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Coal mine bosses face tough penalty for fatal disasters
By Zhang Xuanchen |
September 9, 2010, Thursday
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CHINA'S top authority on work safety today prescribed a new rule that will strip up to 80 percent of coal mine bosses' annual income if any disaster happens without their attendance into the shafts.
The rule was an intensified effort by the government to curb repeated coal mine accidents when bosses risk miners' lives to keep them working to meet the country's mounting demands for energy, paying little attention to their safety.
Mine leaders are required to go into pits on every shift and work at least five shifts per month, said the State Administration of Coal Mine Safety today.
Those who fail to do so will be fined 30 percent to 80 percent of their annual income if an accident occurs while the coal mine will be fined up to 5 million yuan (US$729,213).
The administration will keep a close eye on the shift record and invite public supervision, China Radio reported today.
Cave-ins, flooding and gas explosions claimed 2,631 lives in Chinese coal mines last year, down by nearly 600 from 2008 after the government shut down many illegal mines.
But coal mine casualties jumped again in the first half of the year with 1,261 deaths reported, compared with 1,175 a year earlier, Xinhua reported.
The rule was an intensified effort by the government to curb repeated coal mine accidents when bosses risk miners' lives to keep them working to meet the country's mounting demands for energy, paying little attention to their safety.
Mine leaders are required to go into pits on every shift and work at least five shifts per month, said the State Administration of Coal Mine Safety today.
Those who fail to do so will be fined 30 percent to 80 percent of their annual income if an accident occurs while the coal mine will be fined up to 5 million yuan (US$729,213).
The administration will keep a close eye on the shift record and invite public supervision, China Radio reported today.
Cave-ins, flooding and gas explosions claimed 2,631 lives in Chinese coal mines last year, down by nearly 600 from 2008 after the government shut down many illegal mines.
But coal mine casualties jumped again in the first half of the year with 1,261 deaths reported, compared with 1,175 a year earlier, Xinhua reported.
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