11.   British scientists found a slight elevation in workplace accidents on No Smoking Day, a country-wide effort by many smokers to avoid tobacco.

12.   In the majority of workplace accidents, the causes can be traced to poor management of health and safety.

13.   It is just one of several fatal workplace accidents in Thailand during the past decade in which safety regulations commonplace in most developed countries were ignored.

14.   The government said it is studying ways to reduce the incidence of workplace accidents.

15.   AIDS kills more South African miners than workplace accidents, according to figures compiled by mining company Gencor and released Monday by the weekly Business Day.

16.   The law requires all employers in China to establish qualified occupational health facilities and provide their employees with insurance in the event of workplace accidents.