China: In June 2007, a gas explosion at a northern China coal mine killed nine miners and left 20 people trapped who were trying to clean up the pit, which was flooded after the explosion. The accident was covered up by mine management, but became public after the victims' families filed a complaint with the local government. Police arrested seven people in connection with the accident.
Mines in China seem to be the most dangerous in the world with an average of 13 miners killed every day in accidents.
Source: Associated Press, 14 July 2007
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