Human error blamed in 97% coal mine disasters
By Wang Qingchu |
June 29, 2011, Wednesday
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MORE than 97 percent of coal mine accidents in China were caused by human error and the casualties from the deadly accidents accounted for 70 percent of the world total.
Human errors were found to have led to as many as 97.67 percent of the 1,203 accidents from 1980 to 2000, the China Economic Weekly reported yesterday, citing Chen Hong of the School of Management of the China University of Mining and Technology.
"The conclusion was further reinforced in lethal accidents that occurred from 2001-2010 as illegal mining, improper supervision by managers and hazardous operation remained the main reasons contributing to the accidents," the professor was quoted as saying.
Over-exploitation and excessive gas use was common in China's coal mine production, the report said.
"Most of the accidents I experienced were caused by human error," a miner who has worked for more than 30 years with the Yunkuang Group in east China's Shandong Province told the magazine.
Although casualties from mine accidents in China have been falling, they still took up 70 percent of the world total, Chen revealed.
More than 80 percent of coal miners are migrant workers from the hinterland in central and west China. Their relatively low education and skill levels and a lack of safety awareness pose a danger to coal mines, the report said.
Human errors were found to have led to as many as 97.67 percent of the 1,203 accidents from 1980 to 2000, the China Economic Weekly reported yesterday, citing Chen Hong of the School of Management of the China University of Mining and Technology.
"The conclusion was further reinforced in lethal accidents that occurred from 2001-2010 as illegal mining, improper supervision by managers and hazardous operation remained the main reasons contributing to the accidents," the professor was quoted as saying.
Over-exploitation and excessive gas use was common in China's coal mine production, the report said.
"Most of the accidents I experienced were caused by human error," a miner who has worked for more than 30 years with the Yunkuang Group in east China's Shandong Province told the magazine.
Although casualties from mine accidents in China have been falling, they still took up 70 percent of the world total, Chen revealed.
More than 80 percent of coal miners are migrant workers from the hinterland in central and west China. Their relatively low education and skill levels and a lack of safety awareness pose a danger to coal mines, the report said.
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