Zero government assistance to improve mining safety despite a 20-fold increase in government salaries
Secretary of the Coal Association: Unfortunately, the government has not taken any measures to equip the coal mines and establish relief and rescue bases. Instead of helping, the government has increased the government salaries of the coal mines by 20 times.
According to the International Iranian Stone Exhibition, Saeed Samadi, secretary of the Iranian Coal Association, regarding the details of the Damghan coal mine accident, said: This mine is one of the largest mines in Semnan province, which is 40 years old.
The secretary of the Iranian Coal Association stated that the main reasons for this incident can not be assessed yet, adding: "They are currently opening an extraction workshop and the final result cannot be announced until the end of this process."
"Unfortunately, the government has not taken any measures to equip the coal mines and establish relief and rescue bases," said the secretary of the Coal Association. We did not arrive.
According to Tasnim, at 11:00 AM on 11 May, the collapse of the Tazreh Damghan coal tunnel caused an accident and two workers were trapped in the tunnel of the coal mine.
The CEO of East Alborz Coal Company has said in this regard: Unfortunately, 2 workers were trapped in the tunnel of this mine.
Mansour Sharif, stating that the effort to save the two workers left under the rubble continues; He added: "Relief forces are present at the scene and tunnels have been dug from several routes to save them."
Regarding the incident, he said: "The accident took place during the extraction and the tunnel of 42 coal mines of East Alborz Company collapses and these workers are imprisoned."
