KIEV, August 5 (Xinhua) -- A mining accident that killed one worker and injured at least 25 others in eastern Ukraine was possibly caused by poor engineering and a lack of discipline, the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry said Friday.
A poor engineering design caused an unstable pattern of ventilation inside the Krasnokutska mine in Lugansk region, which led to Thursday's methane gas explosion, the ministry said in a statement.
Discipline at the mine was disordered, and an emergency evacuation of workers could not be properly conducted, it added.
The director of the mine was suspended by Fuel and Energy Minister Yury Boiko until the end of the investigation. The deputy chief safety engineer was dismissed.
Thursday's blast was the third mining accident in Ukraine in less than a week. Last Friday, a blast at a mine in Lugansk region killed 27 people. On the same day, 11 miners were killed in another accident in the Donetsk region.
(sourced Xinhua)
A poor engineering design caused an unstable pattern of ventilation inside the Krasnokutska mine in Lugansk region, which led to Thursday's methane gas explosion, the ministry said in a statement.
Discipline at the mine was disordered, and an emergency evacuation of workers could not be properly conducted, it added.
The director of the mine was suspended by Fuel and Energy Minister Yury Boiko until the end of the investigation. The deputy chief safety engineer was dismissed.
Thursday's blast was the third mining accident in Ukraine in less than a week. Last Friday, a blast at a mine in Lugansk region killed 27 people. On the same day, 11 miners were killed in another accident in the Donetsk region.
(sourced Xinhua)
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