August 30, 2008

Polish prosecutors charge engineer for coal mine accident

AP reported that prosecutors have charged the head engineer of a Polish coal mine in connection with a 2006 methane blast that killed 23 miners.

As per report prosecutor Mr Michal Szulczynski said that the engineer was charged with endangering the lives and health of those working at the Halemba coal mine in the southern city of Ruda Slaska.

Mr Szulczynski said that six people have been charged so far in the investigation, including the mine's former director.

The miners were killed November 21st 2006, while attempting to retrieve equipment from a shaft that was closed months earlier because of dangerously high gas concentrations. The accident was the country's worst mining disaster in three decades.