Xijing, China, 2 November - At 9 am Mr Wang Tao, 24 years, was rushed to the Xijing Hospital emergency room after an explosion in the concrete prosessing plant he works at. 13 steel rods had penetrated his right hip and pelvic cavity and he was bleeding profusely. His collegaues had had to cut some of the steel rods to be able to move him to the hospital.Before operating on him, the doctors were concerned about damage to major arteries and injuries to body organs, blood vessels and bone. After a CT scan they saw there were no major vascular injuries, so at 11pm started an operation to remove the twisted rods and 3 o'clock yesterday morning, after difficult four hours operation, the 13 steel rods werev was successfully removed. The longest steel rod had been 81 cm long.Mr Wang is now in stable condition, lying in a Xijing Hospital, intensive care unit. To the visiting reporters he has repeatedly told "My boss said it's just a minor injury".