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This paper examines the causes and impacts of work-related injuries experienced by migrant workers from manufacturing enterprises in the Pearl River Delta (PRD), a major center of foreign-invested export industry in China. The paper first reviews the occupational health and safety legislation in China. It then analyzes a database of cases of injured migrant workers in hospitals in the PRD as well as interviews with injured migrant workers to explore the following question: how do migrant workers who became victims of occupational accidents describe the conditions, causes and impacts of their work-related injuries?