Coal mine accident kills nine in Jiangxi province
( 2003-09-22 23:39) (Xinhua)
A coal mine accident in east 皇冠体育app's Jiangxi Province has left nine people
dead and one badly injured.
The accident occurred when a steel cable holding a coal carrier suddenly
broke at 2:45 p.m. Sunday as the carrier was transporting 10 miners through the
main entrance of Dongfanghong Mine. All the miners fell to the bottom of the pit
and nine were killed, said the provincial supervision bureau of coal mine
safety.
Workers must take special vehicles down into the mine and through side
entrances, warned the bureau.
Dongfanghong is an authorized state-owned coal mine. Officials from the
bureau have gone to the site to investigate the accident. The injured miner is
being treated in hospital.
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