Seven detained for Tkibuli Mindeli mine accident
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Seven individuals who have been detained as a result of the tragedy in the Tkibuli Mindeli mine on April 5 this year have been officially charged, announces Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The investigation found that the detainees had violated the requirements of "technical regulations on safety of coal mines" that prohibits work in shafts where safety rules are violated. Despite the fact that the detainees knew about the violation of the safety rules in the Tkibuli Mindeli Mine and specifically they knew that the ceiling was not fortified in the mine, they still launched mining works in February 2018”, read the announcement of the ministry.
As a result, the director of Mindeli mine, the chief engineer of the mine, the manager of the mine and others responsible flr the accident were detained.
On April 5, six miners died and three were injured as the ceiling collapsed at the Mindeli coal mine in the town of Tkibuli in the west of Georgia.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs continues an investigation into the fatal incident at Tkibuli Mindeli Mine that happened on July 16, 2018 and which claimed the lives of four miners and left six others with severe injuries.
The Georgian Industrial Group (GIG), the largest industrial holding in Georgia owning Saknakhshiri coal mining company, is ready to gift the company to the state in the wake of today’s fatal incident in the Tkibuli Mindeli Mine, which claimed the lives of four miners and left six others with severe injuries.
Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze has announced the closure of Mindeli coal mine where four died and six injured as a result of a methane explosion earlier this morning. The mine will be closed until the investigation is over. The employees of the mine will be given their monthly salary during the time the mine will be closed.
Two miners have died at an open extraction coal quarry in Tkibuli town this morning. The bodies are already being examined to identify the circumstances of death.
Georgian national flags are flying at half-mast today at all government buildings across the country. The government of Georgia declared April 6 as a mourning day after an accident in a mine in west Georgia claiming six lives and injuring three.