Eight Chinese construction workers were killed and 10 injured on Friday when a basement they were building under a store collapsed, Xinhua news agency said. Workplace accidents like the one beneath the shop in Chengdu, capital of southwest Sichuan province, kill hundreds of people every day in China, a country of 1.3 billion people, Reuters reported. "A detachment of public security and fire control from the city rushed to the scene and dug out eight bodies and 10 injured construction workers from under the rubble," Xinhua said. More than 52,000 people died in 350,000 accidents at mines, building sites, factories and other workplaces in the first six month of this year, state media has reported.
