade of the rural power grid operated by State Grid Huoqiu, resulting in 3 deaths. (16) At around 2 p.m. on June 20, at the construction site for the civil works and metal structure installation of the lower reservoir at Anhui Jixi Pumped Storage Co., Ltd. in Jixi County, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province, a landslide occurred during slope construction, resulting in 3 deaths. (17) At 22:30 on July 8, an accident involving the leakage of wet soil occurred at the Tengda Construction site of the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Line 4 of the subway in Binjiang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, resulting in 4 deaths. (18) At 6:40 on July 9, an collapse occurred during concrete pouring work in the fire pump room of the enterprise incubation park in Daguang Industrial Park, Zhaoyuan County, Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province, resulting in 3 deaths. (19) At 18:30 on July 15, an accident occurred involving a construction elevator at the JinYu LanWan residential complex in Longkou City, Yantai, Shandong Province, resulting in 8 deaths. (20) At 14:40 on July 16, an elevator at the Baijin Khan Mansion construction site in Jining District, Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, collapsed, resulting in 3 deaths. (21) At 16:00 on July 19, in Yangpu District, Shanghai, an accident occurred when a wall collapsed during demolition work at a supporting project site in Block 18, resulting in 3 deaths. (22) At 22:00 on July 19, in Xiangfang District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, 3 workers suffered poisoning and collapsed while entering a sewage pipeline inspection well as part of the Xinyigou remediation project; another 4 workers also fell ill and collapsed while descending into the well to provide rescue. The accident resulted in a total of 5 deaths. (23) At 11:30 on July 23, an electric shock accident occurred at the Xingliang Branch Warehouse of the Gucheng Directly-Managed Warehouse for Central Reserve Grain in Hengshui City, Gucheng County, Hengshui Province, while construction work was being carried out outside the north gate, resulting in 3 deaths. (24) At 8:45 on August 1, in the Xinpu New Area of Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, the cover of a pool part of an under-construction water supply project collapsed, resulting in 8 deaths. (25) At 8:30 on August 2, an electric shock accident occurred during construction at Shanxi Jubao Jiding Co., Ltd. in Wanbailin District, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, resulting in 3 deaths. (26) At 18:10 on August 5, an collapse occurred in a tunnel of the Guizhong Drought Relief Project in Xingbin District, Laibin City, Guangxi, resulting in 5 deaths. (27) At around 15:00 on August 7, in Xinhua District, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, a collapse occurred at Xiling Heating Co., Ltd. while it was carrying out construction on thermal pipelines, resulting in three deaths. (28) At around 1:15 a.m. on August 15, an collapse occurred during construction work at the entrance to Shitouzhai in Hezhang County, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, resulting in 3 deaths. (29) At 20:27 on August 19, an electric shock accident occurred during the construction of the gate building at the Hanlinzhuang coal washing park in Huairen County, Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province, resulting in 3 deaths. (30) At 18:30 on August 22, an accident occurred at the construction site of the Hongyun Jiangshan International Commercial and Residential Building in Langzhong City, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, resulting in the collapse of a formwork structure and the death of 6 people. (31) At 16:20 on August 25, a scaffolding collapse occurred at a construction site on Borong Tianjie in Xingren County, Qianxinan Prefecture, Guizhou Province, resulting in three deaths. (32) At around 17:00 on August 30, an accident involving the collapse of a tower crane occurred at the construction site of Building 3 in Jinyuan Xindu, Yishui County, Linyi City, Shandong Province, resulting in 3 deaths. (33) At 13:35 on August 31, an accident involving the collapse of a city wall occurred at the construction site of the Ecological Civilization Well-Off Village project in Baozi Village, Lintan County, Gannan Prefecture, Gansu Province, resulting in 3 deaths. (34) At 9:17 on September 11, in Taihe County, Ji’an City, Jiangxi Province, a collapse occurred during the demolition of the abandoned Taihe Bridge by Jiangxi Rongda Blasting New Technology Development Co., Ltd. As a result, three people went missing and five were injured. (35) On September 13, an accident involving the collapse of a tower crane occurred at a construction site on Beihuan Cheng Road in Nong’an County, Changchun City, Jilin Province, resulting in 3 deaths. (36) On September 13, an mud surge accident occurred at the construction site of the Daga Tunnel on the Zhipu Expressway in Zhijin County, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, resulting in 7 deaths and several people missing. (37) On September 15, an collapse occurred at the construction site for the power supply project of the Lalin Railway in Milin County, Nyingchi Prefecture, Tibet, resulting in 4 deaths. (38) On September 15, in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, a tower crane collapsed at a construction site in Heping New City, resulting in 3 deaths. (39) On September 18, an collapse occurred at a construction site for a water plant in the Sanhua Demonstration Zone Industrial Park in Xishui County, Huanggang City, Hubei Province, resulting in 3 deaths. 4. Road transport industry: 6 incidents occurred in February, resulting in 23 deaths. Six incidents occurred in early March, resulting in 21 deaths. 5 incidents occurred in March, resulting in 29 deaths. One incident occurred in mid-to-late March, resulting in 5 deaths. At the end of March, there were 4 incidents, resulting in 20 deaths; this represents a month-on-month increase of 3 incidents and 15 deaths. Nine incidents occurred in early April, resulting in 33 deaths. Six incidents occurred in the first half of April, resulting in 27 deaths, a decrease of 2 incidents and 2 deaths compared to the previous period. In mid-April, there were 3 incidents, resulting in 12 deaths. Three incidents occurred in mid-to-late April, resulting in 10 deaths. Eight incidents occurred in late April, resulting in 29 deaths. In early May, there were 8 incidents, resulting in 29 deaths. Six incidents occurred in the first and middle ten days of May, resulting in 30 deaths, a decrease of 4 incidents and 9 deaths compared to the previous period. Two incidents occurred in the middle and late May, resulting in 9 deaths, a decrease of 4 incidents and 21 deaths compared to the previous period. Five incidents occurred in early June, resulting in 20 deaths, an increase of 2 incidents and 11 deaths compared to the previous period. In the first half of mid-June, there were 3 incidents, resulting in 12 deaths; this represents a decrease of 2 incidents and 8 deaths compared to the previous period. In mid-June, there were 3 incidents resulting in 10 deaths; the number of incidents remained unchanged compared to the previous period, while the death toll decreased by 2. In the middle and late June, 13 incidents occurred resulting in 47 deaths, an increase of 7 incidents and 26 deaths compared to the previous period. At the end of June, there were 10 incidents resulting in 37 deaths, a decrease of 3 incidents and 10 deaths compared to the previous period. In early July, there were 7 incidents, resulting in 28 deaths. Seven incidents occurred in mid-to-late July, resulting in 37 deaths. Five incidents occurred in the middle and late part of July, resulting in 17 deaths, a decrease of 3 incidents and 23 deaths compared to the previous period. Five incidents occurred at the end of July, resulting in 17 deaths, showing no change compared to the previous period. At the beginning of August, there were 7 incidents resulting in 32 deaths, representing an increase of 1 incident and 11 deaths compared to the previous period. Five incidents occurred in the middle and late August, resulting in 17 deaths, a decrease of 1 incident and 2 deaths compared to the previous period. Seven incidents occurred at the end of August, resulting in 27 deaths, representing an increase of 1 incident and 7 deaths compared to the previous period. In mid-September, there were 3 incidents resulting in 11 deaths; this represents a decrease of 4 incidents and 15 deaths compared to the previous period. 12 incidents occurred in mid-to-late September, resulting in 44 deaths. 5. Water transport industry: (1) At around 3 a.m. on February 25, in Jiaojiang District, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, a cargo ship belonging to Wenzhou Shenghang Shipping Co., Ltd. (Shenghang 86) sank after anchoring in the Toumen anchorage, resulting in 3 deaths. (2) At 2 a.m. on March 8, within the jurisdiction of Zhoushan City in Zhejiang Province, a sand and gravel carrier (Min Ning De Huo 0520) lost contact while passing through the waters near the Hangzhou Bay Bridge; 7 people on board are missing. (3) At 5:35 on March 11, in the area of Binzhou City, Shandong Province, within the section between buoy No. 10 and buoy No. 11 on the Taoer River, a dump truck-type sand and gravel ship (carrying 7 people) sank, resulting in 2 deaths and 1 person missing. (4) On March 18, a fishing vessel owned by Wendeng City in Weihai, Shandong Province (Luwen Yu 53661) was sunk by a South Korean merchant ship in waters near 32 degrees 28 minutes north latitude and 125 degrees 00 minutes east longitude, resulting in 9 people missing. (5) At around 4 a.m. on March 25, within the territory of Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, a floating crane ship (Changlianhai Fu 66) sank near Float No. 1 at the Tianshenggang Waterway Overpass, resulting in 3 people missing. (6) In the early hours of May 9, within the jurisdiction of Jiangyin City in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, in the waters near buoy No. 62 on the Yangtze River at Jiangyin, the ship \"Xinhong 98\" collided with the ship \"Aizeku 11\", resulting in 3 people going missing. (7) At 13:06 on May 12, within Guanyun County in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, 10 nautical miles off the shore at the mouth of the Guan River, the fishing vessel “Guanyu 60201” rented by the Xiangshui Wind Power Project Department collided with the construction vessel “Baolong 706”, resulting in 4 deaths and 3 people missing. (8) At 0:11 on May 13, a cargo ship sank in waters near buoy No. 143 on the Yangtze River in Pukou District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, resulting in 3 people missing. 6. Other industries: (1) At 14:15 on February 25, in Qianguoluo Moso Autonomous County, Songyuan City, Jilin Province, an burns accident occurred in the boiler workshop of Datang Changshan Thermal Power Plant, which is part of China Datang Group Company, during boiler maintenance work; this accident resulted in 3 deaths. (2) At 22:00 on April 2, in Shibei District of Qingdao City, Shandong Province, an poisoning incident occurred during the cleanup of debris from a reservoir as part of a river improvement project, resulting in 3 deaths. (3) At 21:40 on May 23, in Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province, at the new smelting substation in the power supply and distribution operation area of the Energy and Automation Center of Panzhihua Iron and Steel Vanadium Company, three people died from poisoning while conducting inspections in a cable tunnel. (4) At 16:00 on May 28, in Taishan City, Jiangmen Province, Guangdong, tourists at the Fenghuang Gorge tourist area fell into the water while going on a rafting trip, resulting in 8 deaths and 10 injuries. (5) At 13:35 on June 7, within the jurisdiction of Zhoushan, Zhejiang, a helicopter belonging to the East China Sea Branch of the Marine Bureau crashed 9 nautical miles east of Taohuadao, resulting in 4 deaths. (6) At 14:40 on June 9, in Dongying District, Dongying City, Shandong Province, 4 workers suffered hydrogen sulfide poisoning while repairing a sewage well in a flower bed at Wanda Plaza; as a result, 3 people died and 1 was injured. (7) At 1:40 a.m. on June 12, a fire broke out in a restaurant in Chengguan Town, Funan County, Fuyang City, Anhui Province, resulting in 3 deaths. (8) At 17:40 on June 13, an explosion occurred in a van at a gas filling station operated by Jieyuan Natural Gas Company in Qi County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, resulting in 3 deaths. (9) At 20:30 on June 21, an electric shock accident occurred during ceiling welding work at a gas station in Dongying Village, Ruzhou City, Pingdingshan City, Henan Province, resulting in 3 deaths. (10) At 14:40 on June 29, an explosion occurred at Ningbo Renewable Resources Co., Ltd. in Zhenhai District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, resulting in 3 deaths. (11) At 12:30 on August 3, an electric shock accident occurred in the Jiulong Waterfall pool of the Wansui Mountain scenic area in Longting District, Kaifeng City, Henan Province, due to a wire leak, resulting in 3 deaths. (12) At 8:10 on August 24, an explosion occurred in a boiler at the Apollo Cleaning Center in Qishan County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, resulting in 3 deaths. (13) At 2:45 a.m. on August 29, a fire broke out in a rented apartment in Yongfeng Apartment, Baoan District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, resulting in 7 deaths and 4 serious injuries. 7. Fishery vessels: (1) Between 14:00 and 16:00 on February 29 (the exact time is unknown), a fishery vessel belonging to Dongshan County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province (Minden Yu 02511) sank in the Guleitou sea area of Zhangzhou, with 3 people missing. (2) At around 18:00 on March 23, a fishing boat (Zhe Cang Yu 01000) based in Cangnan County, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, sank in the waters off Bacao Pipakou in Cangnan, leaving 3 people on board missing. (3) At around 2 a.m. on April 11, a fishing boat belonging to Hainan Yangpu Economic Development Zone (Qiongyangpu 22060) sank in waters 4 nautical miles away from the Longmen Lighthouse in Eman Town, Danzhou City, resulting in 1 death and 2 people missing. (4) At 8:30 on April 19, a fishing vessel under the jurisdiction of Yingkou City in Liaoning Province (Liaoying Yu 35167) lost contact in the waters off Weihai, Shandong Province, and 9 people on board are missing. (5) At around 10 a.m. on April 21, in Lufeng City, Shanwei City, Guangdong Province, a fishing vessel owned by the Marine Economy Development Company (Yue Lu Yu 29921) lost contact in waters at 115 degrees 50 minutes east longitude and 22 degrees 21 minutes north latitude; the whereabouts of the 9 people on board are unknown. (6) At 19:20 on May 4, a fishing vessel named “Liaowayu 75099” based in Dalian, Liaoning Province, lost contact in waters near 123 degrees 50 minutes east longitude and 39 degrees 31 minutes north latitude; the eight people on board are missing. (7) At around 1 a.m. on May 7, a fishing vessel named “Liaopu Yu 25200” based in Dalian, Liaoning, lost contact in waters near 123 degrees 48 minutes east longitude and 38 degrees 45 minutes north latitude; the six people on board are missing. (8) At 8:30 on May 7, a fishing vessel named “Liaozhuang Yu 65142”, belonging to Dalian City in Liaoning Province, was found overturned on the sea surface at coordinates of approximately 123 degrees 23 minutes east longitude and 38 degrees 31 minutes north latitude; 8 people on board were missing. (The exact time of the accident is still under investigation.) (9) At around 10 a.m. on July 25, on a fishing vessel named “Qiong Sanya 71074” based in Sanya City, Hainan, two crew members entered the back compartment and fainted after inhaling toxic gases; another two crew members also fainted as a result of being exposed to the toxins while trying to provide rescue. The accident resulted in 4 deaths in total. (10) In the early hours of August 4 (exact time unknown), a fishing boat (Qiong Lingao 05001) from Lingao County, Hainan, was sunk by an unidentified vessel in waters at 20 degrees 15 minutes north latitude and 109 degrees 11 minutes east longitude, resulting in 3 people missing. (11) At around 2 p.m. on August 25, a fishing vessel named “Jichang Yuyang 1618” based in Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province, sank while carrying out aquaculture operations in the waters off Xinzhuang, Zhaoyuan City, Shandong Province, resulting in 3 people missing. (12) At 6:30 on August 26, a fishing vessel named “Zhe Ning Yu 11002” based in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, sank in the 138 sea area of Dayanggang, Jiangsu Province, resulting in 7 people missing. (13) At around 3 a.m. on September 1, a fishing boat (Lu Jiaonan Yu 63081) based in Jiaonan District, Qingdao City, Shandong Province, overturned in the waters near Dazhushan Cape, resulting in 2 deaths and 1 person missing. (14) On September 16, a fishing boat in Ganyu County, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, went missing, leaving 5 people unaccounted for. (15) On September 16, a fishing boat in Rudong County, Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, sank, resulting in 3 deaths and several people missing. 8. Building materials: At around 3 p.m. on March 4, an oxygen monoxide poisoning incident occurred at a lime kiln belonging to the Shijing Lime Sales Department in Renhua County, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province, resulting in 4 deaths and 1 injury. At around 6 p.m. on April 23, an explosion occurred at Tongming Concrete Co., Ltd. in Nanhai District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province, resulting in four deaths. At 4 a.m. on April 25, an accident involving scalding by high-temperature steam occurred at Zhengzhou Xupu New Materials Co., Ltd. in Xinmi City, Zhengzhou Province, China, resulting in 3 deaths and 1 injury. 9. Warehousing industry: At 4:08 on March 3, a fire broke out at a warehouse in Guangyi Sub-district, Chenghai District, Shantou City, Guangdong Province; the fire spread to adjacent rental houses, resulting in 3 deaths in those houses. 10. Trade and Manufacturing Industry: (1) At 8:40 on March 16, an poisoning incident occurred in the laboratory of the resin production plant of Sichuan Jinlu Resin Co., Ltd. in Luojiang County, Deyang City, Sichuan Province, during operations to clean the reactors, resulting in 3 deaths. (2) At 13:20 on March 19, in Zhangpu County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, an accident of poisoning and asphyxiation occurred at Dayang (Zhangzhou) Leather Co., Ltd. in the Chihu Leather Park while efforts were being made to resolve a malfunction in the sludge pump of the wastewater treatment plant, resulting in 3 deaths. (3) At 16:35 on April 1, a carbon disulfide leak occurred at Daming Futaiyi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. in Daming County, Handan City, Hebei Province, resulting in 3 deaths and 3 injuries. (4) At 17:30 on April 1, an accident involving the spillage of molten iron occurred in the No. 2 steelmaking workshop of Sande Special Steel Co., Ltd. in Luozhuang District, Linyi City, Shandong Province, resulting in 3 deaths and 3 injuries. (5) At 10:13 on May 31, an explosion occurred at the Shengxin Ferroalloy Distribution Center in Anyang County, Anyang City, Henan Province, resulting in 4 deaths and 3 injuries. (6) At 16:20 on June 15, an poisoning incident occurred at the Zhongpu Fruit Wholesale Market in Huli District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, during the cleaning of underground sewage pipes, resulting in 3 deaths. (7) At 0:30 on June 18, a fire broke out at the Zhenxin Grain Trading Market in Jiading District, Shanghai, resulting in 4 deaths. (8) At around 16:30 on June 22, a fire broke out at the Hejiahuan Congee House in Wei County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province, resulting in 4 deaths. (9) At 2:50 a.m. on June 25, a fire broke out in a furniture store on Qimen North Street in Xiangcheng District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, resulting in 7 deaths. (10) At 3:40 on June 29, a fire broke out in a building materials market in Menglian County, Pu’er City, Yunnan, resulting in 3 deaths. (11) At 5:20 on July 24, an explosion occurred at Huaxin Shipbuilding and Repair Co., Ltd. in Jingjiang City, Taizhou Province, Jiangsu Province, resulting in 1 death and 2 people missing. (12) At around 9 p.m. on July 25, in Daqiao Community, Litiu Sub-district, Yuhua District, Changsha City, Hunan Province, a fire broke out in a shop during the process of moving goods, resulting in 3 deaths. (13) At 11:40 on August 5, an underground collapse occurred at the Zhouyuanshan Coal Mine of Hunan Heijin Times Co., Ltd. in Zixing City, Chenzhou Province, Hunan, resulting in 3 deaths. (14) At 2:30 a.m. on August 6, a fire broke out at the hardware store of Hongqing Comprehensive Store in Tieshan District, Huangshi City, Hubei Province, resulting in 3 deaths. (15) At around 11 a.m. on September 8, an explosion occurred at an illegal manufacturing site in Donglizhuang Town, Jinzhou City, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, resulting in 5 deaths and 1 person missing. (16) At 12:40 on August 27, a carbon monoxide poisoning incident occurred at the Beitou Seafood Market in Dongxing City, Fangchenggang City, Guangxi, resulting in 3 deaths. (17) On September 14, an electric shock accident occurred in a water tank manufacturing workshop in Yanshan County, Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan, resulting in 3 deaths. 11. Coal mine: At 21:20 on March 27, an accident occurred during material transport at the Huchang shaft of the Huchang Coal Mine in Xuanwei County, Qujing City, Yunnan Province, resulting in 3 deaths and 1 injury. At around 7 p.m. on April 22, a gas explosion occurred at the No. 3 mine of Shuanghua Jianlong Coal Industry Co., Ltd. in Lingdong District, Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province, resulting in 4 deaths. At 11:30 on May 3, a gas explosion occurred at the Shaba Coal Mine in Yanjin County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, resulting in 6 deaths. At 12:00 on June 7, in Dazu District, Chongqing, four individuals who collected scrap materials entered the underground facilities of Fushan Coal Industry Co., Ltd. without permission, resulting in a poisoning and suffocation accident that killed 3 people. At 16:30 on June 14, an explosion occurred at Huan Yuan Coal Mine in Xingwen County, Yibin City, Sichuan Province, resulting in 4 deaths. At 2:15 on June 18, a gas explosion occurred at the Luxing Coal Mine of Haohua Mining Co., Ltd. in Shizong County, Qujing City, Yunnan Province, resulting in 3 deaths and 3 injuries. At 5:20 on June 29, a water inrush accident occurred at the Tiedingyan Coal Mine in Zheng’an County, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, resulting in 5 deaths and 2 people missing. At 22:53 on July 2, a water inrush accident occurred at the Zhongcun Coal Mine of Qinhe Energy Group in Qinsui County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province, leaving 4 people trapped (8 others have been located and are under rescue). At around 4 a.m. on July 3, a water inrush accident occurred at the Hongcai Coal Mine of Guineng Investment Co., Ltd. in Shuicheng County, Liupanshui City, Guizhou Province, leaving 6 people missing. At around 23:00 on July 5, an coal and gas outburst occurred at Jinchun Coal Industry Co., Ltd. in Huaying City, Guang’an City, Sichuan Province, resulting in 5 deaths. At 10:30 on July 18, a gas explosion occurred at Hongsen Coal Industry Co., Ltd. in Baishui County, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province, resulting in 6 deaths. 12. Chemical industry: At 22:30 on April 9, in Xinglong County, Chengde City, Hebei Province, an hydrolysis reactor at Tianli Hai Flavor and Fragrance Co., Ltd. exploded, leading to a methanol leak and a fire that resulted in 4 deaths and 3 serious injuries. At 15:09 on May 23, an explosion occurred at Shanghai Joule Wax Industry Co., Ltd. in Qingpu District, Shanghai, resulting in 3 deaths. At 15:58 on June 5, in Weicheng District, Weifang City, Shandong Province, while maintaining equipment, an employee of Huahao Agrochemical Co., Ltd. fell into an amino acid tank. Two other workers also fell into the tank while attempting to rescue him. The incident resulted in three deaths in total. At 9:30 on June 12, in Tianshui City, Gansu Province, one worker from Tianli Lixin Petrochemical Co., Ltd. fainted due to poisoning while reaching for tools inside an empty asphalt tank; subsequently, three more people fainted as a result of poisoning while attempting to rescue them. The accident resulted in 3 deaths and 1 injury. At 10:24 on June 15, in the Circular Chemical Industry Park in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, a fire broke out at Sinopec’s Tenth Construction Co., Ltd. while it was carrying out maintenance work on the three catalytic desulfurization and denitrification absorption towers at the Shijiazhuang Refining & Chemical Branch. The incident resulted in four deaths. At 1 p.m. on July 13, in Yuncheng County, Heze City, Shandong Province, a person entered a reaction kettle at a chemical processing workshop in Huangji Township and suffocated. Two other individuals subsequently entered the reaction kettle to attempt a rescue, but also suffocated. In total, the incident resulted in three deaths. On September 18, in the Ganhe Industrial Park of Xining City, Qinghai Province, a suspected flash explosion occurred in the dust collection system of Yanhu Haina Chemical Co., Ltd., resulting in 7 deaths and several people missing. 13. Light Industry: At 16:14 on July 11, at the bio-fermentation workshop of Ningxia Zhengwang Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Technology Co., Ltd. in Zhongwei City, Wuzhong City, Ningxia Region, one worker fainted inside a feed fermentation tank while cleaning it. Three other workers who entered the tank to render aid also subsequently fainted. The incident resulted in a total of four deaths. 14. Air transportation industry: At 12:20 on July 20, an aircraft operated by Happy Flying carrying out a flight from Jinshan, Shanghai to Zhoushan, Zhejiang, crashed into a bridge, resulting in 5 deaths. 15. Agriculture: At around 9 a.m. on August 25, a water tower at the Kuailelin kiwifruit planting base in Guangshui City, Suizhou City, Hubei Province, collapsed, resulting in 4 deaths. At around 11 a.m. on September 8, in Feixian County, Linyi City, Shandong Province, a collapse occurred at the wall surrounding the silage pit of the cattle farm operated by Sumeng Cooperative, resulting in 2 deaths and 1 person missing. (The content is from the Internet)