Tremor In Coal Mine Kills One In Poland

One miner has died and 11 hospitalised after an underground tremor shook a coal mine belonging to a Polish mining group, PGG, in Radlin, southern Poland, PGG said.

The tremor occurred at 0206 GMT around 800 metres below ground, it said in a statement.

“There were 29 of our employees in the threatened area. Eleven of them were taken to hospital. Unfortunately one of our colleagues, one of the miners, died,” PGG Acting Chief Executive Officer Bartosz Kepa told a press conference.

The miner was pronounced dead on the spot while four of those hospitalised were in serious condition, the head of emergency medical services in Katowice, Lukasz Pach, said.

An operation to secure the affected area was still underway and material damage at the mine had yet to be assessed, said PGG’s Deputy Chief Executive for Production, Marek Skuza.

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