Buried 45 miners in China rescued

Mining Saturday, 05.11.2011, 11:32
Mining accidents in China: A few thousand Chinese miners die each
year. In China, 45 miners for nearly two days after a serious mine
accident are alive again come to light. They were trapped underground
for 40 hours. Eight miners died in the collapse in the Qianqiu mine in
Sanmenxia (Henan Province) on Thursday killed.
Rescue crews were able to recover the trapped miners from a 780 meter
deep shaft. Under blankets lying on stretchers or on its own feet the
miners came back to light, as seen on TV was.
Some miners seemed visibly exhausted, had to be supported under the
arms as they left the pit of helpers. Happy about their rescue some
waved to the rescue teams and journalists, as the official news agency
Xinhua reported. To some workers, who endure since the accident in the
dark were needed to protect against the sudden light of day, they were
blindfolded.

When rescued, the miners were immediately taken to hospitals. At the
time of the accident, 75 miners in the pit. 22 workers were able to
escape or were rescued alive Friday, as Xinhua reported. Shortly
before the mountain can blow, solve for the tensions in the rock and
cave-ins happen suddenly, it had been in the area a light earthquake
of magnitude 2.9, as Xinhua reported.
Two other mining accidents late last week were not considered as good.
In gas explosions in the provinces of Henan and Hunan 47 miners were
killed. Behind the many disasters in China's mines are often stuck
poor security measures, inadequate equipment and lack of supervision
due to nepotism between mine owners and local officials. Several
thousand Chinese miners die each year. The exact number is not known
because many accidents are also covered up.