Lack of work-safety culture kills
Major workplace accidents are much like earthquakes or air crashes. For a couple of days they instill in us a sense of fear and good fortune - "There but for the grace of God go I" is a very familiar refrain for those of us from the English speaking regions of the world. And then just as quickly the memory disappears as the news moves on ... until of course the next time.
The next time came around very quickly. On Saturday 44 people were killed and 11 others injured when a tour bus fell into a valley after it crashed into a sports utility vehicle and a pick-up truck along the No 318 national highway in Nyemo County of Tibet autonomous region.
Days ago, the tragic dust explosion in an auto parts factory in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, which killed at least 75 people and injured nearly 200 on Aug 2, occupied center stage for just 24 hours before an earthquake hit Yunnan province.
