Agency sets new rules for mine safety in China

摘要

CHINA'S STATE Administration of Work Safety (SAWS), the nation's top workplace safety regulator, is introducing national standards for safety technologies used in the country's accident-plagued coal mines. A set of four standards on polymeric materials used for coal mining safety will take effect on Dec. 1, the China Daily reported. The standards are related to the prevention of coal mine accidents, including methane gas blasts, underground floods and shaft collapses, by using high-technology polymeric materials, said Jiang Zhimin, the secretary general of the China National Coal Association.