At least 12 folks had been killed and 13 others injured in a mining accident in northeast China, state media reported Thursday.
The incident befell at 3:50 p.m. native time (7:50 a.m. GMT) on Wednesday at a coal mine on the outskirts of Jixi metropolis in Heilongjiang province, state broadcaster CCTV mentioned.
The accident – which concerned a car within the mine’s inclined shaft – “caused 12 deaths and injured 13, and the injured have all been sent to hospital for treatment,” CCTV mentioned Thursday.
“The cause of the accident is still under investigation,” CCTV mentioned.
Mining security in China has improved in current a long time, as has media protection of main incidents, a lot of which had been as soon as neglected.
But accidents are nonetheless widespread in an trade with a poor security document and the place laws are usually not essentially enforced.
Last 12 months, 245 folks died in 168 accidents, in keeping with official figures.
In November, an accident at one other coal mine in Heilongjiang killed 11 folks.
In September, no less than 16 folks had been killed in a coal mine fireplace in southwest China’s Guizhou province.
In February, a coal mine partly collapsed within the distant and sparsely populated Alxa League of the northern Inner Mongolia area after a 180-meter-high (590-foot) slope gave means.
Dozens of individuals and autos had been buried beneath a mountain of particles, however authorities didn’t disclose the ultimate dying toll for months.
It was solely revealed in June that 53 folks had been killed.
Source: www.dailysabah.com