As WUG dispatcher Piotr Strzoda told PAP, the incident took place at 15.30. — A six-person brigade of the ventilation department was assigned to flush the backfilling pipeline in slipway IX, in seam 509 at level 500, he reported.
— While the pipeline was being filled with water, it burst uncontrollably, as a result of which three people died on the spot – according to data from 17/12. At 6:10 p.m., information was received that a fourth person had died, the dispatcher said.
– The death of these people was confirmed by a doctor – he noted.
He added that one more person was injured, but was conscious after the accident. The last employee was not injured. — From A rescue operation is being carried out on October 18, said the dispatcher of the State Mining Office.
Tragedy in the mine. The miners are dead
The backfill pipeline is used to transport backfill used to fill the post-mining space. The backfill is a mixture of water and non-toxic solid material (ashes, sands, gangue), placed in such a way as to fill – i.e. backfill – the void created as a result of hard coal exploitation.
Zakład Górniczy Sobieski belongs to the Tauron Wydobycie company. Since the beginning of this year, the sole owner of the company, which brings together the Sobieski, Janina and Brzeszcze mines, is the State Treasury. After leaving the Tauron capital group under a compact agreement, the mining company retained the right to use its name – for now until the end of 2023.
On Tuesday evening, Tauron Wydobycie spokesman Marcin Maślak announced the release of a statement on the incident that day.
Tauron Wydobycie is the third largest mining company in terms of coal mining volume, after Polska Grupa Górnicza and Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa. It employs over 6.3 thousand people. people in three mining plants: Sobieski, Janina and Brzeszcze.
2023-11-28 17:34:56
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