[pray4] 2/16/12 15 MINERS (礦工) DIE IN CHINA COAL MINE ACCIDENT: "...FIFTEEN miners died and another three were injured after a tramcar derailed in a coal mine in centra China, authorities have said, in the latest accident to hit the nation's mining sector. The incident happened at a pit near Leiyang city in Hunan province in the early hours of Thursday morning, China's work safety administration said in a statement. Local officials told AFP rescue efforts were still under way. Accidents are common in China's vast coal mining sector where work safety is often neglected by bosses seeking a quick profit. Latest figures show that 2,433 people died in coal mining accidents in the country in 2010, according to official statistics - a rate of more than six workers per day. Labour rights groups, however, say the actual death toll is likely to be much higher, partly due to under-reporting of accidents as as mine bosses seek to limit their economic losses and avoid punishment ..." http://www.independent.ie/world-news/asia-pacific/fifteen-miners-killed-after-tramcar-derails-in-china-3021793.html

[pray4] 2/16/12 15 MINERS DIE IN CHINA COAL MINE ACCIDENT: "...FIFTEEN miners died and another three were injured after a tramcar derailed in a coal mine in centra China, authorities have said, in the latest accident to hit the nation's mining sector. The incident happened at a pit near Leiyang city in Hunan province in the early hours of Thursday morning, China's work safety administration said in a statement. Local officials told AFP rescue efforts were still under way. Accidents are common in China's vast coal mining sector where work safety is often neglected by bosses seeking a quick profit. Latest figures show that 2,433 people died in coal mining accidents in the country in 2010, according to official statistics - a rate of more than six workers per day. Labour rights groups, however, say the actual death toll is likely to be much higher, partly due to under-reporting of accidents as as mine bosses seek to limit their economic losses and avoid punishment ..."

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/asia-pacific/fifteen-miners-killed-after-tramcar-derails-in-china-3021793.html