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XIANGNING, Shanxi: One more body has been retrieved from a coal mine that flooded two weeks ago in north China's Shanxi Province, bringing the death toll to 36, rescue headquarters said Tuesday morning.
Rescuers are searching for two more mine workers who are believed to be trapped in the pit of the Wangjialing Coal Mine, which straddles Xiangning County, of Linfen City,piumini moncler, and Hejin City,abercrombie and fitch, of Yuncheng City,moncler, according to the rescue headquarters.
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The investigation is being led by Luo Lin,supra, chief of the State Administration of Work Safety,giubbotti moncler, with deputies from the provincial government of Shanxi, State Administration of Coal Mine Safety, Ministry of Supervision and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.
The team consists of technical specialists, management and comprehensive sub-teams. Staff from the Supreme People's Procuratorate will be invited to participate in the investigation.
At the team's first plenary meeting Tuesday, Luo Lin blamed the accident on poor safety and negligence of duty,abercrombie, saying the accident "should, and could, have been avoided."
Some 261 miners were working in the shaft of the coal mine, which was still under construction, when the flooding occurred at about 1:40 p.m. March 28. Only 108 miners were lifted unharmed to the surface.
A total of 115 miners were rescued alive on April 5 after being trapped for more than a week underground.
Mine workers had reportedly warned supervisors twice that water was seeping into the shaft about two hours before the flood occurred, but evacuation was slow.
Some workers later claimed they had noticed water coming in several days before the disaster. Their warnings, however, all fell on deaf ears.
Luo also blamed poor management and lax safety regulations, as altogether 15 teams were sent down the pit at the same time to speed up the excavation, regardless of the potential risks.
Luo vowed to pinpoint the exact cause of the tragedy and penalize those responsible.
The survivors are all "out of life-threatening danger" and are in stable conditions,abercrombie france, according to Shanxi's Health Bureau.
The rescued miners are receiving medical treatment in five hospitals in Hejin and Taiyuan cities.
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