KYIV, November 20 – Two miners were killed when a coal layer collapsed on them in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Wednesday. The accident occurred Tuesday some 750 meters (2,475 feet) underground at the Karl Marx mine in the town of Yenakieve, the ministry said in a statement.
Ukraine’s mines are considered among the world’s most dangerous due to aging Soviet-era equipment and lax enforcement of safety regulations. More than 230 miners have been killed on the job this year in Ukraine. Some 3,700 coal workers have been killed since 1991.
