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3393 Chinese Killed in Mine Accidents This Year

3393 Chinese people have been killed this year in a total of 2014 accidents of China's mines this year. The figure puts the industry on track to match or exceed last year's toll of 5,670 deaths despite repeated attempts to boost safety and close hazardous mines.


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3393 Chinese people have been killed this year in a total of 2014 accidents of China's mines this year, according to a report by China News Service. The figure puts the industry on track to match or exceed last year's toll of 5,670 deaths despite repeated attempts to boost safety and close hazardous mines.

Serious accidents continued to occur because of outdated equipment, poor safety enforcement, and a "risk-taking approach to production safety" by some of those in charge, Wang Dexue, a deputy director of the State Administration of Work Safety Supervision, was quoted as saying.

Most mining deaths are caused by explosions of gas pockets and floods caused by the breaching of underground rivers.

In the latest accident, 115 miners died last week in an explosion in the Chengzihe coal mine in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang.

By People's Daily Online


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