1998年以前,广东省佛山市南海区共有大大小小的采石场25个,分布在小塘、狮山、西樵等6个镇,其中单是小塘镇就有小采石场18个之多。当时由于石场开采规模小,机械化程度低,作业人员多,滥挖乱采等短期行为十分普遍,事故隐患比较严重,伤亡事故时有发生,各采石场效益普遍不佳。1998? Before 1998, Nanhai District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province, a total of 25 large and small quarries, located in Xiaotang, Shishan, Xiqiao and other 6 towns, of which there is a single Xiao Tong quarry 18 Much. At that time, due to the small scale of the quarry mining, low degree of mechanization, more workers, indiscriminate excavation and other short-term behavior is very common, more serious hidden dangers, casualties have occurred, the quarry efficiency is generally poor. 1998?