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Industrial Safety

Explosion kills 10 at Chinese drug factory

by Rick Mullin
April 26, 2019 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 97, Issue 17

 

Ten workers were reported killed in an explosion at Qilu Tianhe Huishi Pharmaceutical, a Chinese drug firm, on April 15. The accident, media reports say, resulted from sparks generated by pipe welding at a plant in the eastern province of Shandong. It follows two recent deadly explosions at chemical plants in China: one in Hebei Province and one in the city of Yancheng in Jiangsu Province.

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