After an explosion in a country controlled by 41 personnel killed the country and the country recollected memories of the greatest mining catastrophe that occurred eight years ago, the country’s main opposition party and the Engineering Industries Authority questioned the safety protocols on Monday.
The explosion, which occurred on Friday at the Massara Coal Mine owned by the Government Coal Foundation, fell the highest death toll since a fire erupted in a mine in Soma, western Turkey in 2014, killing 301 mine workers and causing similar safety concerns.
The Amasra mine, a town situated in the northern part of the Black Sea, was warned of the dangers in a study released in 2019 by the Audit Bureau, a government audit authority, according to the opposition Republican People’s Party.
Amin Kawramaz, head of the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects, also indicated that the inspection operations did not take place sufficiently due to the reduction of the number of employees so that the number of qualified workers is less.
The incident happened at the mine between 300 and 350 metres deep, and the authorities launched an investigation into it.
The mine fire was largely under control, according to Energy Minister Fateh Dunms, who also noted that production had fully ceased. and committed to laying forth the circumstances in Parliament on Tuesday.
For his part, Feli Agbaba, deputy head of the Republican People’s Party, told reporters on Monday that the 2019 Audit Bureau report reviewed in detail the risks related to reducing the number of employees and shortcomings in the system of measuring dangerous gases in the Amasra mine.
According to a report excerpt shared on Twitter by the Republican People’s Party, the potential of a gas explosion and sudden drainage grew when the coal extraction operation there reached a depth of 300 metres due to high gas levels.
Safety practises in Turkish mines are in doubt.
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