The Chinese government routinely surpresses facts and figures when it serves their purpose. If the Chinese government says 32 workers were killed, you can bet the numbers are a lot higher. China is the worst violator of environmental standards. Why would safety be a concern?

Bruce, minneapolis, USA

That is one of the most horrifying accidents I've ever heard of. Those poor men had no chance if a wave of molten metal engulfed them. Even if one was immediately touched, the extreme heat in that room would have killed them.
This is really a horrible, nightmarish industrial accident.

M.Paul, Springfield, USA

When was that? Nearly two decades ago?
When was the Virginia Tech shooting? A few days ago?

What a perfect comparison.

Joana Christina, Shanghai,

Hey, Jerry from Shanghai....

Um...Tienamin Square???? Ring any bells?

Yep, you are PERFECTLY safe.

Peter, Somewhere, In The USA

That is a accident ,how about freedom? why not care about your shoot in coledge,American?Can you say ,Ok that's a accident,and we Americans have the right to kill or be killed by ohers.32 lives, my god ,at least I can live safely in China, not care about the bullets from anywhere. To keep your freedom which can be shoot anywhere

jerry, Shanghai, China

Molten steel from a blast furnace at 1500 centigrade is "white-hot". The slag ontop of the ladle is cooler but the steel underneath is "white-hot". Browse through the internet and see for yourself.

Henkka, Tornio, Finland

The autocratic and dictatorial political system is supported by the people and people put up with the poor human right record and condition for economic progress????????????
Sounds like direct from the communist text-book of propaganda.
Where are the people now when they voice their difference of opinions and suggestions? Maybe killed or disappeared you think?
Simple laws can be pass through their rubber stamp in Beijing which it can set example and condition in these work places, right? It should be easy for communist to enforce them,right? Or there maybe no law at all, it is just for reference.
In the end these are state related corporation which only benefits the few.

Antz, San Franciso, USA

Wing is right : "Basically nobody wishes to rock the boat. They recognise that under the current leadership China,as a nation is moving up in the world as a force to be reckoned with. In the name of progress the population is prepared to put up with poor human rights record."

China has suffered from chaos and everyone knows, govt and people, that stability is extremely important.

More freedom would lead to more instabilty and that would set back progress.

Most Chinese don't give a toss about having a vote. all they they want i to be rich if possible or just to live comfortably and have a nice house, decent job, get their kid educated. I'm sure if the people can have these things they will gladly give up having a vote.

anyone in the west who thinks that the people here spend all ther time hating the gov and longng for democracy and the right to form unions and freedom for Tibet is just wrong.

kev, Shanghai, China

Steel from a blast furnace at 2,732 f is not white hot. It certainly is red hot and nasty enough to cause severe injury or death.

JACK DITCHEY, CANFIELD, usa ohio

I wonder how they cleaned up the mess? You don't just sweep up after than kind of spill. I'd pay to see what it looked like. Spectacular tradjedy, ubt US and Canadian soldiers die every day. Same number just got murdered in Virginia while going to school. Innocent people get killed in thousands of car accidents, and are dying as I type. This isn't so noteworthy as the media would have us believe. It's just... newsworthy.

Rob, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada

steel from a blast furnace at 2,732 F is not white hot. It is surely red hot, but not white hot.

JACK DITCHEY, CANFIELD, OHIO USA

This is a terrible accident and no cause for infantile (and unfunny) sarcasm. Workers in China and elsewhere deserve to earn a living without having death always hover above them, and the sooner chinese workers break away from state-controlled unions and start militant ones is when we will see a reduction in these preventable deaths.

e.m., edmonton, canada

Steel from a blast furnace at 2,732 F is not white hot. It certainly is red hot which would result in a horrible death.

JACK DITCHEY, CANFIELD, OHIO USA

A molten steel masacre! When will we have worldwide outcry against the evilness of molten steel? Molten steel kills. The molten steel availability to steel companies is the cause of this. It should be banned worldwide! Why, it is as evil as gun ownership in the US! /sarcasm off/

Mrs. Smith, Ohio, USA

Massive causualities and large number of injuries from building sites, mines and factories etc. are predictable and inevitable as China is forging ahead with its desire to become the most poweful industrialesed nation in the world. The breathtaking economic growth taking place year after year across the entire country has rapidly transformed China beyond recognition. Compared with other developed countries, China benefits from the advantage of abundant supply of cheap labour and natural resources. Unlike other countries the political system in China is autocratic and dictatorial yet it is also curiously extremely stable. By and large they have the support of the people to continue with the present style of government . Basically nobody wishes to rock the boat. They recognise that under the current leadership China,as a nation is moving up in the world as a force to be reckoned with. In the name of progress the population is prepared to put up with poor human rights record.

Wing, Poole, UK

China, due to the lack of significant safety regulations for workers will continue to be the darling of Multi-National corporations. Because life is cheap & labor is even cheaper, corporations will continue to hire subcontractors to avoid responsibility for the deaths of workers there.
The Government of China has no intention of enacting laws to protect the Chinese worker, as this would negatively impact both government production & foreign investment.

Ed Harrison, West Point, Texas