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Alxa Left Banner, Inner Mongolia, China: ... Investigations found that the accident was a result of illegal construction and production of the coal mine, reckless ...
On June 10, a gas leak at a coal mine in the town of Longmen , Hancheng, Weinan, Shaanxi killed 7 people. [40] On August 5, a ceiling collapse at a coal mine in Jinzhong, Shanxi killed 3 people. [41] On September 27, a fire at a coal mine in Chongqing operated by Chongqing Energy Investment Group killed 16 people and injured 38 more. [42]
It was the worst disaster in the history of coal mining and the second-worst recorded industrial accident. Of this number, 31 fatalities were Japanese, the remaining 1,518 were Chinese. [3] The Japanese continued to operate the mine until the end of World War II in 1945, when they were defeated and forced to withdraw from China.
On 12 January 2024, a coal mine explosion occurred in Pingdingshan, in central China's Henan Province. [1] The incident was described as a possible explosion of coal and gas and occurred around 14:55 local time (06:55 GMT). The death toll in the incident has reached 13 while three people are still missing. [2] [3]
China said on Thursday it plans a three-year campaign to tackle problems hampering response times during disasters and accidents including production safety lapses in sectors like mining. Last ...
The Qixia gold mine accident was a mining accident that occurred on 10 January 2021 in Qixia, Shandong, China. An access tunnel collapsed due to an explosion at the Hushan (笏山) gold mine, trapping twenty-two miners underground. As of 10 February 2021, eleven miners had been rescued, ten were found dead, and one remains missing.
Under China's authoritarian system, superiors reward subordinates for strict compliance with goals established by authorities, like reducing mine disasters. Indeed, should a mining accident occur, the incentive to hide it is often stronger than the reward for managing it well, as any disaster is almost surely considered a liability.
The Sunjiawan mine disaster (Chinese: 孙家湾矿难) was a mine disaster that occurred on 14 February 2005 in Fuxin city, Liaoning province, in the northeastern part of the People's Republic of China. Initial reports indicated that at least 214 coal miners were killed, making it the worst mining disaster in China in at least 15 years.