Two Baosteel Workers Die in Accident
12/18/2012 - Two workers died and another 13 were injured Monday after a 270-ton ladle of molten metal tipped over at a Shanghai Baosteel Group Corp plant in Baoshan district, GlobalTimes.cn reported.
Two workers died and another 13 were injured Monday after a 270-ton ladle of molten metal tipped over at a Shanghai Baosteel Group Corp plant in Baoshan district.
The accident happened around 9:10 am when the ladle toppled from its hooks at the plant, according to the local news website Xinmin.cn.
The overturned molten metal, which had been heated to 1,600 C, killed two of the workers instantly, Shanghai Television Station reported.
"The workers were removing slag from the molten metal when the accident occurred. The injured workers were sent to Shanghai No.3 People's Hospital," Baosteel said on its official microblog…
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