16 punished over deadly mine collapse
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SIXTEEN people have been punished, and three others arrested, after a fatal gypsum mine collapse in east China’s Shandong Province which killed one worker and left 13 unaccounted for.
The mine collapsed on December 25 last year in Baotai Town, Pingyi County, when 29 miners were working underground. Fifteen miners who were rescued after the collapse were discharged from hospital in February this year.
Strong tremors triggered by the sudden fracture of limestone on the roof of a severely weathered neighboring goaf — part of a mine where the gypsum has been removed — caused the mine to collapse, according to an investigation by the Shandong work safety supervision bureau.
It said Yurong Company, owner of the collapsed mine, bore principal responsibility because it failed to monitor and safely maintain the mine.
Poor risk awareness and safety control, as well as inadequate regard for possible dangers in room-and-pillar mining, a method used to develop gypsum mines, were also causes of the collapse, the report said.
Three people in control of the mine, believed to be liable for the fatal accident, have been arrested.
Two officials from the local land and resources bureau were found guilty of dereliction of duty, while 14 other local officials were punished for violating the Party’s political discipline.
Ma Congbo, president of Yurong, who committed suicide a few days after the accident, will not be subject to criminal liabilities, investigators said.
Yurong Company was also ordered to pay a fine of 3 million yuan (US$434,000).
The accident resulted in losses of 41.3 million yuan.
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