Overworked engineer found 3 days after death  

33岁工程师猝死：生前最后一个月 日均加班6小时

不抽烟、不喝酒，小刘的生命却还是停止在了33岁。江西人小刘生前在东莞长安镇的一家公司担任开发部工程师，4月9日上午，他被工友发现死在了出租屋。警方调查发现，小刘的尸体被发现时，已经死了近3天。小刘的工资条显示，刘某3月连续工作31天，加班时间190个小时。对此，家属质疑刘某是因过度劳累致使。 [查看全文]

(ECNS) – A 33-year-old engineer, who had worked for a whole month with no days off and 190 hours of overtime, was found dead in his rental home in Dongguan, Guangdong province, on April 9, Guangzhou Daily reported. He had been dead for three days.

Local police have ruled out murder, and confirmed it was a sudden death.

Relatives suspected overwork caused his death.

The engineer's wife, surnamed Xia, who didn't live with her husband, said her husband, Liu, had considered quitting his demanding job at Derchun Industries Co., Ltd., but didn't make it.

Liu's attendance records show he worked at least 12 hours every day, from 8 am to 9:30 pm, and took no days off in March, Xia added.

Wang, a director at the company's administration department, said Liu did work overtime, but that Liu volunteered for it, and he had filed applications for each overtime opportunity.

Wang said Liu's cause of death was still unclear, as a postmortem hasn't been done yet.

If Liu's death is determined to be connected to the company, they will compensate the family according to regulations, Wang added.