List of coal mining accidents in China Wikipedia
On February 22, 77 miners died and over 100 were injured in an explosion at the Tunlan coal mine in Shanxi. The blast was China''s worst industrial accident in a year, until the November, 2009, Heilongjiang mine explosion. On March 20, six miners were killed and four were missing at the Lianfa Coal Mine in Qinglong County, Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou province