An Airbus A320 of the German company Germanwings fell on Tuesday morning in southern France, killing 150 people (144 passengers and 6 crew members.
The plane was going from Barcelona (Spain) to Dusseldorf (Germany) and fell by steep so 8min
Were aboard 67 German, 45 Spanish and Turkish
The wreck is at 2,000 meters altitude in the Alps.
A black box was found. Accident causes are still unknown.
Source: G1
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Source: Journal Protection number 279, page 18, February 2015
BEIJING, China — The world’s largest mining industry has suffered a double setback after experts announced that China has more than one million cases of the incurable mining disease silicosis.
The announcement came as rescue workers pulled the bodies of 22 dead miners from a gas blast in a state-owned coal mine in the central province of Henan.
As authorities ordered a crackdown on private, illegal mines after a spate of fatal accidents, concerns over occupational health in one of the world’s deadliest industries is likely to take on new impetus.
The estimates have been released before a national law on occupational diseases comes into effect on May 1.The ruling aims to address the poor working conditions that affect millions of Chinese workers involved in mining and other hazardous industries.
Silicosis, caused by inhaling tiny silica dust that accumulates in the lungs, is preventable but incurable.
The disease leads to lung scarring, breathing difficulties, heart attacks and sometimes death, although it can take as long as 10 years to become noticeable.
Many more unreported
China, according to local media sources, had previously admitted to 558,000 cases of silicosis with a cumulative total of 133,000 deaths.
Yet new estimates made by experts at the School of Public Health at Shanghai Medical University told the South China Morning Post newspaper that there are many more unreported cases.
“We think there are 600,000 additional patients who have worked in private or collective enterprises since the early 1980s,”
Said Professor Yi Jintai, the head of the public health school.
The Hong Kong newspaper said that about 40,000 new cases of silicosis occur every year in China.
The new law to be implemented on May 1 will hope to address the damaging statistics associated with the mining industry and will require employers to make workplaces safe and provide worker insurance.
Workers will also be able to seek legal aid if their right to work under protection from a dangerous environment is violated by employers.
More mine deaths
The deadly industry suffers not only deaths from poor occupational health but from unsafe conditions.
A gas explosion in the central province of Henan killed 22 miners last Friday, according to the semi-official China News Service, the bodies were only removed on Monday.Only three miners survived the blast and one was still missing at the state-owned Xinfeng coal mine.The blast ripped through a shaft some 2,000 meters (6,500 feet) underground.
More than 5,000 deaths were officially reported in mining accidents in 2001.
CNN.com
link:http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/04/03/china.minesafety/index.html
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