Sunday, December 11, 2011

Coal mines in China

1.Mining accidents can have a variety of causes, including leaks of poisonous gases such as hydrogen sulfide or explosive natural gases, especially methane,  collapsing of mines, flooding, or general mechanical errors from not using the equipment correctly.
2.Families in the United states get a lot of money if they have lost a family member in a coal mining accident.( 1.5 million in this article).  In China they receive funeral cost of $1,577 then get compensation of 660,000 yuan.
3. In China they have watchdog's and lou blamed the local watchdog for lax supervision and the mining company was working Illegally they had lost their license from over a year ago. In China they have frequent gas explosions, floods and fires killing hundreds of people a year. In United states we are just to stupid to do basic safety measures.

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