[b]中国陕西省一个煤矿发生瓦斯爆炸意外，目前已有123名矿工安全出井，但仍有170人被困在井下。[/b]

据中国官方新华社报道，出事的是铜川矿务局陈家山煤矿。

事发在当地时间周日（11月28日）早上7时10分左右，当时井下有293名矿工。

报道引述现场工作人员表示，从井口到出事的工作面有8000多米的距离。

目前已出井的100多名矿工主要是接近井口的辅助岗位上的矿工，部分矿工出现一氧化碳中毒症状。

有关方面已派出4个救护小队深入井下搜救，地面尚有3个小队待命，同时还从其他矿务局抽调了10个救护小队，目前正在赶往陈家山煤矿的途中。

事故原因正在调查中。

据悉，陈家山煤矿是一个年产原煤230万吨的国有煤矿。

报道称，陕西省委书记李建国、代省长陈德铭接到事故报告后已赶赴陈家山煤矿现场。 此前，陕西省一名副省长已带领有关部门火速赶赴事故现场指挥抢救工作。

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Life cheap in China's mines

[size=2][img]http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40573000/jpg/_40573503_miner_b203_afp.jpg[/img] Chinese mines have a terrible safety record

[b]Being a Chinese miner is one of the most difficult, dirty and dangerous jobs there are.[/b]

In the first nine months of this year, 4,153 people died in mining accidents in China, say official figures.

That figure is 13% down on the same period last year. But the official figures are unlikely to tell the whole story, say rights groups such as the China Labour Bulletin (CLB), which puts annual deaths at around 20,000.

Many mining deaths go unreported.

"The issue of owners trying to pay off compensation to cover up accidents, that is quite common," said Dominique Muller of the LB, based in Hong Kong.

Back-handers may be expensive, but not as costly as having the mine shut down or being forced to pay statutory compensation.

[img]http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif[/img][img]http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/start_quote_rb.gif[/img] [b]People are obviously wanting to make a profit, and safety equipment is expensive [/b][img]http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/end_quote_rb.gif[/img]


Dominique Muller, China Labour Bulletin



And there are some startling examples of mine owners taking drastic action to avoid paying compensation altogether.

In May 2002, according to China's official media, 21 miners were trapped by an explosion in a mine in the north-west of the country. But instead of attempting to rescue them, the mine's owner destroyed employee records and whitewashed over scorch marks, leaving them to die.

And in June 2003 in northern China, the bodies of 36 miners who had been killed in a blast in a gold mine were found to have been hidden in an attempt to cover up the accident.

Such cases are probably rare.

But small, privately-run enterprises have mushroomed since China started effecting economic reforms two decades ago, and the boom seems to have had a negative effect on safety in the long term. [img]http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40573000/jpg/_40573373_hebei_b203_afp.jpg[/img] Many miners feel they have no choice but to take the risks



Although illegal mines and those failing safety inspections have been ordered to close down, they often start up again straight away.

Local officials, eager for tax revenues, are bought off by the mines' owners, and there are few inspectors available to check the situation.

Even if the local government knows of the mine, they might not know how many miners work there, making an accident all the easier to cover up, said Ms Muller.

[b]Livelihoods at stake[/b]

The CLB said that the cheapest and easiest way for the local authorities to enforce safety guidelines was from "the bottom up" - using the miners themselves.

But, in a country where all independent unions are forbidden, this is delicate ground.

"A grass roots method would be a low cost and very immediate method that they could use, but in a way their reluctance to do that is linked to the lack of freedom of association in China," said Ms Muller. And in any case, the miners have a vested interest in keeping the mines going too. It may be a hard life, but many are former farmers whose land has been swallowed up by China's economic modernisation. Many feel they have no choice but to go down the pit. [/size]

陕西煤矿爆炸25人死亡141人被困
[img]http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40573000/jpg/_40573655_strecther_b203_ap.jpg[/img] 许多被救的矿工都有一氧化碳中毒

[b]中国陕西省陈家山煤矿爆炸事故使141被困井下，25人丧生，矿井中大量的一氧化碳阻止了救援行动。 [/b]

救援人员说，仍被困在井下的矿工无法与救援人员进行联系。中国国家主席胡锦涛要求地方官员竭尽全力抢救被困人员。

官员说他们的当务之急是修理矿井的通风系统，通风系统在爆炸及其引发的大火中受到严重损坏。

[b]救援工作困难[/b]

爆炸发生时有近300名矿工在井下作业。从井口到出事的工作面有长达8公里的距离。安全升井的有127人，他们当时离出口不远。很多受伤者被送往医院，其中11人伤势严重。

[img]http://news.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif[/img]2004年矿井事故
[b]2月23日[/b]: 黑龙江省百兴煤矿爆炸32人死亡
[b]6月3日[/b]: 河北省矿井爆炸，最初报道1人死亡。中国媒体现在说14人死亡，16名官员因为掩盖被起诉
[b]10月20日[/b]: 河南省大平煤矿瓦斯爆炸导致148人死亡，据信那是4年中最严重的事故
[b]11月20日[/b]: 河北省铁矿起火，68人死亡

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[url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4049253.stm"][color=#800080][b]中国矿井生命不被珍惜[/b] [/color][/url]

由于矿井充满了浓烟和一氧化碳气体，救援工作非常困难。目击者说，救援人员只能进入矿井几百米处，但被困的140多名矿工据信在矿井的更深地点。

约有2000名救援人员在事故现场。中国安全监察局副局长赵铁锤说，首要任务是恢复通风，确保救援人员的安全。

陈家山煤矿是国营煤矿，去年产煤160万立方吨。爆炸发生的前两天，陕西省政府发布了加强矿井检查的文件，下令关闭通风系统没有达标的矿井。

中国的矿井安全纪录极差。上月，河南大平煤矿爆炸导致148人死亡，一周前，河北一铁矿发生火灾，68人死亡。本台BBC在北京的记者说，尽管中国政府一再强调提高安全标准，但事故几乎每周都发生。

中国官方的数据说，今年前三个季度共有4000多人在矿井事故中死亡，比去年减少百分之十三，但记者们说，实际数字要高出很多，因为很多死亡数据没有上报。

[b]"网民"情绪激烈[/b]

[img]http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40573000/jpg/_40573825_strecther_b203_ap.jpg[/img] 被救出的矿工大多一氧化碳中毒

事故消息传出后，很多网民在新华网上发表情绪激烈的评论。

一位网民写道："瓦斯爆炸，并非像癌症不治之症，从事煤矿的科技工作者，管理者，发表了成千上万篇论文，获得了数不胜数的奖项，难道防止瓦斯爆炸事故频发就没良策?!"

另一位网民写道："中国的煤矿安全事故是全世界最高的，可谓是对'领导怎么关心工人，工人又是怎么有地位、是主人' 多么辛辣的讽刺。看过电影'燎原'吗？出现矿难后会怎么样？这就是对保护自己安全生存的抗争，对矿主的强大压力！可是我们这里能关心、重视和具体决策管事的人不下井，下井的又管不了事无可奈何。人命关天没有压力是不对称的！！好可怜的矿工弟兄！"

还有一位网民干脆要求："国家安监局领导全部下课." 有的网民甚至表示："如果中国的安全监察部门确实不能履行职责，就承包给日本、美国等国家吧，不要拿中国人的生命不当事了。事故年年发生，官年年照升。建议强制为矿工上保险，每人保额应在100万以上，这样才能引起黑心老板的重视。"

据报道，中国的煤矿意外死亡人数占全球煤矿意外的83％。