Deadly mining accidents are common in China, where the industry has a poor safety record.
At a meeting last week, the State Council - China's cabinet - ordered a"special crackdown on production-related safety issues" to"further improve workplace safety", Xinhua reported.In December 2018, seven miners were killed in southwestern Chongqing municipality after the connecting segment of a mining skip broke and fell down a mine shaft.
In October the same year, 21 miners died in eastern Shandong province after pressure inside a mine caused rocks to fracture and break, blocking the tunnel and trapping the workers.In December 2016, explosions in two separate coal mines in the Inner Mongolia region and in northeastern Heilongjiang province killed at least 59 people.
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