China News Service Qinghai Gangcha, August 15 (Zhao Linsong, Li Jun, Qi Zengbei, Li Jiangning) "The mine was ordered by Qinghai Coal Supervision Bureau to suspend production for rectification on August 2 due to major safety hazards, and temporarily detained safe production. Permits, hidden dangers are being investigated and rectified." In the early morning of the 15th, the first press conference of the "8·14" roof fall accident in Qinghai was held, said Yin Maowen, deputy governor of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province.
At 12:10 on August 14, 2021, a roof fall accident occurred in the 3690 fully mechanized mining face of Qaidar Coal Mine 301, Xihai Coal Development Co., Ltd., in the hot water area of Gangcha County, Haibei Prefecture, Qinghai Province.
Up to now, 2 people have been rescued, of which 1 person was killed, 1 person is not in danger of life, and 19 people are still trapped.
The picture shows the scene of the press conference.
Photo by Ma Mingyan
The reporter noticed that this press conference has changed the previous "coal slurry collapse accident" to "roof fall accident".
After the accident, the Qinghai Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government attached great importance to it. The Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Wang Jianjun and Governor Nobunaga Xing issued important instructions, demanding that they do their best to rescue the trapped construction workers and minimize casualties.
The provincial government immediately initiated the provincial level II emergency response. Li Jiexiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Executive Deputy Governor, and Wang Liming, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Deputy Governor, rushed to the scene of the accident to command and dispatch as soon as possible. The Emergency Management Department has dispatched working groups and experts to the scene for guidance. Rescue work.
According to Yin Maowen, Qinghai Province has established an on-site headquarters to quickly organize the establishment of a "green channel" for emergency rescue supplies, and timely allocate more than 30,700 pieces of related supplies to the rescue site.
As of 21.00 on the 14th, more than 200 rescuers from all levels of firefighting, public security, emergency, health, and professional rescue teams were carrying out rescue operations at the scene.
The rescue work is currently being carried out in an intense and orderly manner.
The picture shows the scene of the press conference.
Photo by Ma Mingyan
Yin Maowen said that in the next step, Qinghai Province will do everything possible to search and rescue the trapped people and make every effort to reduce casualties.
At the same time, strengthen traffic control to ensure that rescue teams and materials arrive at the scene in time.
Accurately study and judge on-site safety risks, strictly implement safety precautions, strictly prevent secondary accidents, and ensure that rescue work is carried out in an orderly manner.
"We will carry out accident investigations in accordance with laws and regulations, as soon as possible to find out the cause of the accident, and seriously pursue responsibilities in accordance with the law. Prevent and contain all kinds of accidents." Yin Maowen said.
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