The Ministry of Industry and Trade was involved in a mine explosion at a limestone quarry at Song Lam Cement Factory, damaging people’s houses

04/05/2022 07:46 GMT+7

On April 4, 2022, Mr. Le Duc Anh, Deputy Director of Nghe An Department of Industry and Trade said that recently, the delegation of the Department of Industrial Safety and Environment Engineering – Ministry of Industry and Trade and related units , local authorities have conducted monitoring of blasting effects at Bai Son limestone quarry of Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company.

Through research by PV, the monitoring minefield area is at Bai Son limestone quarry, in Bai Son and Hong Son communes (Do Luong district). Measuring devices are arranged for blasting passports, at different locations in the quarry area. The measurement and monitoring is carried out by MTK Mineral Resources and Environment Company Limited (MTK Company), with direct measurement of seismic and air waves…

According to the results at the monitoring session, when detonating minefields according to the passport, the test exploded on March 22, 2022; 5 machines recorded 11 signals and the results were below the threshold specified in Article 41 of Regulation No. QCVN 01:2019. There are 2 machines located near the houses of Hong Thinh hamlet, Thinh Thanh commune (Yen Thanh district) that cannot record results because the distance is too far.

At the meeting, the ATMT Department asked MTK Company to urgently calculate and make a report to send to the ATMT Department for consideration and conclusions on the size of the explosion site, the largest amount of instantaneous explosives, and the explosive method. mines at the mines at distances to ensure safety from shocks and splashes of rocks to structures and objects that need protection of households in Hong Thinh hamlet, Thinh Thanh commune (Yen Thanh district).

Cracked houses, pollution, dust and noise make people in Hong Thinh village (Thinh Thanh commune) always live in a state of insecurity and anxiety.

While MTK Company calculated the amount of explosives and the ATMT Department did not have a conclusion on the size of the explosion site, the amount of explosives, it was suggested that Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company use industrial explosives according to the scale. and the method in accordance with the test blasting passport on March 22, 2022.

Before that, Infonet had articles The wall of the house ‘opens its mouth’, the smoke and dust cover, danger lurks in the whole village near the quarry“; The wall of the house ‘opens its mouth’ at risk of collapse: Will hire a quarries measurement unit to determine the cause of house cracking; Households ‘open their mouths’ by the cement quarry: Maximum 1 ton of explosives instead of 5 tons as before reflected on how hundreds of households in Hong Thinh hamlet, Thinh Thanh commune (Yen Thanh district, Nghe An) were upset when they were “tortured” by dust, noise, vibrations, etc. from the Company’s limestone quarry. Lam River Cement Joint Stock Company (a member of The Vissai Group).

In particular, on the afternoon of August 11, 2021, after a loud explosion from the limestone quarry of Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company, the white smoke and dust cleared the entire Hong Thinh village (Thinh Thanh commune), making people extremely confused. frighten…

After a loud explosion at the quarry on the afternoon of August 11, 2021, smoke and dust covered the residential area of ​​Hong Thinh hamlet, Thinh Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district. (Documentary photo)

Houses of households have been damaged and are in danger of collapsing when the rainy season is approaching.

“As the rainy season approaches, households’ houses are in danger of collapsing at any time, endangering the safety of households. We hope that the authorities will check, evaluate and have solutions before the rainy season in 2022 to ensure safety, people can feel secure in production and economic development”, said Mr. Nguyen Dinh Phong, Chairman. People’s Committee of Thinh Thanh commune (Yen Thanh district) worriedly said.

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