Friday, December 5, 2025

Four die in coal mine explosion in Tkibuli, Georgia

The accident happened in one of these mines in Tkibuli. (primenewsgeorgia.ge)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Four miners died after a methane gas explosion in a coal mine in Tkibuli, Georgia, Monday morning, prompting the temporary closure of the mine.

A further six were injured and brought to hospital. Two of them are still in a serious condition,

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One more construction worker dies in Tbilisi, the second in two days

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(Unrelated photo.) (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–One more construction worker died in Tbilisi on Thursday; the second fatality at a construction site in two days.

The accident happened as pipes were being unloaded from a truck on Khizanishvili Street in the northern Mukhiani district of the capital,

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42 people died in the workplace in Georgia last year

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Many workplace accidents have happened in the mining town Chiatura in western Georgia. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–42 people died at work in 2015, while 82 people were injured, the public defender informed on May 1, the International Worker’s Day.

According to his statement, in 108 cases, a criminal investigation was launched, but it was halted in 42 of the cases.

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