All fourteen miners who got trapped in a coal mine collapsed last month in southwest China’s Guizhou province have died. A rescue operation finished on Sunday noon as the bodies of the trapped miners were retrieved. State media quoting local officials said further investigation into the cause of the accident is underway.
The workers were trapped after the roof of a shaft at Sanhe Shunxun coal mine in Zhenfeng County, Bouyei-Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Qianxinan, collapsed on February 25.
China is the world’s largest producer and consumer of coal. China’s mining industry has long been among the world’s deadliest with frequent mine accidents. Despite the government’s efforts to increase safety measures, mining accidents are common in China.
The safety crackdown was ordered in 2020 after two accidents in mountainous southwestern Chongqing killed 39 miners. Despite the crackdown, 10 workers were killed at a gold mine in the northern province of Shandong in January last year after a cave-in caused by the improper storage and use of explosives.
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