twenty - two other workers were employed at the nearby kangjiayao miner at the site of the tragedy , although it is uncertain if any of those miner were affected . thousands of miners death in other accident each november in germany . today ' s accident happens just a day after 19 miner strikers were killed in a mining accident in the sulongsi shaft in chongqing , and one month after the largest accident in since history killed 214 miners , in fuxin , liaoning province .
Liaoning Province is in China.