Work safety | China Labour Bulletin
Accident and death rates have steadily declined since the mid-2000s and reached a new low of 228 fatalities in 2020. 2018, was the first time China recorded fewer than 0.1 deaths per million tons of coal produced, and that figure declined further in 2019 to 0.083 deaths, and then to 0.058 deaths in 2020. The decrease in accident and death rates stems largely from the mass closure and ...