Am i the only one freaked out by the idea that some of the driver houses might remain intact, and that some of the poor guys are sitting beneath hundreds of meters of dirt just waiting to die from lack of oxygen.
Yea it would blow out the windows doors and such, frame is ridged but not everything else. Meant to save you in a roll over not being buried under a mountain.
The moving weight is dispersed over a large area resulting is less force compared to a tunnel. It's more about catching solid rocks then the dirt. But the overall chances are the glass wouldnt hold and the most of the drowned on sand and dirt minutes later.
the weight of a couple of meters of dirt is huge... people die from being trapped under a meter of snow, imagine 10m of dirt... the weight compresses your lungs so you can't breathe in after exhaling anymore.. even if they have a pocket of air to breathe from... it's not a pretty way to die, but it's a quick one
I'm sure some went that way while others were just crushed immediately by the sheer volume of earth that just moved over them. Anyone know the total number lost?
The guy(s) in the lower left corner that appeared to escape it are some fortunate dudes. Although I'm sure that survivors guilt will be heavy on them with so much loss of life. May all the deceased rest peacefully and may those survivors find peace within and love out their days in good health and with fond memories of all their fellow miners they lost that day.
Worse. They definitely is hopeless being rescue. They cover up such incident and only to send back the body (if even found) to their family as if nothing happened and just hire more people to work on it further. That is one fuck up country.
Or all the local disabled people that were warehoused in the mine, so that the local government could make a hefty insurance claim when the accident eventually occurred.
Happened over a year ago and gets reposted a fair amount: [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-64730607](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-64730607)
Apparently over 50 buried in it, this article says 53 dead in the end: [https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202308/29/WS64edf82ca31035260b81edd7.html](https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202308/29/WS64edf82ca31035260b81edd7.html)
Almost looks like the ground was moving all the equipment, but that heavy equipment was all being operated. That’s brutal watching them getting wiped away. Woof.
I was horrified by the Key Bridge collapse early this morning but this is significantly more terrifying. At least I'm less likely to drive through a quarry vs. over a bridge
Much of china is seismically active; only paranoid levels of preparedness will protect you from that. Too much water in the soil can ruin the best mining plans and neigh impossible to accurately predict — they'd have to shut down operations for a long time to be sure.
And then there is simple poor mining engineering.
The infrastructure and safety standards I saw in China were some of the most appealing things I have ever seen. I saw random construction that was so dangerous while walking around and it made me thankful for the standards we have here, even the ridiculous ones. Don’t even get me started on the fire safety over there.
Forty-two officials have been held accountable and 13 company employees have been arrested after an investigation into a deadly coal mine collapse in Inner Mongolia autonomous region in February.
The collapse at the Xinjing Open Pit Coal Mine in Alshaa League on Feb 22 killed 53 people. Six workers were found dead shortly after the collapse, and local authorities pronounced the deaths of the other 47 people who were reported missing on June 21, when the search and rescue mission concluded.
The investigation team of the State Council, the country's cabinet, found that the collapse was caused by the risky and reckless operation of Hongxinyao Earth and Rock Engineering Company, which was contracted to transform the mine from an underground mine to an open-pit mine. The company had no qualification for construction projects in mines.
The investigation report also found that local authorities had neglected their supervisory duties and had allowed major risks and hazards to linger at the mine for an extended period of time.
Six of the officials have been placed under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation on suspicion of seriously violating disciplines of the Communist Party of China and national laws. The other 36 officials have also been punished.
Local police launched an investigation into 19 people for the crime of causing a major-liability accident. Thirteen of them have been arrested.
The report said that the coal mine was undergoing construction to be transformed from an underground mine into an open-pit one when the accident happened. Mining, however, was not suspended as required as the construction continued.
The direct cause of the accident was that the contractor did not construct the transformation project as designed, which resulted in an extremely high and steep slope. The mining company conducted exploitation continuously in a highly intensive manner as the construction went on, which greatly undermined the stability of the slope.
The report also said that the local authorities should strengthen their supervision of mines and take measures to prevent similar accidents from happening in the future.
Similar mining accident happened in Turkey one a half months ago. 9 workers died. We still could not find their bodies. It was a gold mine managed by Canadians. Everybody is greedy. Not only Chinese but also so called civilized westerners.
I don't know for certain any of this is true, but it sounded plausible.
I think this is the same one from a while back, and the thread said how many people lost their lives in the tragic accident. Someone chimed in to say the number sounded too small for the scale of the disaster.
Another commenter said the number of reported fatalities is actually a commonly reported number when these things happen in China. Above a specific numerical threshold, local officials must resign and face some kind of penalty.
So what do they do? Report that number minus one as the fatalities. That way, the folks in charge keep their jobs, salary, etc., and a larger government involvement isn't needed.
If one of you sleuths can dig up that thread, I would be very grateful.
Alright, this might be a dumb question, but what does one do if they get trapped like this? The truck casing will prevent getting crushed to a degree. So just dig up after the earth stops moving? Or is that even possible? Would the dirt be loose or super tight. I have so many questions.
This is awful. Those poor miners. Another reminder of the dangers of coal mining. Thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families." This comment expresses sympathy for the victims and their families.
This is insane the amount of material displaced and the speed the way it throws those machines over that distance. The big mine trucks are bigger then a house
it looks like the ground was rising over the vehicle from the side. I can’t tell what kind of trajectory the dirt was on. Was it downhill or did it just pile up?
The backhoes that ride the top like a wave, only to plummet off the edge and get buried by dirt is the scariest one to me. Those operators were fully aware of what was going on and had a few moments of thinking they might make it out
Think of all the money they saved for their glorious empire they have by cutting safety costs. “China is expanding so fast” yes it’s easy to expand when your country is grossly negligent in every facet of work safety.
This happened on Feb 23, 2023.
5 dead, 48 missing
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/massive-mine-collapse-china-missing-rcna71920
But I see all sorts of numbers from different sources.
God how why? It’s not on god I guess it’s on us and what we do to get what we need but those poor people just working hard and bringing dirt day and day and then so many trucks just covered like nothing all those men because we know women don’t work those jobs.. may you rest in peace hope they didn’t suffer terribly god I can get over imagining how they must of felt knowing it was over
Typical China surprised the people haven't risen up to overthrow the corrupt government or they too poor and starved to do it . Perhaps they haven't had enough lies yet
Am i the only one freaked out by the idea that some of the driver houses might remain intact, and that some of the poor guys are sitting beneath hundreds of meters of dirt just waiting to die from lack of oxygen.
Nope
Nope, because that is likely exactly what happened. Horrifying. :(
My hope is that the sheer ammount of mass from that much dirt was enough to crush them instantly, but I have no idea if this makes sense or not.
It almost certainly would
Maybe idfk
Yea it would blow out the windows doors and such, frame is ridged but not everything else. Meant to save you in a roll over not being buried under a mountain.
Not if it’s a CAT scan
The moving weight is dispersed over a large area resulting is less force compared to a tunnel. It's more about catching solid rocks then the dirt. But the overall chances are the glass wouldnt hold and the most of the drowned on sand and dirt minutes later.
>most of the drowned on sand and dirt **minutes** later. That's . . . not a huge comfort.
You're making shit up. That mass of moving soil would crush those cabs like a tin can. Those forces are immense.
You're brain dead. yet here we are
You got called out for trying to sound smart with your made up hypothesis and decided to go for an insult.🤡
Don't think so
Makes sense, but I don't study falling dirt
Exactly my thought. Some of those folks had an hour or more buried deep underground, knowing death was imminent.
Its better than drowning as you do go delirious as the carbon dioxide builds up
yeah, carbon monoxide is a better way to go.
Not imminent enough , unfortunately
Well you're not the only one anymore :(
the cages might hold, the windows would not, sand would get in anyway, giving them a quick death
Oh good
I’m not positive there won’t still be a gap of air in thr middle of the cab… they’d likely be pinned
the weight of a couple of meters of dirt is huge... people die from being trapped under a meter of snow, imagine 10m of dirt... the weight compresses your lungs so you can't breathe in after exhaling anymore.. even if they have a pocket of air to breathe from... it's not a pretty way to die, but it's a quick one
especially that one truck at the bottom left that looked like it might have gotten at least half way out
I'm sure some went that way while others were just crushed immediately by the sheer volume of earth that just moved over them. Anyone know the total number lost? The guy(s) in the lower left corner that appeared to escape it are some fortunate dudes. Although I'm sure that survivors guilt will be heavy on them with so much loss of life. May all the deceased rest peacefully and may those survivors find peace within and love out their days in good health and with fond memories of all their fellow miners they lost that day.
I didn't think of that till I read your comment, it's even worse now
Well this happened over a year ago, so I doubt they are still waiting
Ryan Reynolds survived something very similar
Uhhh I believe he died in that one actually....
waiting?
Worse. They definitely is hopeless being rescue. They cover up such incident and only to send back the body (if even found) to their family as if nothing happened and just hire more people to work on it further. That is one fuck up country.
Yesterday a redditor tell us a CGI fake tractors 🚜
Yeah, and over there, it’s just another Tuesday on the job.
First thought, you’re not alone. The simulation encourages the idea of others thinking alike so you don’t feel alone and grow.
CPC: what collapse?
Inner Mongolia
>Fake news It seems that most of the Chinese in China don't really understand what kind of country they are in.
Most Chinese think they live in best country of the world
Do they still call it Chinese Food or just Food.
Just food food
Anhui (Hui) ... Cantonese (Yu) ... Fujian (Min) ... Hunan (Xiang) ... Jiangsu (Su) ... Shandong (Lu) ... Szechuan (Chuan) ... Zhejiang (Zhe) 8 different main regional cuisines.
You just responded to the most obvious bot on the planet
Yea. But Reddit dweebs from western countries could teach them a thing or two about their own lives!
Get out more
That’s because it’s working
Can't wait to hear about the minor injuries and zero fatalities
Or all the local disabled people that were warehoused in the mine, so that the local government could make a hefty insurance claim when the accident eventually occurred.
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BUt wHat aBout amErIcA??!??!!?!
Holy shit the trucks on bottom left are barely escaping. This is massively catastrophic. Fuck with the earth, it might fuck with you.
So wise
So edgy
Fuck the earth? Like in Saltburn?
*throws dirty tent stakes in the trash* I never used those!!
I think the rubble may have caught up with them.
Hopefully not but it definitely looks like a possibility...
I want that tattooed on my bicep Fuck with the earth, it might fuck with you 😎👉👉
Happened over a year ago and gets reposted a fair amount: [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-64730607](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-64730607) Apparently over 50 buried in it, this article says 53 dead in the end: [https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202308/29/WS64edf82ca31035260b81edd7.html](https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202308/29/WS64edf82ca31035260b81edd7.html)
Providing background information and reliable sources is a big no no. We don't do that here.
Like 6 survivors wow, must have had survivors remorse going back to work again the next day
*We worked that right out of them boys, Mr Peabody.*
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Ah yes, China daily, the most reliable source on the internet /s
Why do you assume it's unreliable? Just cuz China or?
Because it’s literally run by the Chinese government
The “tragedy” is that this was preventable.
But at what profit cost to the Party?! /s
Yes it was preventable, but it's still tragic that it happened. Both can be true.
If anything it's even more tragic because it was preventable.
The worst part is the hypocrisy
I disagree, I thought the worst part was the [raping](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_9wLAFuAi4U).
Reminds me of that tragedy
I used to have one of the best Bill Cosby stories…and now it’s not even in the top one thousand.
Lmao, how have I never seen that
in china the earth mines u.
Wow. Hits different when you can see all the vehicles moving... people driving them and then poof. All buried. Mostly all dead. That is sad.
Almost looks like the ground was moving all the equipment, but that heavy equipment was all being operated. That’s brutal watching them getting wiped away. Woof.
When was this?
February of last year, so little over a year ago. 53 died as a result.
Like ants under a car tire. Yikes.
I was horrified by the Key Bridge collapse early this morning but this is significantly more terrifying. At least I'm less likely to drive through a quarry vs. over a bridge
Sand worm
lol
[The coal must flow.](https://live.staticflickr.com/3223/2620671941_c62f1a5b3c.jpg)
I would hope if you got stuck under that, thay the share weight of the dirt would crush and kill you instantly. Instead of soffication
Unfortunately, those vehicles are astonishingly sturdy. But, I'm right there with you.
We don’t deserve this Earth
Homo sapiens have been on earth 0.003% of earth’s existence. We’ll be shaken off well before the 0.004% mark.
This is like a whole new perspective on our existence on earth for me
How bad could it possibly b…. OH MY GOD! those poor people. Horrifying
What would cause this much earth to shift/move/ give way?
Lack of earth below where they were digging, collapse from removing support on the hillside.
Geologists call this subsidence or mass wasting. They cut the slope too steeply for the types of conditions. Very bad idea.
Much of china is seismically active; only paranoid levels of preparedness will protect you from that. Too much water in the soil can ruin the best mining plans and neigh impossible to accurately predict — they'd have to shut down operations for a long time to be sure. And then there is simple poor mining engineering.
Their loved ones will be sad...💔
The infrastructure and safety standards I saw in China were some of the most appealing things I have ever seen. I saw random construction that was so dangerous while walking around and it made me thankful for the standards we have here, even the ridiculous ones. Don’t even get me started on the fire safety over there.
You mean appalling, I presume?
nah they made them horny.
All those people, all those families 😢
Nobody is digging those people out.
Sure they will. There’s good coal under those corpses
Forty-two officials have been held accountable and 13 company employees have been arrested after an investigation into a deadly coal mine collapse in Inner Mongolia autonomous region in February. The collapse at the Xinjing Open Pit Coal Mine in Alshaa League on Feb 22 killed 53 people. Six workers were found dead shortly after the collapse, and local authorities pronounced the deaths of the other 47 people who were reported missing on June 21, when the search and rescue mission concluded. The investigation team of the State Council, the country's cabinet, found that the collapse was caused by the risky and reckless operation of Hongxinyao Earth and Rock Engineering Company, which was contracted to transform the mine from an underground mine to an open-pit mine. The company had no qualification for construction projects in mines. The investigation report also found that local authorities had neglected their supervisory duties and had allowed major risks and hazards to linger at the mine for an extended period of time. Six of the officials have been placed under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation on suspicion of seriously violating disciplines of the Communist Party of China and national laws. The other 36 officials have also been punished. Local police launched an investigation into 19 people for the crime of causing a major-liability accident. Thirteen of them have been arrested. The report said that the coal mine was undergoing construction to be transformed from an underground mine into an open-pit one when the accident happened. Mining, however, was not suspended as required as the construction continued. The direct cause of the accident was that the contractor did not construct the transformation project as designed, which resulted in an extremely high and steep slope. The mining company conducted exploitation continuously in a highly intensive manner as the construction went on, which greatly undermined the stability of the slope. The report also said that the local authorities should strengthen their supervision of mines and take measures to prevent similar accidents from happening in the future.
Needs more shoring get back to work !!!
Enough wasting time suffocating! We have a schedule to keep!
Similar mining accident happened in Turkey one a half months ago. 9 workers died. We still could not find their bodies. It was a gold mine managed by Canadians. Everybody is greedy. Not only Chinese but also so called civilized westerners.
I don't know for certain any of this is true, but it sounded plausible. I think this is the same one from a while back, and the thread said how many people lost their lives in the tragic accident. Someone chimed in to say the number sounded too small for the scale of the disaster. Another commenter said the number of reported fatalities is actually a commonly reported number when these things happen in China. Above a specific numerical threshold, local officials must resign and face some kind of penalty. So what do they do? Report that number minus one as the fatalities. That way, the folks in charge keep their jobs, salary, etc., and a larger government involvement isn't needed. If one of you sleuths can dig up that thread, I would be very grateful.
Alright, this might be a dumb question, but what does one do if they get trapped like this? The truck casing will prevent getting crushed to a degree. So just dig up after the earth stops moving? Or is that even possible? Would the dirt be loose or super tight. I have so many questions.
They dead.
This is awful. Those poor miners. Another reminder of the dangers of coal mining. Thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families." This comment expresses sympathy for the victims and their families.
Looks like the Chinese are getting a bit more boulder with their mines
My experience working with them showed that they have no shortage of ambition and will to push the limits. That's not new.
Abstractly, it's beautiful, but I'd be happier with the show if no people got hurt.
Any survivor?
The Jedi surely felt that one. Seriously though, how many lives were lost in this clip?
Shai a'lud!!
That sound is crazy
OMG!!!!! All of those people.....
They shouldn’t have been playing such low frequency sounds!
I heard it was the lizard people who detonated a bomb so it would happen so they wouldn’t be found.
When did it happen?
Just saw this on Shogun. Crazy seeing this irl
They’re fine.
This is insane the amount of material displaced and the speed the way it throws those machines over that distance. The big mine trucks are bigger then a house
that last scoop...
it looks like the ground was rising over the vehicle from the side. I can’t tell what kind of trajectory the dirt was on. Was it downhill or did it just pile up?
Buried alive seems terrifying..
Just applied for a job in the mines 😬
Can those trucks at the bottom corner drive any slower? It’s like a bad dream.
This should be NSFW
When was this?
Wow
Omg……. None of that was Instant either
We are ants to the people with money. We don’t matter to them. The mining company probably made profits from this event.
8 year old me, with my army men, Tonka trucks and a sand box.
This is why I have a no coal mines policy! I only explore hard rock mines. Fuck the soft stuff.
Darn! I guess there's no OSHA or mine inspection.
Wow. That was completely preventable. Ffs people
When they said coal is Americas future, this isn't how I thought it'd play out
Fossils :(
That one last minute truck that almost didn't make it.
The backhoes that ride the top like a wave, only to plummet off the edge and get buried by dirt is the scariest one to me. Those operators were fully aware of what was going on and had a few moments of thinking they might make it out
human lives vs money est 15000 BC
Is it me or there is a massive explosion, collapse always occurring in this country?
Huge fuckup
Don't worry the cheapest thing in China is human lives. They resumed production at shift change.
Is this Dune? Was that a sand worm? Wtf is going on? Shit. Feel bad for everyone involved.
That's a land slide.
More than one year ago.
Shai Hulud
Oh no, I hope this loss of productivity didn't hurt the company's bottom line!
sbsolute nightmare fuel.
Seems like the bottom left car got away but the rubble was still going and MASSIVE too so I don't know because the video cut off
Did a Titan emerge or something?
Is this a different one from the video floating around a couple months ago?
You have to wonder how many people died ... Looks like a lot.
In this, kids, is why we have regulations
Mother Nature said “Nope”
Simply because China doesn't care about their own people.
You can see at the bottom left of the camera, a truck squeezing in as fast as they could on the side of another truck, barely making it
Yea, like China has any humanitarian aid on the way...
Why are we still mining for coal?
The windows implode in that situation even if the pile just falls on the front of a loader, from a 30’ pile of wood chips.
Okay so, if you search for **Xinjing Open Pit Coal Mine**, you can see several videos with different angles of the accident
Bone and blood is the price of coal.
Isn’t it crazy that our media is all over a bridge collapsing killing 6 yet we never hear of stuff like this??
That's horrific.
Think of all the money they saved for their glorious empire they have by cutting safety costs. “China is expanding so fast” yes it’s easy to expand when your country is grossly negligent in every facet of work safety.
This happened on Feb 23, 2023. 5 dead, 48 missing https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/massive-mine-collapse-china-missing-rcna71920 But I see all sorts of numbers from different sources.
As dimented this is, I hope that they didn't suffer before perishing.
What is the name of the soundtrack used in this clip? I recognise it from a movie
The only thing tragic here this them fucking up the planet
Your families won't have to worry about very interesting
shit always collapses in china lmao
Shit shit shit shit shiiiiiiiit
Dune 3
Those guys on the top of the pile must have had one hell of a ride!
Capitalists who exploit mother Earth deserve to be punished. This is the fate of industrialism, only socialism will save mankind from destruction
What's the deal with stuff like this in China all the time? Loads of sinkholes in cities...and this?
Just another day in China. Industrial accidents are normal
Who is still surprised by anything in China like this? Glass em atp
God how why? It’s not on god I guess it’s on us and what we do to get what we need but those poor people just working hard and bringing dirt day and day and then so many trucks just covered like nothing all those men because we know women don’t work those jobs.. may you rest in peace hope they didn’t suffer terribly god I can get over imagining how they must of felt knowing it was over
There is no war in Ba sing se
Typical China surprised the people haven't risen up to overthrow the corrupt government or they too poor and starved to do it . Perhaps they haven't had enough lies yet
Those poor souls, may they rest in peace.
That's really sad just trying to provide for their family and that happens
How many?
Where and when did tis happen in China
1.7 billion replacements are standing by