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On October 20, a gas explosion at a coal mine in Shanxi operated by Shanxi Lu'an Environmental Energy killed 4 people and injured 1 more. [43] On November 4, an accident at a coal mine in Tongchuan, Shaanxi killed 8 people. [44] On December 4, a carbon monoxide leak at a coal mine in Yongchuan District, Chongqing killed 23 people. [45]
It was the worst disaster in the history of coal mining and the second-worst recorded industrial accident. Of this number, 31 fatalities were Japanese, the remaining 1,518 were Chinese. [3] The Japanese continued to operate the mine until the end of World War II in 1945, when they were defeated and forced to withdraw from China.
Hengshui, China: 11 29 July 2011 A mine-shaft elevator fell at the Bazhanov coal mine. [119] Makiivka, Ukraine: 10 27 March 1964 A steel cable hit a mine-shaft elevator at the Sachsen coal mine, killing 10 workers, including 5 Turkish nationals. [120] Heeßen, West Germany: 10 6 September 2014 An elevator plunged 32 stories at a construction ...
BEIJING (Reuters) -Two separate coal mine accidents have killed 12 people in China over the last 24 hours, state broadcaster CCTV reported, the latest incidents to plague the industry after the ...
At least 10 people have died and six are missing after a coal mine accident in the city of Pingdingshan, in central China, the local emergency management agency said on Saturday, vowing to ...
A violent rock burst in a coal mine killed 11 people in China's northeastern Heilongjiang province on Tuesday, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. An initial assessment determined that is ...
List of coal mining accidents in China; 0–9. 2013 Babao Coal Mine explosions; 2013 Machang Coal Mine outburst; 2013 Taozigou Coal Mine explosion; 2018 Shandong mine ...
Mining accidents can occur from a variety of causes, including leaks of poisonous gases such as hydrogen sulfide [2] or explosive natural gases, especially firedamp or methane, [3] dust explosions, collapsing of mine stopes, mining-induced seismicity, flooding, or general mechanical errors from improperly used or malfunctioning mining equipment (such as safety lamps or electrical equipment).