https://www.scmp.com/rss/306495/feed On Monday, June 3, 2013 a fire tore through a poultry slaughterhouse in Dehui, Jilin province, killing at least 119 workers. Gross breaches of fire safety and labour regulations were blamed, including locked doors to prevent workers from taking unauthorised breaks. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com President Xi Jinping's recent call to solve the nation's "deep-rooted" workplace safety issues would seem to have been taken up with resolve in Jilin . In the wake of a series of accidents in the northern province that claimed 174 lives, dozens of officials and company executives have been disciplined or charged. The punishments - as well as State Council orders to governments at all levels and firms to carry out regular checks - send the right message. But given the mainland's poor record,... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1290738/china-needs-keep-pressure-workplace-safety?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1290738/china-needs-keep-pressure-workplace-safety?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Mainland social media commentators and residents complain that senior officials are escaping responsibility for a poultry plant fire that killed 121 people in Jilin province a month ago. So far, only 11 junior officials have been detained for dereliction of duty, which contributed to the deaths in the fire. A Supreme People's Procuratorate inquiry showed that the officials, who include the Mishazi township fire chief, are being held responsible for the blaze, Xinhua reported. It also said some... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1275978/officials-negligence-blamed-deadly-jilin-poultry-plant-fire?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1275978/officials-negligence-blamed-deadly-jilin-poultry-plant-fire?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jul 2013 06:32:26 +0000 A circuit short was the direct cause of the fire that killed 121 people at a poultry plant earlier this month in China, local police said late on Friday, though negligent safety measures have been blamed for the high death toll. Police at the northeastern Chinese city of Jilin said the electrical short ignited inflammables and that the flames and high heat set off explosions of ammonia equipment and pipelines on June 3 at the sprawling Jilin Baoyuanfeng Poultry plant. There were 395 people at... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1266555/china-says-short-circuit-caused-jilin-poultry-fire-killed-121?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1266555/china-says-short-circuit-caused-jilin-poultry-fire-killed-121?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Jun 2013 03:37:22 +0000 Long before China's much vaunted "economic miracle" of the 1990s and 2000s, there was a popular saying in the country's dangerous professions, such as coal mining, that "everyone is responsible for work safety". Today in China it can often seem that no one is responsible for work safety. In the aftermath of an inferno that killed 120 workers at the Baoyuanfeng poultry processing plant in Jilin last week, local government officials seem more concerned with quelling potential social unrest than... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1258584/deadly-poultry-plant-fire-should-spark-action-workplace?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1258584/deadly-poultry-plant-fire-should-spark-action-workplace?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Jilin Governor Bayanqolu has apologised for the first time for the deadly fire at a poultry slaughterhouse in Dehui, Changchun, on Monday as pressure builds on authorities to bring those responsible for the tragedy to justice. Also yesterday, Changchun Mayor Jiang Zhiying engaged in self-criticism, pledging not to ignore his mistakes and skirt problems, as a State Council investigation team decried gross violations of workplace safety and labour rules at the Jilin Baoyuanfeng Poultry... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1255129/jilin-governor-apologises-poultry-plant-fire-death-toll-rises-120?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1255129/jilin-governor-apologises-poultry-plant-fire-death-toll-rises-120?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Police in Dehui , Jilin , have tightened security around a poultry slaughterhouse where at least 120 workers were killed in a fire, as bereaved relatives prepare to mark a burial day without the bodies of their loved ones. Much of the main road leading to the Jilin Baoyuanfeng Poultry Co in Mishazi town had been off limits since yesterday. Authorities were wary of social unrest breaking out today - the third day after the deaths, which is considered a day to lay the dead to rest, according to... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1254382/blaze-site-limits-relatives-mourn?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1254382/blaze-site-limits-relatives-mourn?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000