【新唐人2014年06月05日讯】中国各地矿难事故频发，矿难死亡人数全世界最高。3号，重庆煤矿安全监察局证实，“南桐矿业公司砚石台煤矿井”发生一起重大瓦斯爆炸事故，造成22人死亡。有评论分析，中国矿难频发，是因为当局忽视劳动者保护，和矿主一味追求利润而造成的结果。
6月3号傍晚，重庆南桐矿业公司砚石台煤矿发生重大瓦斯爆炸事故。重庆煤矿安全监察局指称，事发时有28名作业人员当班，其中5人安全逃生，1人受伤，22人死亡。
6月3号，网路上一个电话录音，举报山西安监总局长期包庇山西矿主。电话录音是一名矿难受害者，他举报﹕2006年山西发生4起矿难事故，其中一起有5名矿工遇难，但都被瞒报。山西各个部门互相推诿，直到目前仍没被受理。
匿名举报民众：“山西省4个矿难瞒报，我们都在不断的用另外的方法、在互联网上举报，他这个是一个违法的行为的话，这是任何时候都要追究的，这个不是时间的问题。”
上海《瞭望东方周刊》3月披露，去年山西“阳泉煤业集团”先后发生多起矿难，多名矿工遇难，但都被相关责任方隐瞒下来。
同样3月，《新唐人》也接获受害人投诉:2012年7月31号凌晨，“新疆伊犁钢铁公司”违规堆放的土石方坍塌，造成山下“中宇公司铁矿厂”28人死亡。
“中宇公司铁矿厂”负责人曾先生：“伊犁钢铁有限公司，他们的矿是违规开采、违规推放。他们的矿山露天土石方，当时，晚上十二点半左右，推放的沙太多，从上方就往下方流下来了，死亡的28个民工，有6个是牧民。”
曾先生说，事发后，各级政府欺上瞒下，故意掩盖事实真相，还把他和民工都控制起来，把人为的矿难事故，说成是自然灾害，事故至今没有被追究。而当地民众抨击，煤老板和当地高官狼狈为奸、草芥人命。
一星期前，媒体曾报导，原中共能源局煤炭司副司长魏鹏远被调查，家中发现一亿现金，对此，有煤老板淡然一笑说，煤老板们为了获得采矿权，几个亿都愿意送。报导还说，某产煤县的财政局长告知，当地煤老板以1亿元获得的优质矿，不到三个月转手，就有人愿意出3亿元购买，而且这个情况并不罕见。
媒体报导认为，中国的大型能源企业大都是垄断企业，这些垄断企业把高成本和利益输送的暗箱费用，转嫁给全中国社会的消费者。
4月7号凌晨，云南曲靖市麒麟区东山镇的“黎明实业有限公司下海子煤矿”，一采矿区也发生透水事故。大陆媒体报导说，下井26人，21人死亡。
原云南一家锰矿负责人朱承志指出：矿方一般在安全方面的投资很少，事故发生后，矿主怕担责都会想办法瞒报。
原云南一家锰矿负责人朱承志：“业主赚了钱赚多了也是进腰包，他们对安全的说法，有一些他们是舍不得投入，有一些来说他们是没钱投入，种种原因都会有。”
关注劳工权利问题的湖南维权人士何军樵分析,中国矿难频发，是因为当局忽视劳动者保护，和矿主一味追求利润而造成的结果。
湖南维权人士何军樵：“各个不同的矿井所谓的追求利润，因为中国的这个矿难跟中国没有人权，没有完全的保护人权，这个是有很大的关系的，因为我们都知道中国不仅矿难是全世界排名前面的。中国的工伤也是全世界排名前列的。”
2002年，中国曾创下6995人死于煤矿灾难的记录，2007年，有近3800名矿工在事故中死亡。2008年，仅山西襄汾矿库溃坝事故，就造成近300人死亡。
“中国矿业大学管理学院”教授陈红指出，大约97%的矿难事故原因与人为因素有关。
采访编辑/李韵后制/陈建铭
22 Fatalities in a Chongqing Coal Mine Gas Explosion
Coalmine accidents are a constant occurrence in China,
where considerably the most in the world take place.
On June 3, the Chongqing Safety Supervision Bureau
confirmed that a gas incident at Yanshitai Coal Mine
in Wansheng District killed 22 workers.
Some analysts say that there is a lack of workers’ safety
and health regulation enforcement, causing frequent
coal mine accidents.
On the evening of June 3, a gas explosion occurred
in Yanshitai Coal Mine.
According to authorities, of the 28 on-duty workers,
five escaped, one was injured, and 22 were killed.
On the same day, a telephone recording was posted online
which said that head of Chongqing Safety Supervision Bureau
harbored a Shanxi coalmine owner for a long period of time.
The telephone recording was from an anonymous victim
(victim A) of a coal mine incident.
His real name has been withheld for security reasons.
This person said that four Shanxi mine accidents
took place in 2006.
Five workers were killed, but the truth was concealed.
Shanxi authorities shirked responsibility and thus far
the case still hasn’t been dealt with.
Coal mine victim A: “Four coal mine
accidents were covered up.
We are using different ways to expose the truth.
We revealed the truth on the Internet.
They breached the law, they should be investigated
at any time, it wasn’t a matter of time."
In March, Shanghai’s Oriental Outlook magazine revealed
that several coal mine accidents took place
in Shanxi’s Yangquan Coal Mine.
A few workers were killed but the death toll was covered up
by the relevant responsible units.
In the same month, NTD Television was contacted
by a victim.
The victim said, “on the early morning of July 31, 2012,
an illegal pile of earth at Yili Iron and Steel Company
in Xinjiang collapsed, killing 28 workers in Zhongyu
Iron Plant located at the bottom of a mountain.
Mr. Zeng, head of Zhongyu Iron Plant: “Yili Iron and Steel
Plant was illegally mining, digging and piling the earth.
Because so much of the earth was being piled up,
around 12:30 a.m. the pile collapsed, causing a land slide
down the hill.
28 migrant workers were killed, six of whom were herdsmen."
Zeng said that after the accident, each level of government
deliberately hid the truth.
Furthermore, Zeng and other migrant workers
were controlled by the authorities.
Authorities claimed the man-made accident
was a natural disaster.
The accident still hasn’t been investigated.
Locals criticized the mine owner for colluding with
local officials, treating people’s lives carelessly.
A week ago, media reported that Wei Pengyuan, former
deputy chief of National Energy Administration’s
coal bureau, was under investigation.
Over 100 million yuan (US$16 million) of cash
was found in his house.
Regarding this, some mine owners smiled and said that they
would happily give away several hundred million in cash
in order to obtain mining rights.
Media also reported that a financial chief in a coal mine
county was told that a mine owner obtained a high quality
mine after spending 100 million yuan.
In less than three months, someone was happy to pay him
300 million yuan to buy the mines.
This is not an isolated case.
Media reports said that majority of China’s large
energy companies are monopolies.
These companies shift the cost of high raw materials
and bribing fees to China’s consumers.
On the morning of April 7, a mining zone at Xiahaizi Coal
Mine in Qilin District, Qujing, Yunnan Province flooded.
China’s media reported that 26 miners were working
underground and there were 21 fatalities.
Zhu Chengzhi, former director of a manganese ore mine,
said the majority of mine owners rarely invest in safety.
After the accident took place, mine owners are afraid
to take responsibility, thus they tried all means to cover it up.
Zhu Chengzhi: “The mine owners have made enough money
and have lined their own pockets.
Regarding the safety issue, some of them
don’t want to spend money.
Some owners have no money to spend.
There are different reasons."
He Junqiao, a Hunan activist concerned with workers’ rights,
analyzes that the causes of the accidents are neglecting
worker safety regulations enforcement
as well as mine owners’ sole pursuit of profits.
He Junqiao: “All the mining companies
are after the interest gain.
Because China’s mine accidents are mainly linked with
the absence of human rights enforcement."
China’s mines are not only considered the deadliest
in the world, but are also ranked the highest in the world
for workers’ injuries."
In 2002, China’s coal mine accidents killed 6,995 people,
in 2007, nearly 3,800 miners died of mining accidents.
In 2008, a Xiangfen county, Shanxi Province waste iron ore
reservoir collapsed causing nearly 300 fatalities.
Chen Hong, Professor at the School of Management, China
University of Mining and Technology, says that 97 percent
of mine accidents are linked to man-made factors.
Interview & Edit/LiYun Post-Production/Chen Jianming
