Production Incident · Full chronicle and history

On November 7, a bridge under construction over the Cangyu Expressway on the South Third Ring Road in Baoding, Hebei, collapsed, hitting a passing truck. The Qingyuan District government reported that day that, according to preliminary verification, 3 construction workers and 1 truck driver were injured, with two of the workers in serious condition; all four have been sent to the hospital. Photos circulating online show workers being struck by steel beams.

On November 7, a steel structure bridge under construction on the South Third Ring Road in Baoding, Hebei (at the intersection with the Cangzhou-Yulin Expressway) collapsed. People were crushed at the scene, and multiple rescue and construction vehicles arrived to handle the situation.

In a Douyin factory operation video circulating on October 19, a worker repeatedly reaches both hands into the stamping die area to place and remove metal workpieces, and the equipment presses down right after the hands are withdrawn, with the caption "Isn't full manual automation impressive?" Netizens sarcastically pointed out the safety hazard.

On October 18, CCTV's Focus Report (Jiaodian Fangtan) reported that Xiaomakou Village in Dongguang County, Cangzhou, Hebei, with a population of only six or seven hundred, has 8 companies storing blended hazardous chemicals — 5 without licenses and 3 severely exceeding permitted quantities, standards, and scope — with some plants separated from residential houses by only a single wall. Villagers say 7 of the companies belong to brothers of the village Party secretary and 1 to the village head.

In a cave dwelling renovation project in Yulin, Shaanxi, worker Hao Zhenzhong was injured during construction. His wife has publicly sought help, saying the costs of his follow-up treatment remain unprovided for.

On October 12, Niger's Ministry of Petroleum announced that the W8 well at Goumeri has still not been fully controlled since the blowout on September 25, constituting an "extremely serious environmental accident," and that an independent investigation backed by Algerian experts has already been launched.

After the incident, the police received a report and launched a search, capturing 21 illegal mining personnel and finding 7 bodies inside the mine shaft. A preliminary investigation shows that the deceased drowned after rainfall caused the mine shaft to flood.

On October 3, an abandoned, sealed-off mercury mine at the border of Youyang and Xiushan in Chongqing flooded due to rainfall, and 7 hired helpers failed to escape and drowned. The dead were mostly nearby villagers, aged from their 20s to their 50s.

A netizen submission claims that the machining workshop of Weifang Ruicheng Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has long-standing dust and noise problems, that some machine tools lack safety guards, that the supply of masks and earplugs is insufficient, and that equipment lacks regular maintenance.

On the afternoon of September 26, a landslide and mudslide occurred at a land leveling project in Bili Township, Luoyuan County, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, leaving three people missing. Local authorities launched a search and rescue operation, and the blocked roads were cleared that night.

On September 25, a blowout occurred at the Gumere W8 well in Niger, operated by a subsidiary of CNPC. Crude oil and natural gas sprayed more than 10 meters into the air, the integrity of two other wells on the same platform was affected, and two employees were injured and hospitalized.

A large amount of yellow smoke billowed from the plant area of BASF Polyurethane Co., Ltd. in Shanghai and spread to the surrounding areas, suspected to be an explosion accident.

On September 4, a video showed a woman operating a machine in a textile workshop with her young child on her back. The surrounding environment was messy and equipment was running continuously, posing serious safety hazards and triggering strong criticism from netizens regarding factory management and labor living conditions.

Recently, a video showing a worker in Jiangxi holding his breath and diving into filthy sewers for cleaning and dredging operations without any safety protection measures has sparked widespread discussion in society regarding labor safety guarantees.

On September 13, 2026, a ride-hailing driver in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, was found dead in his car. He had been deceased for two or three days before being discovered, and the police set up a cordon to handle the scene. Local peers reported that due to overcapacity, high platform commission rates, and low-priced orders such as 'fixed-price' fares, drivers are forced to drive for long hours under extreme fatigue.

On September 10, a fire broke out during the maintenance of a foreign cargo ship at the Qingdao Beihai Shipyard, causing significant casualties. Xi Jinping instructed the search and rescue operation, and official sources are strictly controlling information from the scene.

A dry bulk carrier named Ocean Melody at Qingdao Beihai Shipyard caught fire during repairs. The blaze was extinguished after about three hours. There were 42 people on board; 12 were safely evacuated, officials said 25 missing persons showed no signs of life, and 5 were injured and taken to hospital. The vessel, built in 2006, is 190 m long with a deadweight of about 55,000 tonnes. At the time of the incident it was registered under Liberia, but the owner is Hui Li Shipping Co., Ltd., and the ship management company is Shanghai Yuyang Kunpeng Ship Management Co., Ltd. The ship arrived at Beihai Shipyard for repairs on August 31; it had previously been detained in Australia for fire safety defects such as emergency fire pumps, CO₂ system remote valves, and engine room fire dampers, and the issues were rectified.

Surviving workers at a Nepali hydropower project said that before the flood arrived, workers noticed something abnormal and demanded to evacuate the tunnel, but were stopped by the Chinese supervisor. The supervisor said they should go out first to check, then fled on his own and never returned, leaving a large number of workers trapped in the tunnel.

A worker at Langfang Normal University died on his way home from work during construction. His family repeatedly defended their rights at the school gate, while school leaders were accused of turning a blind eye.

On September 1, 2026, a violent explosion followed by a major fire suddenly broke out at the Grepow New Energy Electronics Factory in Suxian District, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, and emergency response forces from multiple departments rushed to the scene to handle the incident.

A worker in Jiangxi plunged into a filthy sewer holding his breath to clean it, with no apparent safety measures in place, prompting netizens to question why such dangerous work is carried out without even basic protective gear.

A fire broke out at a gas chemical complex under construction at a joint venture with China's Sinopec in Russia's Far East, killing 6 Chinese citizens, leaving 9 Chinese workers missing, and injuring about 150 people.

On August 16, 2026, in Qinzhou, Guangxi, workers suffered an electric shock accident while installing mobile communication transmission antennas at height. The strong current caused deep burns to two workers at the scene, who were sent to the hospital.

A Long March 7 rocket at the Hainan Wenchang Satellite Launch Center exploded about 85 seconds after liftoff, causing major economic losses.

On the evening of August 9, 2026, during a stunt performance at Xuzhou Amusement Park Happy World in Jiangsu, a performer's skirt accidentally caught fire while performing the "fire skirt dance"; because there was no emergency response plan on site, the fire was not extinguished in time, resulting in the performer being burned.

A fire broke out during the loading and unloading of yellow phosphorus at Yunnan Kunming Haoming Fine Phosphorus Chemical Co., Ltd., lasting more than ten hours and producing a large plume of white smoke, triggering throat discomfort and evacuations among nearby residents and halting the company's production.

On August 4, 2026, a yellow phosphorus leak and subsequent fire occurred at Yunnan Haoming Fine Phosphorus Chemical Co., Ltd. in Erjie Town, Jinning District, Kunming, Yunnan Province, producing a wide spread of irritating white fog that drifted tens of kilometers away, with nearby residents experiencing stinging eyes and coughing.

On August 4, 2026, the State Post Bureau issued an official notice stating that, because a series of production safety accidents had occurred at franchise-operated enterprises and safety hazards repeatedly persisted, the headquarters of STO Express was formally placed under investigation for failing to implement unified safety responsibilities.

On August 4, a yellow phosphorus leak accident occurred at Haoming Fine Phosphorus Chemical Co., Ltd. in Jinning District, Kunming, Yunnan, producing large-scale irritating dense smoke. Residents in many surrounding areas reported severe discomfort in their eyes and throats.

According to the program, a fire occurred in a large domestic chemical enterprise in early August 2026, but the specific enterprise and location were not specified.

Affected by Typhoon Noul, a construction cradle used for exterior wall work on a high-rise building in Shenzhen, Guangdong, was trapped in mid-air with two workers inside.

On the afternoon of July 25, 2026, a high-altitude cradle at the Gemdale property in Dongguan went out of control during typhoon weather, leaving 4 workers trapped in mid-air.

Two painters working on the exterior wall of a 60-story residential building in Wuhan discovered that their secondary safety rope had been cut during evening work. Fortunately, the main rope remained intact, and both workers narrowly escaped. Police are investigating, with netizens speculating it may be related to a neighbor dispute.

After the Jinjiang shoe factory fire, local shoe factories held a safety production meeting. The government's instructions focused not on improving fire safety facilities, but on 'fining 10,000 yuan and arresting people for every cigarette butt found'.

A fire broke out at the Sansheng EPE Pearl Cotton Factory on Wuyang Sansheng Road in Chaozhou, Guangdong. Chaozhou fire authorities reported that there were no casualties for the time being.

A fire broke out at a shoe factory in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian, leaving 28 people dead. Host Hu Liren cited this as an example to criticize Xi Jinping's government for its poor governance and failure to effectively prevent such safety accidents.

After a fire broke out at a shoe factory in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian, Xi Jinping issued important instructions. Host Hu Liren criticized this, arguing that the instructions were merely a formality and did not solve the fundamental problems.

A collision between an ammonium nitrate transport vehicle and another vehicle occurred on the Dongwu to Mandu section of National Highway 331 in Inner Mongolia, resulting in 2 deaths and 4 injuries.

Following a shoe factory fire in Jinjiang, Fujian, many local factories have begun intensively removing anti-theft grills from their buildings to prevent employees' escape routes from being blocked.

A fire broke out at a fireworks production and processing site in Fujian, after which the government classified the incident as a deliberate act.

A port authority worker said that floating corpses have appeared on multiple rivers in inland China, with the claims referring to the phenomenon of civilian body recovery along the Yangtze River.

On June 20, 2026, a sliding accident occurred during construction by State Grid Shanxi Electric Power Company in Wuzhai County, Shanxi, and four construction workers were killed on the spot.

Rumors claim that during geological survey drilling operations in the ancient town area of Jieyang City, Guangdong Province, underground toxic gas leaked out; residents in the surrounding area were not evacuated in time and subsequently fell into comas and were poisoned one after another. Dozens of people were rushed to hospital by ambulance, and some in critical condition were admitted to intensive care units.

On May 29, 2026, a lubricant production enterprise in Rudong County, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, suffered a sudden explosion and fire. Huge plumes of black smoke rose from the site, and local emergency rescue and firefighting forces rushed to the scene to combat the blaze.

On May 25, 2026, it was reported online that residents in Daba Town, Guizhou, complained that a local gravel plant conducted blasting operations less than 200 meters from a residential area, causing large amounts of debris to fly into the village and threaten personal safety.

A major collapse accident occurred at the Liushenyu Coal Mine in Shanxi. The official initial report stated 8 deaths, but after multiple revisions, the final death toll was announced as 82. The involved enterprise was exposed for severe cover-ups and illegal operations using AB blueprints.

On the evening of May 22, 2026, a major gas explosion occurred at the Liushenyu Coal Mine of the Tongzhou Group in Qinyuan County, Changzhi, Shanxi, leaving 82 dead, 2 missing and 128 injured. It is the most serious coal mine safety disaster in China in nearly 17 years.

On the afternoon of May 4, an explosion occurred in a workshop of Huasheng Fireworks Display Co., Ltd. in Guandu Town, Liuyang City. The accident ultimately left 26 people dead and 61 injured. The Changsha Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government subsequently held a press conference to apologize.

A violent explosion occurred at a fireworks factory in Liuyang, Changsha, Hunan, causing widespread destruction with casualties exceeding one hundred people.

A fatal accident occurred at the waterfall swing attraction at Maliuyan Adventure Park in Huaying City, Sichuan. A female tourist fell due to an operational problem while experiencing the ride and died on the way to the hospital. The park has suspended operations for rectification.

In May 2026, Nie Huihua, a professor at Renmin University of China, published an article pointing out that about 80% of global mining disaster deaths occur in China, and that mining companies with political connections closely tied to power have accident death rates two to three times higher than ordinary enterprises.

In July 2026, online reports indicated that a violent explosion occurred at a tunnel construction site in Longchi Town, Sichuan, on March 23, causing casualties and damage to houses, while the relevant authorities were suspected of concealing the information and failing to issue a public announcement.

In November 2025, a 12-year-old girl in Quzhou County, Handan, Hebei went to work at an unlicensed plasticine workshop, putting in 8.5 hours a day; on the 13th day of work her right arm was drawn into a mixer, and she was later assessed as having a level 6 disability.

AITO User Service issued a notice stating that the vehicle speed at the time of the incident was 139.1 kilometers per hour, that the vehicle was in manual driving mode, and that it characterized the battery explosion and fire as false information.

In August 2025, a subject in the high-dose group of Huida Gene's HG302 Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene editing clinical trial died from a severe immune reaction triggered by AAV, and the incident was not disclosed until about a year later.

A U.S. senator disclosed in Congress that in 2025, parties involved in China's dumping of toxic waste into Zambia's main river contaminated the drinking water of millions of local people, and were accused of forcing local parties to sign confidentiality agreements to cover up the incident.

On May 5, 2024, a Chinese-made T-59G tank in Chittagong, Bangladesh, suffered a barrel explosion during firing training after a round jammed. The loader was killed, and the commander and gunner were burned. A State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense investigation team submitted a report on May 7, attributing the accident to Bangladesh's use of non-Chinese standard ammunition and recommending a suspension of the use of such ammunition. The accident was not made public.