A 35-year-old miner died in an accident in the Bogdanka coal mine in eastern Poland early on Wednesday, a police spokesperson said. A prosecutor's office has launched an inquiry into the deadly accident.
The police were informed of an accident in a mine owned by Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka involving four men and one miner had died, while two were hospitalised, a local press officer told Reuters.
The cause of the accident is being investigated, she added.
District Prosecutor's Office in Lublin spokesperon Agnieszka Kępka told Polish Press Agency later in the day that an inquiry into the deadly accident has been launched.
The company declined to comment on the accident and said it would hold a news conference later on Wednesday.
In April, two mines belonging to state-owned JSW saw fatal accidents over just one week, and Polish Prime Mnister Mateusz Morawiecki promised a safety review of the mines.
Źródło: TVN24 News in English, Reuters, PAP
Źródło zdjęcia głównego: Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka S.A.