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GRAFTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — A 34-year-old miner from Preston County died after a hook and strap assembly broke at the Leer Mine in Taylor County in September, according to a new report.
A 34-year-old from Preston County died Friday after being injured in an accident at the Leer Mine in Taylor County.
The Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine opened in the 1800s and closed in 1961, but still conducts tours, according to the mine's website. It is located near the town of Cripple Creek, about 45 miles ...
A mine-shaft elevator fell at the Bazhanov coal mine. [118] Makiivka, Ukraine: 10 27 March 1964 A steel cable hit a mine-shaft elevator at the Sachsen coal mine, killing 10 workers, including 5 Turkish nationals. [119] Heeßen, West Germany: 10 6 September 2014 An elevator plunged 32 stories at a construction site. [120] Istanbul, Turkey
13 May 2014 The Soma coal mine disaster was an explosion at a coal mine in Turkey that killed ~301 and trapped a further 600 underground. [58] 31 July 2014 The 2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions occurring in a Kaohsiung City city street in Taiwan, it killed 30 and injured 309 while destroying 1.5 km of road and damaging 1,500 business stores.
Kamituga mine, Kamitung town, South Kivu: Democratic Republic of the Congo: 50+ people died after a mine collapse due to heavy rain. Three tunnels to the mine were blocked as a result of the heavy flow of water. [11] 7 November 2021 Kondago village Niger Niger: Niger gold mine collapse - 30+ miners killed. [12] 21 February 2022 Gbomblora ...
The incident happened as the elevator was descending into the mine in the mountains near Colorado Springs. At around 500 feet down, the person operating the elevator from the surface “felt ...
The Mariana dam disaster, also known as the Bento Rodrigues or Samarco dam disaster, occurred on 5 November 2015, when the Fundão tailings dam at the Germano iron ore mine of the Samarco Mariana Mining Complex near Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil, suffered a catastrophic failure, resulting in flooding that devastated the downstream villages of Bento Rodrigues and Paracatu de Baixo (40 km (25 mi ...