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The 2010 Copiapó mining accident, also known as the "Chilean mining accident", began on 5 August 2010, with a cave-in at the San José copper–gold mine, located in the Atacama Desert, 45 kilometers (28 mi) north of the regional capital of Copiapó, in northern Chile. 33 men were trapped 700 meters (2,300 ft) underground and 5 kilometers (3 mi) from the mine's entrance and were rescued after ...
Several other mining disasters have occurred in Turkey’s mines: 1992: A firedamp explosion killed 270 workers. [6] 2008: In a mine collapse, one miner died. [6] [7] 2014: Soma mine disaster, at least 302 died [8] and 80 injured, [9] this was Turkey’s worst mining disaster.
The 2010 Copiapó mining accident began as a cave-in on 5 August 2010 at the San José copper-gold mine in the Atacama Desert near Copiapó, Chile.The accident left 33 men trapped 700 meters (2,300 ft) below ground who survived underground for a record 69 days.
A 2010 report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found employees in the coal mining ... The disaster was one of three high-profile mining accidents to occur in a five-month period in the U.S ...
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This week's coal mine disaster in West Virginia brings with it grim but familiar images and headlines, a new chapter in American coal mining's sometimes tragic legacy. The accident also reminds us ...
The restitution payments are $1.5 million to each of the two survivors and the families of each of the 29 fatal casualties. The civil fine is about 5 times bigger than the previous largest fine for a mining accident. The settlement ends the corporation's criminal liability, although investigation of possible individual criminal liability continues.
Rescue efforts are under way to reach those who became trapped when a shaft at a gold mine collapsed.