Upon receiving information about the accident at Hon Gai Coal Company that killed 5 workers, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh sent his deepest condolences to the families of the victims, and assigned Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang to go directly to the scene to direct the handling of the consequences of the accident and promptly offer condolences to the families of the victims. Accompanying him were comrade Nguyen Xuan Ky, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; comrade Cao Tuong Huy, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and leaders of TKV Group.
After listening to Comrade Cao Tuong Huy, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Quang Ninh province; leaders of TKV Group and Hon Gai Coal Company report on the developments of the incident, rescue work and visits to the victims' families, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang sympathized with the painful losses of the victims' families. At the same time, he acknowledged the efforts in rescue work of the coal industry and Quang Ninh province, along with the application of State and business policies to provide maximum support to the victims' families.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang requested Quang Ninh province and related units to continue to strictly implement the Prime Minister's direction, especially in investigating and clarifying the cause, promptly overcoming the consequences of the accident, clarifying the responsibilities of related organizations and individuals and strictly handling violations if any. TKV Group, Hon Gai Coal Company and related units should strengthen inspection and examination work, promptly detect and handle violations of labor safety regulations in coal mining activities, and prevent similar cases from happening.
He emphasized that Quang Ninh province and the coal industry will continue to coordinate to implement more effective solutions to improve labor safety coefficients in the production process; closely monitor weather and climate change developments to have effective preventive measures.
Comrade Nguyen Xuan Ky, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, expressed that the occupational accident that killed 5 workers at the Hon Gai Coal Company was a very painful incident, an undesirable event in the production process. With the spirit of strictly implementing the Prime Minister's directive and the direct direction of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang, Quang Ninh province has been directing relevant units to investigate and clarify the cause of the incident. In addition to promoting production, issues of safety and security in the coal mining process are of special concern to Quang Ninh province and the coal industry. The province will continue to direct and closely coordinate with TKV to learn from experience in occupational safety in the coal mining process, so that similar unfortunate incidents do not occur. Along with quickly overcoming the problem, TKV Group and Hon Gai Coal Company continue to do a good job of ideological work for workers, so that workers can feel secure in production, continue to increase mining capacity, and meet coal needs for the economy.
Previously, at 10:10 p.m. on July 29, 2024, at the Hon Gai Coal Company - TKV, Ha Long City, a serious mine accident occurred, unfortunately killing 5 workers. The initial cause was determined to be a sudden collapse of coal and rock in the mine.
Immediately after receiving the information, Comrade Nguyen Xuan Ky, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, directed and assigned Comrade Cao Tuong Huy, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, and leaders of departments, branches and local authorities to be present at the scene to coordinate with the Chairman of the Board of Members of the Group, General Director of the Group to direct Hon Gai Coal Company and related units to promptly deploy measures to direct mine rescue forces to carry out rescue work.
By 5:28 this morning, all 5 deceased workers had been taken out of the furnace. The Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee directed relevant agencies and TKV to provide maximum support to the families of the deceased workers; focus on investigation and clarify the cause as soon as possible.
In the immediate future, Quang Ninh province will support 25 million VND/deceased person. Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group will support 20 million VND/deceased person; Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Union will support 20 million VND/deceased person. Hon Gai Coal Company will handle the regimes according to State regulations; arrange funeral expenses for workers and support workers' families with an initial level of 100 million VND/family.
Immediately after directing the incident handling, Comrade Cao Tuong Huy, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, visited and encouraged the families of the deceased workers.
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