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Iran: The Tagesschau reported on a mining accident with many casualties

This accident also shows how correct the assessment of the International Miners' Coordination Group is, which was recently published in the ICG newsletter: "Based on the reports we have received, we have the impression that mining accidents with fatal outcomes and repression against active trade union colleagues are increasing. The ongoing global financial and economic crisis has significantly increased the exploitation of and shifting of the burden of the crisis onto the miners and their families." There are technical possibilities (methane measuring devices) with which the danger of a gas explosion can be detected before it breaks out - such accidents are therefore avoidable!

Deaths and injuries in gas explosion in coal mine | tagesschau.de

As of: 22 September 2024, 11:13 a.m.

At least 51 people have been killed in a gas explosion in a coal mine in Iran . Rescue workers are searching for other buried victims. 69 workers were said to have been in the mine. At least 51 people have died and at least 20 have been injured in a gas explosion in a coal mine in Tabas, eastern Iran. This According to Iranian state media, further workers are still trapped. Methane gas is said to have exploded in two blocks of the mine. At the time of the explosion, 69 workers were there. The rescue operation in block B has now been completed, said the governor of the province, Ali Akbar Rahimi, on state television. Of the 47 workers who were in this block, 30 are dead and 17 injured. Rescue work has now begun in block C. The methane density there is particularly high. According to Rahimi, the operation will take about three to four hours.

As of 1:18 p.m.
Dead and injured in gas explosion in coal mine | tagesschau.de https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/iran-kohlemine-explosion-10... Accidents in mining happen time and again President Massud Peseschkian expressed his condolences to the families of the victims. In a statement on television, he said: "I have spoken to the ministers, and we will do our best to follow up on the matter." An investigation into the cause of the accident has also been launched. "Negligence and mistakes" by those responsible would be investigated, said Prosecutor Ali Nesaei of the Irna news agency. There are always serious accidents in the mining industry in Iran. at least 42 people died in a coal mine explosion in 2017. A lack of safety standards is often blamed for the deaths.