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The accident was caused by a [[methane]] explosion located more than {{convert|1000|m|ft|0|lk=on}} below ground level.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|title=Ukraine's mine death toll rises|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7103086.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|date=[[November 20]], [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-11-20|language=English}}</ref> |
The accident was caused by a [[methane]] explosion located more than {{convert|1000|m|ft|0|lk=on}} below ground level.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|title=Ukraine's mine death toll rises|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7103086.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|date=[[November 20]], [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-11-20|language=English}}</ref> |
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One of the most dangerous [[coal mine]]s in the world,<ref>[http://www.rian.ru/spravka/20071119/88646124.html Шахта им. А.Ф.Засядько в Донецке. Справка] RIA Novosti, November 19, 2007</ref> the Zasyadko Mine is equipped with up-to-date and permanently renovated safety-monitoring systems.<ref>[http://www.rian.ru/incidents/20071118/88585156.html Метан, или "гремучий газ". Смертельный враг шахтера] RIA Novosti, November 18, 2007</ref> However, an independent mining expert recently claimed that the company management, linked to a powerful local clan, interfers with hazard-[[measuring]] equipment on a permanent basis, in order to present underground situation as being within the [[safety standards]], and so to prevent production from closure by the government inspectors.<ref>[http://1plus1.tv/tsn_news/tsn_archive/?date=2007-11-22 Перша версія трагедії у Донецьку] (TSN news on [[Channel 1+1]]), November 22, 2007 ([http://iplus.com.ua/topnovini/novini/chornahronika/20071122_12455_30186.php video of the report])</ref> [[President of Ukraine|President]] [[Viktor Yushchenko]] |
One of the most dangerous [[coal mine]]s in the world,<ref>[http://www.rian.ru/spravka/20071119/88646124.html Шахта им. А.Ф.Засядько в Донецке. Справка] RIA Novosti, November 19, 2007</ref> the Zasyadko Mine is equipped with up-to-date and permanently renovated safety-monitoring systems.<ref>[http://www.rian.ru/incidents/20071118/88585156.html Метан, или "гремучий газ". Смертельный враг шахтера] RIA Novosti, November 18, 2007</ref> However, an independent mining expert recently claimed that the company management, linked to a powerful local clan, interfers with hazard-[[measuring]] equipment on a permanent basis, in order to present underground situation as being within the [[safety standards]], and so to prevent production from closure by the government inspectors.<ref>[http://1plus1.tv/tsn_news/tsn_archive/?date=2007-11-22 Перша версія трагедії у Донецьку] (TSN news on [[Channel 1+1]]), November 22, 2007 ([http://iplus.com.ua/topnovini/novini/chornahronika/20071122_12455_30186.php video of the report])</ref> [[President of Ukraine|President]] [[Viktor Yushchenko]] blamed the cabinet for failing to “implement safe mining practices” in the coal industry.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|title=Ukraine's mine death toll rises|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7103086.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|date=[[November 20]], [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-11-20|language=English}}</ref> A criminal investigation is also underway. |
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Revision as of 16:23, 23 November 2007
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The 2007 Zasyadko mine disaster was a mining accident that happened on November 18, 2007 at the Zasyadko coal mine (Ukrainian: Шахта ім. Засядько) in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk.
At present, 90 miners are dead and 10 are missing:[1] the worst accident in Ukraine’s history. At the time of the explosion, 457 miners were in the complex.[2][3]
Causes and investigation
The accident was caused by a methane explosion located more than 1,000 metres (3,281 ft) below ground level.[4]
One of the most dangerous coal mines in the world,[5] the Zasyadko Mine is equipped with up-to-date and permanently renovated safety-monitoring systems.[6] However, an independent mining expert recently claimed that the company management, linked to a powerful local clan, interfers with hazard-measuring equipment on a permanent basis, in order to present underground situation as being within the safety standards, and so to prevent production from closure by the government inspectors.[7] President Viktor Yushchenko blamed the cabinet for failing to “implement safe mining practices” in the coal industry.[4] A criminal investigation is also underway.
Government reaction
Families of the deceased miners will receive compensations totaling 100,000 hryvnias,[8] (approx. $20,000 USD) which constitutes part of the 15 million hryvnias that the Cabinet of Ministers has set aside for renovation of the mine which would prevent future accidents from happening.[1]
On November 19, 2007, President Viktor Yushchenko signed a decree that calls for investigation into Zasyadko mine disaster as well as prevention of such disasters in the future.[9] The President also signed a decree making November 20 a Day of National Mourning.[10]
Mining accidents trend
Within the past decade, the frequency of mining accidents has increased in the Donbas coal region. The Zasyadko mine accident is the deadliest ever accident in Ukraine, surpassing the Barakova Mine accident in 2000, which killed at least 80 workers.[4]
The Zasyadko Mine, Ukraine's largest and most equipped mine, employs 10,000 people and produces up to 10,000 tons of coal per day.[11] It has had four other major mining accidents in the past that killed more than 130 workers.[12][13]
References
- ^ a b "Body count reaches 90". Korrespondent (in Russian). November 20, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Korneychuk, Dmitriy (November 18, 2007). "Methane blast at the mine of Zasyadko". Gazeta po-Kievskiy (in Russian). Retrieved 2007-11-19.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Yushchenko goes to Donetsk with a pain in his heart". Korrespondent (in Russian). November 18, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b c "Ukraine's mine death toll rises". BBC News. November 20, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Шахта им. А.Ф.Засядько в Донецке. Справка RIA Novosti, November 19, 2007
- ^ Метан, или "гремучий газ". Смертельный враг шахтера RIA Novosti, November 18, 2007
- ^ Перша версія трагедії у Донецьку (TSN news on Channel 1+1), November 22, 2007 (video of the report)
- ^ "The number of killed miners in the Zasyadko mine reaches 63". Korrespondent (in Russian). November 18, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Laws of Ukraine. Presidential decree No. 1119/2007: On the emergency procedures on resolving the aftermath of the accident at the Zasyadko Mine. Adopted on 2007-11-19. (Ukrainian)
- ^ "Tomorrow- Day of National Mourning". Korrespondent (in Russian). November 19, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Ukraine mine blast kills 65". Agence France-Presse. November 18, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "The cause of a Donetsk mine tragedy is announced". Korrespondent (in Russian). September 20, 2006. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Zasyadko mine. Black chronologies". Korrespondent (in Russian). November 19, 2006. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
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