China News Service, Yinchuan, August 20 (Reporter Li Peishan) At 3 pm on August 20, the reporter arrived at the site of the roof fall accident at the Qingshuiying Coal Mine of Ningxia Coal Company, National Energy Group.
At present, a rescue team composed of more than 600 people has launched a rescue for more than 20 hours. The ventilation system in the trapped area is normal and there is sufficient water source.
At 8:13 pm on the 20th, the food delivery hole has been opened, and rescue food has been delivered to the four trapped people.
Qingshuiying Coal Mine is a coal mine under the National Energy Group Ningxia Coal Industry Company, with a total design capacity of 5 million tons per year.
The accident occurred in the belt lane of coal mine 110207, and the roof fall was about 30 meters in length.
It is understood that there were 8 workers on the work side at the time of the accident, 4 of them escaped smoothly and 4 people were trapped underground.
The four trapped persons were all males, aged about 30 years old.
After the accident, the National Mine Safety Supervision Bureau, the Ningxia Party Committee, and the main leaders of the government issued instructions successively. Xian Hui, Deputy Secretary of the Ningxia Party Committee and Chairman of the Government, Zhao Yongqing, Member of the Standing Committee of the Ningxia Party Committee and Executive Vice Chairman, and Vice Chairman of the Ningxia Government, Ningdong Energy and Chemical Base Party Wu Xiuzhang, member of the working committee and secretary, all rushed to the scene to conduct rescue operations.
The Qingshuiying Coal Mine Command Center sends back rescue pictures in real time on the large monitoring screen.
Photo by Li Peishan
The reporter saw at the scene that a cordon had been set up around the shaft, and rescue forces from various parties including the Public Security Bureau and the Ningxia Coal Industry Emergency Rescue Center had been involved in the rescue.
After receiving the rescue instruction, Ningdong Hospital also initiated a major health emergency plan immediately after the incident, formulated a corresponding first aid plan, formed an expert group and dispatched 4 emergency wheels to wait at the wellhead.
At present, a rescue team of more than 600 people is taking turns to go down the well for rescue within 2 hours.
Rescue workers are digging a rescue channel on the right side of the roadway. If there are no other abnormalities, the rescue channel will be opened within 40 hours of the accident.
Prior to this, the rescue team had contacted the trapped people by tapping on the drill pipe.
After receiving food supplements, the vital signs and emotions of the four were stable.
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