Can Accountability Rejuvenate Coal Mine Safety?

Author: Wang Xudong

Liu Dezheng, spokesperson for the Shanxi Coalmine Rescue and Rescue Command, confirmed on the 5th that the headquarters has asked the production and business units to prepare information in accordance with the accident investigation requirements. This is the first official statement that the accountability process will be started. An earlier report from the State Administration of Work Safety showed that due to human factors, there were problems in the construction process of the mine, such as the lack of implementation of exploration and discharge measures, the confusion in the management of labor organizations, and the failure to implement construction safety measures. (April 6, China Youth Daily)

Undoubtedly, rescue has achieved "great success" and rescue has achieved "a major breakthrough." According to the latest news, 115 of the 153 people trapped in the accident were rescued; 5 remains of trapped persons were found underground; and the principle of scientific rescue was continued to implement full search and rescue for the remaining 38 trapped people in order to achieve greater results. victory. Luo Lin, director of the State Administration of Work Safety, said that Wang Jialing’s coal mine rescue has created two miracles in the history of accident rescue in China. One is the life miracle of trapped workers and the other is the miracle of accident rescue.

Mine disaster, bloody coal, we use the blood to use life to write them into our economic history, write it into our history of development, and write it into our safe dictionary. The data show that from 1999 to 2009, the mine disaster killed 54160 people. Some people said: "The disaster is not eliminated, but the mine disaster is more than that." "Safety production is more important than Mount Tai." In front of the "man-made disasters," "Tarzan" does not exist; "dead sheep" continues to make up, but does not "strengthen" or even "make up." For the "man-made disasters," we have a strict accountability system. After the mine disaster, some people lost their officials and fired their posts for the mine disaster. Some people went to jail for the mine disaster...

Severe accountability for the “3·28” flooding incident at Wangjialing Mine in Shanxi Province is “required”. Accountability is a responsibility, and accountability is also a profound reflection. Can accountability provide a "rebirth" for coal mine safety? In coal mine safety, we are not lacking systems or lack of accountability. The key is that the implementation of the system is not enough. In many cases, the system is “shelved”. Although the accountability is severe, the reflection after the accountability and the painful determination are not enough. As a result, a “vicious circle” has emerged: weakness in the implementation of the system and weak supervision—causing frequent mine disasters—accountability follow-up, but the system has not reflected and the system has not been activated. More than a hundred trapped miners got “freshmen”. However, coal mine safety did not get “freshmen”.

The rescue of the Wangjialing mine disaster can be regarded as a “specimens” as a “model” for accident rescue in the future. But this is not enough. From the “social influence” of the Wangjialing mine disaster, we can dissect this “sparrow” and discover the “disease” of the mine disaster, and how to achieve the “preventiveness” of coal mine safety. These will be more valuable and practical. . As some commentators think, it may be worthwhile to treat more than one hundred survivors of the Wangjialing mine disaster as a “black box” for the mine disaster. Using their miracle of survival, they wrote a life textbook for millions of miners in China and used their personal experience to appeal for more. Sound and perfect coal mining system gives the miners more human protection and care.

We are gratified by the "new life" of miners and look forward to the "rebirth" of coal mine safety.