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The Monongah Mining Disaster was the worst mining accident of American history; 362 workers were killed in an underground explosion on December 6, 1907, in Monongah, West Virginia. The Marianna Mine Disaster occurred on November 28, 1908, in a coal mine near Marianna, Pennsylvania resulting in the death of 154 men from the explosion.
Phosphate mining in Nauru, from 1906 to the 1990s; Phosphate mining in St. Pierre Island from 1906 to 1972; 1947 Centralia mine disaster, a coal mine in Illinois; Centralia mine fire, Pennsylvania, burning since 1962; Mountaintop removal mining in the US since the 1960s; Aberfan disaster, collapse of a coal mining waste pile in Wales, 1966
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions , structural fires , flood disasters , coal mine disasters , and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.
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A European Union report on the disaster blamed the design faults at the mine. [ 7 ] In mid-February 2000, as the spill reached the Romanian section of the Danube, the Romanian government temporarily banned fishing and the use of Danube water for drinking.
The Holditch Colliery disaster was a coal mining accident on 2 July 1937, in Chesterton, Staffordshire, England, in which 30 men died and eight were injured.It was caused by a fire and subsequent explosions, and was exacerbated by a decision from management to risk the lives of mine workers to try to save the coal seam.