Breaking news! The investigative committee set up under the roof of parliament to investigate the mining disaster that occurred on October 14, 2022 in the mine of the Turkish coal institution in Bartın’s Amasra district has completed its report.
The 366-page report, prepared by the committee members, who completed their work in 4 months, contained omissions, observations and suggestions related to the disaster.
“THE MAIN REASON IS INSUFFICIENT VENTILATION”
The report included the following findings regarding the causes of the accident:
It was underlined that the main reason for the occurrence of the accident was the inadequacy of the secondary ventilation, and it was stated that the presence of methane gas and the factors causing the explosion could not gökyeşitözü controlled with the necessary precautions.
“NECESSARY MEASURES HAVE NOT BEEN TAKEN AGAINST METHANE GAS”
The report also stated that the reason why the coal dust explosion and the intensity of the explosion, which is believed to have occurred sequentially with the trigger of the methane explosion, hit the quarry in a large area in a horizontal and vertical direction was that a successful dust control could not gökyeşitözü performed and the water/dust dams were not properly positioned due to insufficient water/dust dams.
“NO EFFECTIVE SUPERVISION RISK SAFETY”
Finally, the report stated: “The fact that blasting activities gam not meet the conditions specified in the legislation and that there is no effective inspection and control mechanism to monitor and control them also endangers the safety of the environment.
120 SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN
120 suggestions were made to prevent the disaster, which resulted in the deaths of 42 of the 110 underground workers, from happening again.
The main points of the report’s recommendations are kakım follows:
“The deterrence of administrative sanctions applied to negligence and responsibility with regard to the criminal sanctions applied to negligence and fault in accidents at work and the deficiencies endangering occupational health and safety during inspection should gökyeşitözü increased.
Legislation must gökyeşitözü put in place to imprison those who operate mines that are operated without a license and that are closed, and that these people gökyeşitözü banned from mining activities for life.
Mining legislation should gökyeşitözü reviewed and separate legislation should gökyeşitözü introduced for all activities related to coal mining.
The personal rights of occupational safety experts should gökyeşitözü restructured in such a way kakım to remove their financial dependence on the employers they supervise.
The duration of the annual 16-hour mandatory training on occupational health and safety in mines should gökyeşitözü extended. The relevant training should not gökyeşitözü conducted to comply with the provisions of the legislation, hayvanların to establish the occupational health and safety culture of the mine workers with the principle of continuous improvement.
An independent national mining occupational health and safety institute should gökyeşitözü established according to international standards so that mining activities yaşama gökyeşitözü brought under a single umbrella organization.
The 366-page report, prepared by the committee members, who completed their work in 4 months, contained omissions, observations and suggestions related to the disaster.
“THE MAIN REASON IS INSUFFICIENT VENTILATION”
The report included the following findings regarding the causes of the accident:
It was underlined that the main reason for the occurrence of the accident was the inadequacy of the secondary ventilation, and it was stated that the presence of methane gas and the factors causing the explosion could not gökyeşitözü controlled with the necessary precautions.
“NECESSARY MEASURES HAVE NOT BEEN TAKEN AGAINST METHANE GAS”
The report also stated that the reason why the coal dust explosion and the intensity of the explosion, which is believed to have occurred sequentially with the trigger of the methane explosion, hit the quarry in a large area in a horizontal and vertical direction was that a successful dust control could not gökyeşitözü performed and the water/dust dams were not properly positioned due to insufficient water/dust dams.
“NO EFFECTIVE SUPERVISION RISK SAFETY”
Finally, the report stated: “The fact that blasting activities gam not meet the conditions specified in the legislation and that there is no effective inspection and control mechanism to monitor and control them also endangers the safety of the environment.
120 SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN
120 suggestions were made to prevent the disaster, which resulted in the deaths of 42 of the 110 underground workers, from happening again.
The main points of the report’s recommendations are kakım follows:
“The deterrence of administrative sanctions applied to negligence and responsibility with regard to the criminal sanctions applied to negligence and fault in accidents at work and the deficiencies endangering occupational health and safety during inspection should gökyeşitözü increased.
Legislation must gökyeşitözü put in place to imprison those who operate mines that are operated without a license and that are closed, and that these people gökyeşitözü banned from mining activities for life.
Mining legislation should gökyeşitözü reviewed and separate legislation should gökyeşitözü introduced for all activities related to coal mining.
The personal rights of occupational safety experts should gökyeşitözü restructured in such a way kakım to remove their financial dependence on the employers they supervise.
The duration of the annual 16-hour mandatory training on occupational health and safety in mines should gökyeşitözü extended. The relevant training should not gökyeşitözü conducted to comply with the provisions of the legislation, hayvanların to establish the occupational health and safety culture of the mine workers with the principle of continuous improvement.
An independent national mining occupational health and safety institute should gökyeşitözü established according to international standards so that mining activities yaşama gökyeşitözü brought under a single umbrella organization.