Downturn reduces coalmine fatalities
By Cui Xiaohuo | China Daily | Updated: 2009-07-18 08:05
The economic slowdown has dramatically reduced coalmine disaster fatalities, the work safety watchdog said on Friday.
The fatality rate for both registered and underground coal pits in China dropped to a record low of 6.4 deaths per day from January to June this year, said Huang Yi, spokesman of the State Administration of Work Safety.
The fatality rate stood at 10.4 and 8.8 deaths per day respectively in 2007 and 2008.
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