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University Student Dies in Freak Elevator Accident

Posted: 09/18/2014 5:54 pm

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An unidentified student is dead after an elevator crushed him at a campus building at Huaqiao University in Xiamen, Fujian Province, reports Sohu Video.

The accident happened on September 14, the first day of school. The student entered the elevator and it began to move, while the doors were open and he was only halfway inside. The elevator put enormous pressure on him for 35 minutes. Rescue workers say the student was dead when they arrived. It’s believed the elevator crushed the man’s lungs.

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Photo: Sina Video

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[Graphic] Guangdong Man Dies from Bite from Severed Snake Head

Posted: 08/25/2014 1:06 pm

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A chef in Foshan, Guangdong has been killed by the Thailand king cobra he was preparing for a meal when it bit him long after its head was cut off, reports China Daily. Some reports say the head had been severed for 10 minutes when the bite occurred, with other reports saying 20 minutes had passed.

The victim has been identified as Peng Fan from Shunde. He was working in an unidentified restaurant that serves poisonous snakes to customers. Peng was throwing out the decapitated snake head when he was bit.

“It is a highly unusual case but it appears to be just an accident,” a police spokesman said. “He prepared the snake himself and was just unlucky. There was nothing that could be done to save the man. Only the anti-venom could have helped but this was not given in time. It was just a tragic accident.”

One news report used the incident to look more closely at the dangers posed by severed snake heads. It shows how snakes continue to move after having their heads separated from their body. This video goes to a a snake farm where several snakes have their heads cut off:

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Earlier this month, an online community was outraged because they suspected a Shenzhen woman released live poisonous snakes into a local park.

Southern China is home to 35 types of snakes that are venomous. These include the Chinese cobra, the king cobra, Fea’s viper, and Russell’s viper.

Photo: Daily Mail

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Genius Sign In Shenzhen Tells Workers What Might Happen If They Die On Site

Posted: 08/6/2014 9:15 am

The message on the board reads, “Dear workers, while working outside, please pay attention to work safety. Once an accident happens, other men will sleep with your wife, beat your kids and splurge on all your compensation money”.

A Shenzhen construction company has found an ingenious way to encourage employees to pay attention to work safety. A new sign reads: “Dear workers, while working outside please pay attention to work safety. Once an accident happens, other men will sleep with your wife, beat your kids and splurge on all your compensation money.”

The sign is posted at a construction site on Shenzhen’s Metro Line 9, and has been dubbed “the most awesome safety sign in history” by netizens in China. It’s painfully direct.

Despite efforts to promote work safety at construction sites across the country, accidents still happen frequently and are often fatal. Falling from high places, collapsing scaffolds, and head injuries or explosions all threaten a worker’s life on site.

Many online users praised the sign, Nandu reported. It cited some web comments that said it was “innovative, practical, easy to understand and hard-hitting.” Others associated this edgy and punchy sign with Shenzhen’s city image as a foreground of reform and innovative thinking. One wrote, “It certainly lived up to Shenzhen’s name as a window for reform and opening up. Even its publicity stunts are succinct and precise.”

Some turned the sign into a meme for corrupt officials. User Jysb2010 commented, “Each high-ranking official’s desk should be placed with this alarming sign: Don’t be greedy. Once caught, others will be sleeping your mistress, fathering your son and splurging on your dirty money.”

Construction accidents claim hundreds of lives each year in the country. In March alone, there were 38 construction-related accidents,leading to 41 deaths, according to China Construction Association.

Photos: Nandu

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Photos: 75 Dead in Jiangsu Factory Explosion [GRAPHIC, UPDATED]

Posted: 08/2/2014 5:52 pm

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A explosion at a factory in Jiangsu has killed at least 75 workers and injured another 185, reports People’s Daily.

The explosion took place this morning at 7:37 in the developmental zone of Kunshan, Jiangsu Province at the Kunshan Zhongrong Metal Production Company.

At the time of the explosion, there were over 200 people reportedly working at the factory.

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The explosion occurred in the polishing area of the workshop where preliminary findings suspect that dust is the cause of the explosion.

According to the official website of the Kunshan Zhongrong Metal Production Company, the company has a total of 450 workers who are tasked with electroplating alloy wheel hubs.

The company is said to be a supplier for US auto manufacturer General Motors. Its location consists of 50,000 square meters of factory space, and was established in 1998.

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The force of the explosion was powerful enough to cause serious damage to the factory. With one exterior wall collapsed, the blast has punctured two holes through the middle of the workshop wall while other areas are so severely damaged that only steel reinforcement bars remain. In a 50 meter diameter of the blast, shattered glass can be seen everywhere.

Xinhua reports that Kunshan government representatives have stated two company personnel have been detained due to the explosion.

The cause of the explosion still under investigation.

Five burn experts from Shanghai Ruijin Hospital have gone to Kunshan to lend support and expertise.

More pictures from the explosion are shown below:

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UPDATE 1, 9pm August 2: This report has been updated with a new death toll and number of injured.

UPDATE 2, 10:30 am August 4: This report has been updated with a new death toll.

UPDATE 3, 12:11 pm August 4: This report has been updated with a new death toll and number of injured.

Photos: People’s Daily (2), Xinhua Net (2), Caijing, Sina (2), CCTV News

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Roof Collapses On Shenzhen Residents Seeking Refuge During Rainstorm, Three Dead [UPDATED]

Posted: 07/18/2014 2:32 pm

sz luohu market collapse awning heavy rain An awning covering the entrance to the entrance of the Shenzhen Luohu Rencai Market has collapsed, injuring several people, reports the Shenzhen Evening Report.

The incident occurred at around 11:55am. Emergency services are still on the scene trying to secure the area.

Eyewitness say many city residents had taken refuge under the awning at the time it collapsed because of heavy rains.

Hurricane Rammasun is due to make landfall on mainland China today, and will bring more heavy rain and strong winds to much of Guangdong Province.sz luohu market collapse awning heavy rainsz luohu market collapse awning heavy rainsz luohu market collapse awning heavy rainsz luohu market collapse awning heavy rain

UPDATE 1, 4:07pm July 18: One person is confirmed dead and eight injured from the roof collapse, reports MSN.

Another report states that the concrete roof of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China located at #2039 Bao’an North Road in Luohu District is what collapsed upon the victims.

Up until 2 pm, there were still victims trapped in the wreckage, including a girl.

Here are some more photos of the scene:

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UPDATE 2 6:51pm July 18: Three people have died and eleven people have been injured from the incident, reports Channel News Asia.

Photos: Shenzhen Evening Report, Shenzhen Police, Street Partner TV Show, Guangzhou Daily, Southern Metropolis Report

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Watch: Pregnant Woman Passes Out In Front of Beijing Train, Crawls Out Alive

Posted: 07/2/2014 4:42 pm
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Screencaps shown in this post are in chronological order as seen on video.

A shocking scene took place yesterday on the Beijing Metro as an unidentified woman, believed to be pregnant, fainted fell onto the tracks as a subway train pulled into the station.

The incident took place at 8:02am during the morning rush at Huoying Station on Beijing Metro’s Line 13.

READ: With Nobody Offering Help, Passed Out Woman Dies
Amid Crowds at Shenzhen

As seen in a video taken by a bystander at the scene, a woman can be seen gingerly crawling out from underneath the carriage of the subway train between the two rails. The woman reaches for her head as she stands up, and stumbles as she reaches out to people trying to pull her up from the subway tracks.

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READ: Power Failure Suspends Shenzhen Subway Line for Six Hours

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READ: Fight Over Subway Seat in Guangzhou Leads to Bloodshed,
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pregnant woman under beijing trainPhotos: Screenshots from Sina Video

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Guangdong Teenager’s Testicle Pops Out in Tragic Bicycle Accident

Posted: 06/19/2014 8:38 am

Xiao Pan is in recovery now after surgery.

A 19 year-old boy from Huadu, Guangdong may be reproductively-challenged for the rest of his life after one of his testicles fell out during a bicycle accident.

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Even doctors from a nearby county-level hospital were aghast at what they saw. After preliminary medical procedures, they immediately transferred Xiao Pan to a paramilitary hospital. The doctors there had to stitch up ruptured and damaged blood vessels before putting the testicle back in the scrotum, his doctor told the newspaper.

The injury won’t affect Xiao Pan’s sex life, but will “cause unidentified damages” to reproduction, the doctor said.

This is a huge blow to Xiao Pan’s family, a traditional rural household in Guangdong, where many still believe that the eldest son’s prime filial duty is to continue the family bloodline. Xiao Pan’s mother was concerned if anything were to happen to the eldest son of the family, her whole family would have no dignity or “face” to live any longer, she said.

While that may seem selfish since it’s Xiao Pan who is personally suffering at the moment, the matriarch of the family in China is able to say whatever she’d like since the ball is now in her court.

Photos: Guangdong TV

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Five Injured When Police Handgun Goes Off At Kindergarten Safety Demonstration

Posted: 05/30/2014 10:07 am

henan gun dischargeFive people were hurt when a police handgun accidentally went off during a safety demonstration given by police at a kindergarten in Henan Province, reports CCTV News.

The incident occurred yesterday at around 10am at the Haiwen Experimental Kindergarten in Zhengdong New District, Zhengzhou.

Nobody was hit when the gun went off, but some were injured when the bullet hit the floor, causing fragments of concrete to hit spectators.

Injured are four parents and one child, mostly with light wounds. All victims have been treated at the No. 3 People’s Hospital in Zhengdong New District and are expected to be released from hospital in the next three to five days.

Photo: CCTV via Weibo

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Accident Leaves Guangzhou Man with Wire Pierced Through Brain

Posted: 05/16/2014 11:34 am

brain pierce wire eye guangzhouA Guangzhou man is lucky to be alive after a wire pierced his right eye and embedded itself deep into his brain during a construction accident, reports the Yangcheng Evening News.

Ah Wei (a pseudonym), 22 years-old, had fallen from a ladder while trying to construct a canvas rain shack in Pingshan village in Huadu District, Guangzhou on May 14.

After falling, Ah Wei continued to lay face down on the floor for three to four minutes before finally saying, “It’s no problem, I just need to rest a bit, and I’ll be fine.” It was only when his cousin Ah Hui turned Ah Wei over did he see how serious the situation was, and he notified emergency services right away.

At the hospital, it was determined that the wire had passed through the optic nerve, the eye muscle nerve, the passage to the brain stem, and the edge of brain stem before finally stopping at the back of the skull.

A five-hour operation successfully removed 18.5 cm of wire from Ah Wei’s head.

Wu Taihua, neurologist at the Guangdong Three Nine Neurology Hospital, said that Ah Wei is somewhat lucky (to put it mildly):

The welding filament missed a major vein by two millimeters, and an artery by 5 millimeters…if any one of these blood vessels were damaged, the victim would be dead at the scene.

The patient is currently in stable condition, and is conscious and lucid. At the present, Ah Wei has mobility to the right side of his body. He seems to have trouble remembering the incident, but it’s at the back of his head.brain pierce guangzhou eyebrain pierce guangzhou eye

Photos: Yangcheng Evening News

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Duck and Cover: Guangdong to Host Nuclear Disaster Drill Next Year

Posted: 05/15/2014 9:57 am

A national-level safety drill simulating a nuclear disaster will be conducted in Guangdong Province next year, reports People’s Daily.

Code-named “Heavenly Shield”, the drill is the first to be held on a national scale since 2009.

Details such as location and scheduling were not made available. Huang Min, a nuclear safety coordinator with the State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence, said the drill would simulate an incident during the refueling process whereby depleted uranium fuel rods are replaced with new ones.

According to a preliminary plan, Guangdong Province was chosen to be the site of next year’s drill because of its long history in civilian nuclear power use.

Guangdong has three nuclear power plants in operation at Daya Bay, Lingao and Yangjiang. Combining those in operation and under construction, the province has more nuclear reactors than anywhere else in China.

The Daya Bay nuclear plant is the oldest nuclear power plant currently operating in China.

China conducted its last national nuclear safety drill in Lianyungang, Jiangsu in 2009. The drill simulated a reactor leak and tested the ability of military and government agencies to contain the leak while local residents rehearsed evacuation procedures.

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