Sassjadko mine

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Sassjadko mine
General information about the mine
Zasyadko.jpg
Eastern shafts of the Sassjadko mine.
Information about the mining company
Employees 10,000
Start of operation 1958
End of operation active
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Hard coal
Greatest depth 1270 m
Geographical location
Coordinates 48 ° 3 '14.4 "  N , 37 ° 47' 13.2"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 3 '14.4 "  N , 37 ° 47' 13.2"  E
Sassjadko Mine (Donetsk Oblast)
Sassjadko mine
Location of the Sassjadko mine
( NUTS3 ) Donetsk
Oblast Donetsk Oblast
Country Ukraine
District Donets Basin

The Sassjadko Mine ( Ukrainian Шахта ім. Засядька ) is a coal mine in the eastern Ukrainian city ​​of Donetsk . The owner of the mine is the influential businessman and politician Yuchym Svyahilskyi . In addition to its great economic importance, the mine is ingloriously known for its repeated major mining accidents with high death rates. The worst accident, at the same time the worst in the history of Ukraine, occurred on November 18, 2007. In this accident 101 miners were killed in a firedamp explosion .

history

Production on Sassjadko began in 1958. The mine was named after Alexander Fyodorovich Sassjadko , a Soviet minister for the coal industry.

In 1992 it was privatized along with other industries. Juchym Swjahilskyj, then the manager of the mine and an influential local businessman, took control of the privatized company.

hazards

The Sassjadko mine is extremely explosive due to the large natural amount of mine gas and high amounts of coal dust , making it one of the most dangerous coal mines in the world. In addition, the mine is very deep with depths between 529 m and 1270 m.

Misfortunes

Serious accidents have occurred several times on Sassjadko. Since 1999 there have been over 200 deaths:

  • May 24, 1999 - 50 dead, 40 injured.
  • August 19, 2001 - 55 dead, 34 injured.
  • July 31, 2002 - 20 dead, 2 injured.
  • September 20, 2006 - 13 dead, 61 injured.
  • November 18, 2007 - 101 dead, dozens injured. The worst accident in the history of the Ukrainian mining industry.
  • December 1, 2007 - 52 injured.
  • December 2, 2007 - 5 dead, 30 injured.
  • March 4, 2015 - 33 dead.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Deutsche Welle: Eastern Ukraine: Mine accident in the war zone
  2. ↑ a b Four dead in Ukraine mine blast , BBC News , December 2, 2007
  3. ↑ a b c d Гірничий енциклопедичний словник, т. 3. / За ред. В. С. Білецького. - Донецьк: Східний видавничий дім, 2004. - 752 с. ISBN 966-7804-78-X (Mining dictionary, Ukrainian language)
  4. ↑ a b Шахта им. А.Ф.Засядько в Донецке. Справка RIA Novosti, November 19, 2007
  5. ↑ Ukraine mine blast kills 36 BBC News
  6. ↑ Killed at Least 19 in Ukraine Mine Explosion New York Times
  7. ^ Soviet Coal Mine Accidents Kill 45 Washington Post
  8. ^ 4 killed in new explosion at coal mine that was site of Ukraine's worst mining disaster. (No longer available online.) In: International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on December 3, 2007 ; accessed on January 25, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Из шахты Засядько на поверхность выведены все горняки. Корреспондент.net, December 1, 2007, accessed January 25, 2016 (Russian).
  10. ↑ Число погибших на шахте им. Засядько возросло до 5 человек. Корреспондент.net, December 3, 2007, accessed January 25, 2016 (Russian).
  11. ↑ Victoria Butenko, Laura Smith-Spark: Ukraine mine explosion. 33 bodies recovered. In: cnn.com. CNN, March 4, 2015, accessed May 12, 2015 .

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