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were rushed to the hospital with severe burns. According to doctors, five workers were initially listed as being in a stable condition, whereas the other was listed as critical. They were said to be at risk of contracting infections through their burns. However, an earlier statement on the website of the State
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26,000) each in compensation. According to Xinhua, the positions of those arrested were the manager of the mill, an operator, a technician and a workshop supervisor. The same statement from the work safety administration that had issued the conflicting injury count stated that those responsible were
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while it was being positioned over a worktable in preparation to pour out its contents. All 30 tonnes (33 tons) of liquid steel, at a temperature of approximately 1,500 degrees
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was used for identification. Within 24 hours of the disaster, officials had arrested the plant's owner and three employees who were in charge of work safety issues, and had promised the families of the victims a minimum of 200,000
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gave the employment figure as 650. In 2006, the factory produced 70,000 tonnes (69,000 long tons; 77,000 short tons) of steel and had hoped to increase production to 120,000 tonnes (120,000 long tons; 130,000 short tons) in 2007.
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section, explained why the steel had been spilled instead of remaining in an upright ladle: "As the ladle was falling, it hit a flatbed and tilted. The molten steel immediately flowed into the nearby conference room."
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just ran." Another gave this description of being burned by the steel: "When the steel hit, it felt like being beaten by iron bars – my brain went blank. I would be dead if I had turned my head".
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to other processes, and had a diameter of two metres and a capacity of 30 tonnes (30 long tons; 33 short tons) of liquid steel. It ran on a rail at a height of 3 metres (9.8 ft) above the factory floor.
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