A “coincidental and unexpected” landslide was the cause of the accident that occurred on Friday at the Vega de Ringos mine, in which two workers, aged 42 and 32, died. This comes from Initial investigations into what happened As shown … The Minister of Science, Industry and Employment of the Asturian Government, Borja Sanchez, this Monday, after a meeting of the Government Council.
He pointed out, “After the first visual inspection conducted on Friday afternoon during the rescue missions, everything indicates that it was an accidental and unexpected landslide.”
The “sudden” collapse occurred in… Roof workshop startup exhibition It is about seventy meters high, in which there is a fairly extensive mineral layer, about three meters wide.
5:00pm on Friday, November 21st This landslide occurred in the work area, affecting an area estimated at approximately six or eight metres.
Borja Sanchez said that, in addition to the investigations conducted by the judicial police, the Mining Authority is conducting an investigation into the reasons that led to this accident and began on Friday evening, with a first visit inside the exploitation by inspectors from the Mines Authority.
An urgent meeting of the Regional Mining Safety Committee has been called for Wednesday. “There we will inform the members of this committee of the periodic supervision tasks that were carried out on TyC Narcea from the Ministry, and we will also transfer and analyze the first available data regarding the causes of the accident,” Sánchez said. Sánchez confirmed that the last inspection was carried out on Thursday in the same area of the accident. No risk detected.
This tragic event occurred months later in March, at the Ceredo Mine, (Asturian municipality of Degania).exploited by Blue Solving, five miners died in another accident.
Borja Sánchez said the two incidents were unrelated to each other, since in Ceredo they did not have a license to do what they were doing, while TyC Narcea had all the exploitation permits in Vega de Rengos, in the Asturian municipality of Cangas del Narcea.
In fact, TyC Narcea has License to extract 90 thousand tons of coal In order to evaluate its use in industrial activities.
Sánchez also contacted all parliamentary groups to inform them of the first analysis carried out within the Mining Safety Committee.
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In response to a question about the work of the Mining Rescue Brigade, whose members issued a statement last week announcing their resignation, Borja Sanchez answered that the Asturian government has great respect and respect for their work.
The Asturian Executive is confident that an agreement will be reached that will allow continuity of service. He pointed out, “We know that Honossa is fully prepared to reach this agreement.”