Georgian flags at half-mast for victims of mining accident
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Georgian national flags are flying at half-mast today at all government buildings across the country in mourning of six people who died at the Mindeli coal mine in the town of Tkibuli in the west of Georgia yesterday morning.
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. Photo from the PM’s press office
The tragic accident has claimed the lives of Pavle Gamezardashvili, 26, Giorgi Bochorishvili, 28, Mirza Kurtsikidze, 46, Besik Gurgenidze, 50, Elguja Bochorishvili, 52 and Gogi Rapava, 59.
Three other miners who have been injured were immediately taken to hospitals.
State flags at half-staff on the presidential administration to honor the victims of the mineshaft tragedy. pic.twitter.com/EdLuiDFRpl
— President Of Georgia (@MargvelashviliG) April 6, 2018
The ceiling collapsed at the Mindeli coal mine early on April 5.
An investigation of the case is underway under Article #240 of the criminal code, which provides for up to five years imprisonment for those convicted of violating safety standards at the workplace.
The government of Georgia has declared April 6 as a mourning day after an accident in a mine in west Georgia claiming six lives and injuring three.One of the three mine workers injured in today’s accident has told Georgian Economy Minister Dimitri Kumsishvili that he has never witnessed anything of the sort before - he said that the reason behind the accident early this morning was a coal mine bump.
The President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan has offered his deep condolences to President Giorgi Margvelashvili and the Georgian population over the tragic accident at the Mindeli coal mine in western Georgia that has claimed the lives of six and injured three.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Six activists who were detained yesterday at a rally demanding the protection of workers’ rights following the death of two workers on Sunday have been released.The incident took place late yesterday when the protestors blocked the street and police were trying to push them to the sidewalks.