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Pit accidents fall but mine deaths rise

ACCIDENTS claimed the lives of 30,753 Chinese in the first four months of the year, down 12.8 percent from the same period last year, according to the State Administration of Work Safety. ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Tue, May 08 2007

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