China Mine Accident Kills More Than 200

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China Mine Accident Kills More Than 200
Tue Feb 15, 2005 12:20 AM ET



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By Juliana Liu
BEIJING (Reuters) - A gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in China's northeastern rust-belt province of Liaoning, killing at least 203 workers in the worst disaster in 15 years to hit the world's most dangerous mining industry.

The explosion, Monday afternoon at the mine in Fuxin city, injured 22 miners and 13 were still trapped, the official Xinhua news agency said Tuesday. A rescue team of more than 180 people were working to free the trapped workers.

The blast occurred 800 feet below ground at about 3:00 p.m. (2 a.m. EST) Monday at the Sunjiawan colliery of the state-owned Fuxin Coal Industry Group, Xinhua said, citing the Liaoning Coalmine Safety Supervision Bureau.

"We have never seen such a big accident before," said an official at Fuxin's Coalmine Safety Supervision Bureau.

snip http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7628357

[WildClarySage]

1. Coming Soon to a rural West Virginia town near you

(or at least near me)

How sad for those workers and their families. And we'll not learn a thing from this.

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. I think China has a major 'mining' accident

at least once a month.

It make you wonder if this is just another form of population control for them?

[Alpharetta]

3. it shows how powerless workers are in China

It's a wonder unions ever got a foothold in Poland. China is unlikely to make the same mistakes.

[Skittles]

4. if conservatives had their way

stuff like this would be commonplace; I'm sure they consider stuff like OSHA to be a waste of money. That's why they are trying to limit damage awards in the courts.