In 53,173 accidents throughout China in October 9,007
people lost their lives the country's safety supervisory body said
Monday on its website.
The death toll was down 9.7 percent or 964 less than
October last year and the number of accidents dropped by 9.8
percent which is 5,769 less than October of 2005, according to the
State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS).
The administration said 529 people were killed in 130
major accidents throughout China last month. These figures are down
12 and 12.8 percent respectively from the same month a year
ago.
SAWS said coal mine accidents rose sharply since early
October with 345 people killed in 174 such accidents in October.
The figures are up 44.4 and 26.1 percent respectively from
September.
They attributed the increase of coal mine accidents
during production to an overly relaxed management style. Coal mine
safety was a "serious" problem facing the industry, SAWS said.
Last Sunday 17 miners were killed in a gas explosion
at a coalmine in north China's Shanxi Province and another 30 remain
missing.
SAWS Director Li Yizhong and head of the State
Administration of Coal Mine Safety Li Tiechui went to the scene to
assist organize rescue operations.
A gas blast at a coal mine in northeast China's Jilin Province on Saturday left seven miners
dead. On October 31 a gas explosion at a coal mine in northwest
China's Gansu Province claimed the lives of 29 people.
On October 5 a gas blast killed 10 miners at a coal mine in Heilongjiang Province in northeast
China.
China's mining industry is
the deadliest in the world. Each year approximately 6,000 people
are killed in explosions, floods, collapses or other accidents.
(Xinhua News Agency November 7, 2006)
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