Safety drive announced on day 6 miners killed
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October 4, 2010, Monday
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CHINA'S work safety supervisor is to launch a nationwide inspection campaign on coal mines to crack down on illegal mining and prevent deadly accidents.
The news came on the day six people were killed in a mining tragedy in Guizhou Province.
A spokesman for the State Administration of Work Safety said the campaign, which starts on October 10 and will run until November 30, will check whether accident-prone small coal mines of outdated capacity have been shut down according to state policies.
Technological upgrades, mergers and acquisitions of coal mines will also be examined during the campaign.
The safety administration said 1,539 small coal mines of outdated capacity have to be closed this year to meet pollution-reduction requirements.
China's annual fatalities at coal mines had dropped from a peak of 6,995 in 2002 to 2,631 in 2009, it said.
Yesterday, six people were killed and 12 were injured in a coal mine gas blast in southwest China's Guizhou Province, a spokesman for the provincial work safety watchdog said.
The accident happened at around 1:20am in the Xinglong Coal Mine in Tongzi County.
Thirty-five people were at work when the accident happened. Twenty-two people escaped and 12 were rescued, but five died on their way to hospital. One missing worker was found dead in the mine.
The news came on the day six people were killed in a mining tragedy in Guizhou Province.
A spokesman for the State Administration of Work Safety said the campaign, which starts on October 10 and will run until November 30, will check whether accident-prone small coal mines of outdated capacity have been shut down according to state policies.
Technological upgrades, mergers and acquisitions of coal mines will also be examined during the campaign.
The safety administration said 1,539 small coal mines of outdated capacity have to be closed this year to meet pollution-reduction requirements.
China's annual fatalities at coal mines had dropped from a peak of 6,995 in 2002 to 2,631 in 2009, it said.
Yesterday, six people were killed and 12 were injured in a coal mine gas blast in southwest China's Guizhou Province, a spokesman for the provincial work safety watchdog said.
The accident happened at around 1:20am in the Xinglong Coal Mine in Tongzi County.
Thirty-five people were at work when the accident happened. Twenty-two people escaped and 12 were rescued, but five died on their way to hospital. One missing worker was found dead in the mine.
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