Workplace accidents in China from January to September improved compared with the same period from last year, according to statistics released Thursday by State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS).
The number of injury accidents was 607,429, causing 98,809 fatalities during the first three quarters, a decrease of 123,699 accidents or 16.92 percent and a decline of 245 fatalities or 0.25 percent from the same period in 2003.