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Major accidents in Greater China
1
Major accidents in the Greater China area since the 20
th
century
C
HRONOLOGY OF MAJOR MINE DISASTERS
1942, April 26: Explosion at the Benxi Coal Mine
本溪煤礦
in Benxi
本溪
(Liaoning Province), at least 1540 dead,making it the world
’
s worst mine disaster in recorded history 1950, Feb. 27: A gas explosion in the Yiluo Coal Mine
宜洛煤礦
in Yiyang County
宜陽縣
(Luoyang City
洛陽市
,Henan Province) claims 174 lives1960, May 9: A blast in the Laobaidong Coal Mine
老白洞煤礦
in Datong
大同
(Shanxi Province) leaves 684people dead1984, June 20: Explosion at the Haishan Coal Mine
海山煤礦
in Jueifang
瑞芳
(Taipei County
台北縣
, Taiwan),more than 70 dead1991, April 21: Gas explosion at the Sanjiaohe Coal Mine
三交河煤礦
(Hongdong County
洪洞縣
, ShanxiProvince); 147 dead; worst mine disaster in China in three decades1997, March 4: Explosion at the Hongtupo Coal Mine
紅土坡煤礦
in Nanjie Village
南街村
(Liangwa Town
梁窪鎮
, Lushan County
魯山縣
, Pingdingshan City
平頂山市
, Henan Province); 42 dead2000, Sept. 27: Gas explosion at the Muchonggou Coal Mine
木衝溝煤礦
near Shuicheng
水城
(GuizhouProvince); 162 dead2001, April 6: Gas explosion at the Chenjiashan Coal Mine
陳家山煤礦
in Yao County
耀縣
(Tongchuan City
銅川市
, Shaanxi Province); 38 dead2003, Jan. 11: Gas explosion at the Baoxing Coal Mine
寶興煤礦
in Fangzheng County
方正縣
(Heilongjiang Province); 34 deadNov. 14: Gas explosion in the Jianxin Coal Mine
建新煤礦
in Fengcheng
豐城
(Yichun city
宜春市
, JiangxiProvince); 49 deadDec. 23: Huge explosion at a natural gas field in Chuandongbei
川東北
(Kai County
開縣
, Chongqing City),233 people die, thousands are injured, 31,000 people have to be evacuated due to leaking of poisonous gas2004, Oct. 20: Gas explosion at the Daping Coal Mine
大平煤礦
in Xinmi City
新密市
(Zhengzhou City
鄭州市
,Henan Province); 148 deadNov. 20: Fire in an iron mine in Baita Town
白塔鎮
(Shahe City
沙河市
, Hebei Province); 65 deadNov. 28: Gas explosion at the Chenjiashan Coal Mine (Shaanxi Province); 166 dead; deadliest disaster in thePRC in a decade and second serious accident in this mine since April 20012005, Feb. 14: Gas explosion at the Sunjiawan Coal Mine
孫家灣煤礦
owned by the Fuxin Mining Group (
Fuxin kuangye jituan
阜新礦業集團
) in Fuxin
阜新
(Liaoning Province); 214 dead; worst mine disaster in PRChistory March 19: Gas explosion at the Xishui Coal Mine
細水煤礦
in Baitang Township
白堂鄉
(Pinglu District
平魯區
, Shuozhou City
朔州市
, Shanxi Province); 72 deadMay 12: A gas explosion at the Jinjiang-Panhai Coal Mine
金江畔海煤礦
in Panzhihua
攀枝花
(SichuanProvince) kills 21 July 11: Gas explosion at the Shenlong Coal Mine
神龍煤礦
close to Fukang
阜康
(Xinjiang); 83 dead Aug. 7: Flooding at the illegal Daxing Coal Mine
大興煤礦
in Huanghuai
黃槐
(Xingning County
興寧縣
, Mei-zhou City
梅州市
, Guangdong Province); 123 miners drownOct. 3: Gas explosion at a coal mine of the Hemei Group
鶴煤集團
near Hebi
鶴壁
(Henan Province); 34deadNov. 27: Explosion at the Dongfeng Coal Mine
東風煤礦
in Qitaihe
七台河
(Heilongjiang Province); 171deadDec. 7: Explosion at the privately run Liuguantun Coal Mine
劉官屯煤礦
in the Kaiping District
開平區
of Tangshan City
唐山市
(Hebei Province)2006, April 29: Explosion at the Wayaobao Coal Mine
瓦窯堡煤礦
in Zichang County
子長縣
near Yan
’
an
延安
(Shaanxi Province); 32 deadMay 18: The shaft of the Xinjing Coal Mine
新井煤礦
in Zuoyun County
左雲縣
(Shanxi Province) is flooded,56 miners drown, members of the mine management are detained by the authorities for trying to cover upthe accident
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May 22: Gas explosion at an illegal coal mine in Minchi
澠池
(Sanmenxia City
三門峽市
, Henan Province); 8dead June 28: Gas explosion at the Wulong Coal Mine
五龍煤礦
owned by the Fuxin Mining Group in Liaoning
’
sFuxin; 21 dead Aug. 17: Gas explosion in Jiangxi
’
s Jianxin Coal Mine; 5 deadOct. 31: Gas explosion at the Weijiadi Coal Mine
魏家地煤礦
in Jingyuan County
靖遠縣
(Baiyin City
白銀市
,Gansu Province); 29 miners are killedNov. 5: Gas explosion at the Jiaojiazhai Coal Mine
焦家寨煤礦
in Yuanping County
原平縣
(Shanxi Province);47 deadNov. 25: A gas explosion at the Yuanhua Coal Mine
遠華煤礦
in Jixi
雞西
(Heilongjiang Province) claims thelives of 22 miners; a few hours later a similar explosion at a mine in Housuo
後所鎮
(Fuyuan County
富源縣
, Yunnan Province) kills 32 minersNov. 26: Gas explosion at the Luweitan Coal Mine
蘆葦灘煤礦
in Hedi Township
河底鄉
(Yaodu District
堯都區
, Linfen City
臨汾市
, Shanxi Province); 24 dead2007, Jan. 12: Gas explosion at the Niuxinhui Coal Mine
牛心會煤礦
in Ningwu County
寧武縣
(Xinzhou City
忻州市
, Shanxi Province); 13 dead Jan. 17: Flooding at the Haolaigou Iron Mine
壕賴溝鐵礦
near Baotou
包頭
(Inner Mongolia), 29 miners aretrapped, efforts to rescue them are abandoned a week laterFeb. 2: An explosion at the Xing
’
an Coal Mine
興安煤礦
in Tianchi Town
天池鎮
(Minchi County
澠池縣
,Sanmenxia City, Henan Province) kills 24 minersMarch 18: Gas explosion at the Miaojiang Coal Mine
苗匠煤礦
in Zezhou
澤州
(Jincheng City
晉城市
, ShanxiProvince); 21 dead;
the mine’s license had expired before the accident
March 28: A gas explosion at the Yujialing Coal Mine
余家嶺煤礦
in Pingyuan Township
平垣鄉
(YaoduDistrict, Linfen City, Shanxi Province) leaves 26 workers dead April 30: An explosion at an illegal private coal mine in Yu County
盂縣
(Yangquan City
陽泉市
, ShanxiProvince) kills 14 workersMay 5: Gas explosion at the Pudeng Coal Mine
蒲鄧煤礦
in Pu County
蒲縣
(Linfen City, Shanxi Province); atleast 28 dead; the mine had previously received an order to suspend production but the operators resumedmining without a permit June 3: Gas explosion at the Niheling Coal Mine
泥河嶺煤礦
in Dujiacun
杜家村
(Jingle County
靜樂縣
,Xinzhou City
忻州市
, Shanxi Province); 13 dead Aug. 8: Flooding at the Longhua Coal Mine
壟華煤礦
(Yangchang Township
羊場鄉
, Qianxi County
黔西縣
,Guizhou Province); 12 dead Aug. 17: After torrential rain a levee of the Wen River
汶河
in the Xintai area
新泰地區
(Taian City
泰安市
,Shandong Province) is breached, flooding the Huayuan Coal Mine
華源煤礦
(former Zhangzhuang CoalMine
張莊煤礦
) and the Minggong Coal Mine
名公煤礦
; 172 miners in the Huayuan Coal Mine andanother 9 in the Minggong Coal Mine drownOct. 13: Gas explosion in Jiangxi
’
s Jianxin Coal Mine; 16 of the 283 miners working in the pit are killedNov. 9: A gas leak in the Qunli Coal Mine
群力煤礦
in Nayong County
納雍縣
(Bijie Prefecture
畢節地區
,Guizhou Province) kills 35 workers; 51 escapeDec. 5: Explosion in the Yuanxinyao Coal Mine
原新窯煤礦
belonging to the Ruizhiyuan Mining Co. Ltd.
瑞之源煤業有限公司
in Hongdong County
洪洞縣
(Linfen City, Shanxi Province); 105 dead; at the timeof the blast 128 miners were working the shaft which was only approved for 60 miners2008, Feb. 17: An explosion in an illegal iron mine disguised as a wild boar farm in Wuan
武安
(Handan City
邯鄲市
,Hebei Province) kills 24 people June 13: An explosion in the Anxin Coal Mine
安信煤礦
in Xiaoyi
孝義
(Shanxi Province) kills at least 27 workers July 1: 18 miners die in a shaft collapse in the Huisen Liangshuijing Coal Mine
匯森涼水井煤礦
(ShenmuCounty
神木縣
, Shaanxi Province) July 5: Mine collapse in the Wujiu Coal Mine
五九煤礦
in Gaoshan Town
高山鎮
(Nanjiao District
南郊區
,Datong City
大同市
, Shanxi Province); 21 dead July 14: A blast in the Lijiawa Coal Mine
李家窪煤礦
in Yu County
蔚縣
(Zhangjiakou City
張家口市
, HebeiProvince) kills 35
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July 21: The Nadu Coal Mine
那讀煤礦
(Tiandong County
田東縣
, Baise City
百色市
, Guangxi Province) isflooded; 30 dead Aug. 1: An accident in the Pingyu Pit No. 4
平禹四礦
, operated by the Pingyu Coal & Electric Co. Ltd.
平禹煤電有限責任公司
in Yuzhou City
禹州市
(Xuchang City
許昌市
, Henan Province), kills 23 workersSept. 4: A gas explosion in No. 8 Coal Mine
第八煤礦
in Hexi Town
河西鎮
(Qinghemen District
清河門區
,Fuxin City, Liaoning Province) kills 27Sept. 8: Torrential rains in the Tashan Mining Area
塔山礦區
(Xiangfen County
襄汾縣
, Linfen City, ShanxiProvince) cause a dam at a waste reservoir downstream of an illegally operating iron mine to burst,triggering a mudslide which kills 259Sept. 20: A fire in the Fuhua Coal Mine
富華煤礦
in Hegang
鶴崗
(Heilongjiang Province) claims 19 livesSept. 21: Gas explosion in the private coal mine Xinfeng Erkuang
新豐二礦
in Dengfeng
登封
(ZhengzhouCity, Henan Province); 37 deadOct. 29: A gas explosion in the Yaotou Coal Mine
堯頭斜井煤礦
in Chengcheng County
澄城縣
(Weinan City
渭南市
, Shaanxi Province) kills 24; the Mazhuang Coal Mine
馬莊煤礦
in Kejing Town
克井鎮
(JiyuanCity
濟源市
, Henan Province) is flooded; 20 deadDec. 1: 15 miners and 3 rescuers are killed after a gas explosion and subsequent cave-in at the Changlong CoalMine
昌隆煤礦
in Qitaihe (Heilongjiang Province)2009, Feb. 13: A gas and coal outburst in the Zhihe Coal Mine
織河煤礦
in Zhucang Town
珠藏鎮
(Zhijin County
織金縣
, Bijie Prefecture
畢節地區
, Guizhou Province) kills 8Feb. 22: 74 workers perish in a gas explosion in the Tunlan Coal Mine
屯蘭煤礦
in Gujiao
古交
(Taiyuan City
太原市
, Shanxi Province) April 17: A blast at a warehouse storing explosives and detonators at the Daling Coal Mine
大岭煤礦
inZhangshu Township
樟樹鄉
(Yungxing County
永興縣
, Chenzhou City
郴州市
, Hunan Province) kills 18May 3: Five workers are killed in a fume poisoning accident at a lead, zinc and antimony mine in Wuyu Town
五圩鎮
(Jinchengjiang District
金城江區
, Hechi City
河池市
, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region)May 16: Toxic gas kills 11 workers in the Majialiang Coal Mine
麻家梁礦井
in Shuozhou City May 30: A gas leak in the Tonghua Coal Mine
同華煤礦
kills 30 workers in Anwen Town
安穩鎮
(Qijiang County
綦江縣
, Chongqing City)May 31: Five workers die of carbon monoxyde poisoning in the Xiangyang Coal Mine
向陽煤礦
in Zishui Township
紫水鄉
(Kai County, Chongqing City) Aug. 24: Gas explosion in the Jijian Mine Shaft
基建礦井
of Xingguang Company Coal Mine Co. Ltd.
星光煤業有限責任公司
in Heshun County
和順縣
(Jinzhong City
晉中市
, Shanxi Province), 11 deadSept. 8: Gas explosion in the Xinhua No. 4 Pit
新華四礦
in Henan’s Pingdingshan, 43 dead; 6 workers and 7
rescuers choke to death in a fire in a gold mine owned by Jinyuan Mining Co.
金源礦業公司
in LingbaoCity
靈寶市
(Sanmenxia City, Henan Province)Oct. 9: Two lift cages in the Hsikwangshan Twinkling Star Antimony Co. No. 2 mine
錫礦山閃星銻業有限責任公司南礦
2
直井
in Lengshuijiang
冷水江
(Loudi City
婁底市
, Hunan Province) collapse, 26 deadOct. 14: An explosion in the Dafeng Coal Mine
大峰礦
in Shizuishan
石嘴山
(Ningxia Hui AutonomousRegion), owned by the Shenhua Group
神華集團
, kills 14 workersNov. 10: A gas and coal outburst in the Majiagou Coal Mine
馬家溝煤礦
in Tangshan kills 6Nov. 21: Gas explosion in the Xinxing Coal Mine
新興煤礦
owned by the Heilongjiang Longmei Mining Holding Co.
黑龍江省龍煤控股集團
in Hegang
鶴崗
(Heilongjiang Province), 108 deadNov. 22: A blast in the Guojiawan Coal Mine
郭家灣煤礦
in Tianwan Town
田灣鎮
(Chenxi County
辰溪縣
,Huaihua City
懷化市
, Hunan Province) claims 15 livesNov. 26: A gas burst in the Zhenxing Coal Mine
振興煤礦
in Xingren County
興仁縣
(Qianxinan BouyeiHmong Autonomous Prefecture
黔西南布依族苗族自治州
, Guizhou Province) kills 10Dec. 27: Gas explosion in the Donggou Colliery Co., Ltd.
東溝煤礦
in Zhanglan Town
張蘭鎮
(Jiexiu City
介休市
, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province), 12 deadDec. 28: Gas burst in the Malishu Coal Mine
麻慄樹煤礦
in Shuangbai County
雙柏縣
(Chuxiong Lolos Autonomous Prefecture
楚雄彝族自治州
, Yunnan Province), 6 miners perish2010, Jan. 5: A fire in the Lisheng Coal Mine
立勝煤礦
in Tanjiashan Town
譚家山鎮
(Xiangtan County
湘潭縣
,Xiangtan City
湘潭市
, Hunan Province) kills 25; a mine collapse in the Wanli Pit
萬裏井
of the Dayang Coal Mine
大陽煤礦
owned by the Lanhua Group
蘭花集團
in Jincheng City (Shanxi Province) kills 6,
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