3月23日，内蒙古阿拉善盟利元科技车间发生爆炸后，遇难工人的家属们在工厂门口讨说法，希望见一见亲人的遗体，但被警察阻拦在外。3月19日，利元科技硝化车间发生爆炸，两名工人不幸遇难，截至23日，搜救人员只找到了少部分遇难者的身体组织。据知情人士透露，发生爆炸的车间早已被责令停产，但因今年产品价格大幅上涨，公司负责人无视工人安全，违规恢复了生产。
On March 23, families of workers killed in an explosion at a Liyuan Technology workshop in Alxa League, Inner Mongolia, gathered outside the factory demanding answers and asking to see their loved ones’ remains, only to be blocked by police. The explosion occurred on March 19 in the company’s nitration workshop, killing two workers. As of March 23, rescue workers had recovered only partial human remains. According to insiders, the workshop had long been ordered to cease operations, but with product prices surging this year, company management disregarded worker safety and illegally resumed production.