Factory Workers Hurt in 2014 Blast Protest over Payout Plan

(Kunshan) – Dozens of auto parts workers who were injured in a huge explosion at their factory last year and their relatives have clashed with riot police during a protest over their compensation.

The workers demonstrating on December 14 were among those injured by a blast at an auto parts factory in Kunshan, in the eastern province of Jiangsu, on August 2 last year. The explosion at the Zhongrong Metal Products Co. blamed on a buildup of metallic dust in the air killed 146 workers, the government later said.