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The Coalbrook mining disaster is the worst mining accident in the history of South Africa. [1] The disaster occurred in the Coalbrook coal mine of Clydesdale Colliery on 21 January 1960 at around 19:00 when approximately 900 pillars caved in, almost 180 metres (590 ft) underground. [2]
Other South African mine accidents that killed a large number of people include the 1960 Coalbrook mining disaster, with 437 fatalities, [4] the Vaal Reefs mining disaster, in 1995, which killed 104 mine workers, [5] and the Trans-Natal Colliery methane gas explosion, killing 39.
Pages in category "Caving incidents and rescues" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Rescue teams in South Africa have stepped up efforts to pull out survivors and the corpses of illegal miners trapped underground for about two months, following one of the most extraordinary ...
The Vaal Reefs mine disaster occurred on 10 May 1995 when an underground locomotive in the Vaal Reefs gold mine in South Africa fell into the mine shaft, hitting an elevator carrying mine workers, and causing it to plunge to the bottom of the shaft, killing 104 miners. [1] [2] It is the worst elevator accident in history. [3]
The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, where at least 109 men have died, a group representing the miners ...
An elevator accident occurred on 27 November 2023 at the Impala Platinum mine in Rustenburg, South Africa, when an ascending mine elevator fell 200 m down the number 11 shaft. [1] Thirteen miners were killed, 11 on the scene and two dying in hospital later, and 73 were injured. [ 2 ]
Orkney, South Africa: 62 31 August 1987 A methane gas explosion at the St. Helena gold mine severed the cable of a double-deck elevator, causing it to fall 1.4 kilometers to the bottom of the mine shaft, killing all 52 people on board. 10 others who were not in the elevator were killed in the explosion. [104] [105] Welkom, South Africa: 31 27 ...