A quarry owner and four other people in charge of work safety have been detained by police after they attempted to cover up an accident that killed six people in their facility in northwest China's Shaanxi Province last week.
The deadly collapse happened in Xi Jiming's Quarry in Cuo'e Mountain in Jingyang county on March 21, but Xi failed to report the incident, police told Xinhua on Monday.
The quarry had been operating without a license, according to police.
As of noon on Monday, all the victims had been identified. All male, from 27 to 45 year old, one of the six came from Yunnan province and the other five from Guizhou.
Four of them died on the scene and the other two after being sent to hospital. DNA tests for the dead are still continuing in order to confirm their identities, police said.
Further investigation of the incident is also under way.
Production of the 40-odd quarries in Cuo'e Mountain had been suspended, confirmed an official of the county's work safety administration.
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