Guangxi Shantuo Construction Engineering Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Shantuo Company”) caused the death of three staff members during blasting operations in the Gaofengshan mining area in November last year. Officials recently released an accident investigation report, which revealed that it was the blastersWeChatWhen the group communicated via text, they misinterpreted the information that their group had completed the alert for their group, so they detonated it in advance, killing three people at the scene before they could escape. He died. Authorities have filed criminal charges against two of the company’s blasting technicians, and six others have been given administrative penalties.
According to the accident investigation report published by the People’s Government of Chongzuo City of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on March 26, cited by Harbin Daily on November 13, 2023, the “Shantuo Company” blasting technology design and construction organization failed to prepare the design. Arrange blasting operations in Gaofengshan mining area. The planned blast sequence includes a deep hole of 150 platforms in the first stage, a shallow hole on the west side of the hill in the second stage, a shallow hole on the east side of the hill and a deep hole in the second stage. 165 platforms in the first phase. A total of 10 people took part in the blasting operation.
During the warning period, Jiang Yongchun, a blasting technician on the eastern side of the second stage of the mountain, said in the WeChat group: “The walkie-talkie is out of power” and “Who is in the mountain behind?” After checking the warning areas on the eastern side of the second stage of the mountain, the safety officer completed the warning. The WeChat group replied: “Charging” (“charging” means charging the detonator) “Speed”, Jiang Yongchun replied “Okay”.
Jiang Yongdong, a blasting technician on the 165 platform in the first phase, saw the message in the WeChat group on his mobile phone and thought that the 165 platform on the first phase was on alert, so he also replied “charge” in WeChat. Group. The explosion was carried out at 12:52, without receiving information that the first stage of platform 165 was on alert. About 20 seconds later, Jiang Yongchun exploded into a shallow hole on the eastern side of the second stage of the mountain.
At about 13:00, other blasters inspected the deep-hole blast pile of the first stage 165 platform and found that a pickup truck was buried in the blast pile. After counting the workers on the site, they found that three people were missing. The accident ultimately killed three people, damaged a pickup truck, and caused direct economic losses of approximately 4.2 million yuan.
According to the investigation report, Jiang Yongdong, a technician on the blasting operation surface of platform 165 in the first phase of Gaofengshan mining area, failed to use a walkie-talkie for communication according to regulations, and illegally used a mobile phone . WeChat groups for text communication. Without receiving full warning instructions, he violated the rules and performed actions that should have been performed by Blaster Yu Riliang. To perform blast duties, press the blast button. It is recommended to take criminal responsibility according to criminal law.
Jiang Yongchun is the technical person in charge of on-site blasting operations and is responsible for the on-site management and command of blasting operations. Jiang Yongdong also violated the provisions of the “Safety Production Law” and was responsible for the accident. According to criminal law, it is recommended that he be held criminally responsible.
Six other related responsible persons were given administrative penalties.
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