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BEIJING (Reuters) -Two separate coal mine accidents have killed 12 people in China over the last 24 hours, state broadcaster CCTV reported, the latest incidents to plague the industry after the ...
A violent rock burst in a coal mine killed 11 people in China's northeastern Heilongjiang province on Tuesday, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. An initial assessment determined that is ...
The accident follows a string of similar incidents in the country's coal mines, including a collapse at an open-pit mine in Inner Mongolia region in February that killed 53 people.
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]
Investigations found that the accident was a result of illegal construction and production of the coal mine, reckless operation of the contracting construction company, and oversight by local party committees, governments, and departments. [7]
Coal mining accidents resulted in 5,938 immediate deaths in 2005, and 4746 immediate deaths in 2006 in China alone according to the World Wildlife Fund. [10] Coal mining is the most dangerous occupation in China, the death rate for every 100 tons of coal mined is 100 times that of the death rate in the US and 30 times that achieved in South Africa.
Preliminary investigation showed the accident occurred around 2:55 p.m. local time due to a coal and gas outburst at the mine, which is owned by China's Pingdingshan Tianan Coal Mining. According ...
The collapse of a coal mining plant in Eastern Kentucky Tuesday has left one worker dead. ... The disaster was one of three high-profile mining accidents to occur in a five-month period in the U.S ...