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5 dead, 32 injured in coal mine blast

RELEVANT people who involved in concealing a coal mine explosion which left five dead and 32 others injured last Thursday in Yangquan City in north China's Shanxi province will be punished, local government announced yesterday.
The gas explosion, which occurred at 4:10pm in a coal mine of Yuquan Coal Industry Co Ltd in Yuxian County of Yangquan, killed five workers and injured 32 others, the government of Yangquan said it had confirmed the accident three days later.
The coal mine company didn't report the accident immediately. The rescue mission was launched around 9am the next day after the local government received tip-offs.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
Local government said yesterday that relevant person will be punished in accordance with the law and regulation.
Based on rules and regulations issued by China's State Administration of Work Safety, in case of any coal mine accident, the involved company should report within one hour to local safety supervisory departments of county-level government or above, which then should report to the provincial safety supervisory administration within two hours.



 

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