Mining Accidents

Worst Chinese coalmine accident since December 2007

Rescue teams are still heading underground, but hopes are dimming in China that any more survivors from the Xingxing mine accident will now be found. 92 workers are now known to have died, and another 16 remain unaccounted for,...

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Survivors recount China mine disaster

Survivors recount China mine disaster; 92 dead Accident highlights the human cost of digging for power-generating coal Rescuers sit in the railway trolley preparing to enter the site of Saturday's gas explosion for search and...

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Around the nation, world

Man stabbed to death in fight on subway car NEW YORK — A New York City subway car became a scene of bloody terror early Saturday when a man whipped out a knife and killed a fellow passenger. Multiple media outlets reported a...

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32 held after mine explosion

Johannesburg - Police arrested 32 mine employees at a Rustenburg mine after an explosion during a sit-in which injured three police officers, a spokesperson said on Saturday. On Thursday evening, three former employees of...

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New MSHA Chief Is On The Job

He's fought most of his life to improve the working conditions in underground coal mines. Now, Joe Main will be the man in charges of making those improvements. The native of Greene County, Pennsylvania addressed reporters...

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100 years ago from the files of The Union - November 1909

James Andrews of Winchester Hill notified City Marshal Davis that young boys removed his cart from his house and hauled it up South Auburn Street. The boys were rounded up and talked to. A railroad laborer known as Scotty...

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Mining disaster's memorial stolen

A statue paying tribute to the 47 men who died in one of Scotland's worst mining disasters has been stolen. The £35,000 memorial, which depicts a miner with his head bowed, was unveiled at Auchengeich in September by First...

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Asarco worker injures arm in cable mishap

Tucson, Arizona | Published: 11.19.2009 A 46-year-old employee at the Asarco Mission Mine had his arm severed when it got caught in a cable Monday, a Pima County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman said. But a company official...

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BRIEF: Asarco worker injures arm in cable mishap

Nov 19, 2009 (The Arizona Daily Star - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- A 46-year-old employee at the Asarco Mission Mine had his arm severed when it got caught in a cable Monday, a Pima County Sheriff's...

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Va Tech To Study Mine Ventilation Systems

Va Tech To Study Effects Of Explosions, Other Serious Accidents On Mine Ventilation Systems (AP) BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Researchers at Virginia Tech will study how explosions and other serious accidents affect ventilation...

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