The Krupiński coal mine is a large mine in the south of
Poland
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in
Suszec
Suszec (German ''Sussetz'') is a village in Pszczyna County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Suszec. It lies approximately north-west of Pszczyna and south-west of t ...
,
Silesian Voivodeship, 448 km south-west of the capital,
Warsaw
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. Krupiński represents one of the largest
coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Coal is formed when dea ...
reserve in
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
having estimated reserves of 34.8 million tonnes of
coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Coal is formed when dea ...
.
The annual coal production is around 3 million tonnes. The mine is based in Suszec, the deposits of which are located in the commune of Suszec, Żory and Orzesze in the Silesian Voivodeship. Employment at the end of 2011 amounted to 2819 employees. March 31, 2017 production in the mine was shut down and the plant was transferred to the Spółka Restrukturyzacji Kopalń in Bytom. This company is liquidating and managing the assets of liquidated mines.
History
The construction of the mine began in 1975 in the mining area covering the areas of Kleszczów, Rudziczka, Suszec and Kryry. During the construction, the mine was called "Suszec". In 1983, it was transferred , and operated with the name "Krupiński", eponymizing the Polish mining and geology professor
Bolesław Krupiński. As of ..., its owner was
Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa SA.
In the years 1983 - 2010, about 420.6 km of corridor workings were hollowed out. 115 longwall plots were exploited in 15 decks. About 47.1 million tons of coal were extracted.
The mine is served by the District Mining Rescue Station in Wodzisław Śląski.
In March 2017, the Krupiński mine was transferred to Spółka Restrukturyzacji Kopalń.
Accidents
* In 2008 (on July 31) an accident killed a 30-year-old miner, who was hit by a mass of coal detaching from the mining wall.
* In 2009 (July 22), a 44-year-old miner died, having fallen into the
tensioning station of the
belt conveyor.
* In 2011, (May 5), methane ignition occurred; a miner and two others took part in the rescue operation.
* In 2012:
**On April 18, a 26-year-old employee of another company was killed in the mine; during the drilling of new pavement, at the depth of 420 m, caught by part of the drilling machinery.
**On July 20, a 45-year-old miner died in the mine, having suffered a head injury while performing routine control of the
skip shaft.
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References
External links
Official site
Coal mines in Poland
Pszczyna County
Coal mines in Silesian Voivodeship
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