The South African Government figures indicate a steady decline in deaths due to mining accidents in the last twenty years. In 2000, the country recorded almost 300 deaths due to accidents at several mines. The deaths at …
Mining is a high-risk occupation and considered one of the oldest industries in the world (Jiang et al., 2017).Mining accidents, hazards, and disasters have a number of similarities in terms of their significant impacts on the victims (Lyra,2019), mine owners (Li et al., 2019), mine workers (Aliabadi et al., 2018, Li et al., 2019), governments (Pons, 2016, Lyra, 2019), policy …
The causes of coal mine accidents are extremely complex (Zhang et al., 2019, Yang et al., 2021), encompassing not only the physical and chemical properties of coal, geological structures and spatial environments of mining operations (Prusek et al., 2017, Xuecai et al., 2022) but also numerous human factors (Wang and Meng, 2018, Wu et al., 2023). ...
At least thousands of people die in mining accidents around the world every year. Below is a list of the 30 worst mining accidents in world history (in order of death toll). Mine Accidents with More than 500 Deaths 1. Benxihu Colliery Mining Disaster, China (April 26, 1942) Benxihu coal mine
The Ministry of Mines and Mining Development is grappling with severe resource constraints, with a shortage of inspection vehicles hampering its ability to enforce mining regulations across Zimbabwe, Mining Zimbabwe can report.. By Rudairo Mapuranga. The issue of the lack of vehicles has been linked to the increase in illegal mining activities and mining …
The turnover of the mining and quarrying industry in Bulgaria increased by 200.2 million euros (+10.86 percent) in 2022 in comparison to the previous year. ... Number of work-related accidents in ...
A fire accident at a coal mine in Panzhou, Guizhou, China, has killed 16 people, reported Reuters, citing the mine's owner Guizhou Panjiang Refined Coal in a filing with the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The accident occurred on 24 September 2023 at the Shanjiaoshu coal mine, reported the Associated Press, citing local authorities.
Collapse of Bulgarian metal mine kills one. Search. Alerts. Search. TOPICS ...
104 Deaths due to a mining accident were reported at the Vaal Reefs Number Two Shaft near Orkney, North West, on 10 May 1995. An underground locomotive fell down a shaft and landed onto a cage loaded with night shift mine workers coming to surface. This was arguably one of the worst accidents in the mining industry in South Africa.
Note -- Much of the US mine accident data comes from reports of state mine inspectors, for example the Annual Report of the Inspector of Mines of the State of Montana, or the Reports of the Inspectors of Coal Mines of Pennsylvania.Some of these reports are openly available in HathiTrust.You can search the HathiTrust catalog for a report series, and search …
According to a new mining report by the Chamber of Mining Engineers (MMO), 79 miners died, including two mining engineers, and 117 were injured in 86 mine accidents in Turkey over the last year. The MMO, which prepared the mining report, is part of the Turkey Union of Chambers of Architects and Engineers (TMMOB).
An elevator accident inside Colorado's Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine killed a tour guide, injured four, and left 12 people trapped for hours. Investigators are now looking into the cause of the ...
DENVER (AP) — Investigators on Friday were trying to figure out what led to an elevator accident inside a former Colorado gold mine that killed a tour guide, injured four others and left a separate group of 12 people trapped for hours at the bottom of the tourist attraction 1,000 feet (305 meters) beneath the surface.
Rock and roof falls is one of the most common cause of underground mining accidents. The basic precautionary measures to prevent such accidents are taken during the preparation of mining layout designs with the aim of minimising the effects of potential geologic hazards. Constant monitoring of rock faces is required to prevent such accidents.
Rajpur Dariba Mine on 28.8.1994; Silewara Colliery on 18.11.1975; Mine Fires. Jagannath Opencast Project on 24.6.1981; Lady Rangi Mica Mine on 12.4.1932; Loyabad Colliery on 30.1.1936; New Kenda Colliery; Rock Bursts and Bumps. Champion Reef Gold Mine on 19.4.1952 and 30.6.1952; Champion Reef Gold Mine on 27.5.1955; Dhemo Main Colliery; Sodepur ...
The timing was bad and the extent of the media has reached unprecedented level in the history of mining accidents, analyzing the report damages - consequences. ... accident in Bulgaria, Sgorigrad ...
This site aims to bring together information about mining accidents and disasters to make it easier for current and future mining communities to have access to the lessons of the past. In his book, Managing Major Hazards – Lessons of the Moura Mine Disaster, Professor Andrew Hopkins raises the issue of repeating previous accidents. ...
An accident happened in a metal-ore mine in southern Bulgaria. Three miners died and two were injured. ... It was the third mine accident in Bulgaria this year. Four miners died and seven were seriously injured in two separate accidents at …
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland EMS said a 58-year-old was killed in an industrial accident at a salt mine located in Cleveland's Flats Wednesday.
The mining sector experienced a total of 37 incidents resulting in 33 fatalities and 27 serious injuries during the first two months of 2024, according to stats Mining ... (2 fatalities), Imperani 7 (2 fatalities), Black North (0 fatalities, 1 serious accident), Mimosa Mine (0 fatalities, 1 serious accident), and Haygold Nee (1 fatality). ...
A rescue effort to find nine employees of SSR Mining Inc. who went missing after a landslide at a gold mine in Turkey last week has been suspended, as authorities try to prevent an environmental catastrophe. On Feb. 13, a landslide slammed into SSR Mining's Çöpler mine in Turkey, hitting the company's onsite heap leach gold processing plant.
After a long time in preparation, the first part of our database on UK mining deaths and injuries is now available covering the years 1900-1991. The data, supplied mainly by Ian Winstanley with additions by Ray Lawrence, NMRS records and others runs to 86,701 records and is fully searchable. The...
Explosions, strikes and collapses have caused some of the worst mining tragedies in recent years. From Pike River to Marikana, mining-technology lists the deadliest mining events of the decade.
An incident occurred at "Maritsa-East Mine", reported FOCUS. A 42-year-old worker died while working. The worker was on shift on Friday afternoon on one of the large excavators used to excavate the earth mass. The …
Bulgaria has 27 identified mines listed in The Diggings™. The most commonly listed primary commodities in Bulgaria mines are Lead, Zinc, and Copper .At the time these mines were surveyed, 2 mines in Bulgaria were observed to have ore mineralization in an outcrop, shallow pit, or isolated drill hole—known as an occurance mine. 1 Bulgaria has 1 prospect mine. 2 19 …
Annual or biennial reports from a state agency that oversees mining, for example a bureau of mines, department of mining and minerals, etc. These publications often contain annual lists of fatalities and descriptions of accidents. State offices of vital records or public health -- for death certificates, cause of death
Anthracite Mine Accident Victims 1899-1932 Great genealogy resource! These files contain alphabetical listings of all fatal and nonfatal accident victims in Anthracite mining from 1899-1932. 1899 - 1913 (5.4 ) 1914 - 1923 (5.8 ) 1924 - 1932 (7.6 ) Pennsylvania Mine Accidents ...
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Accident prevention at work is generally treated as a moral and social problem in Bulgaria. In this article an attempt is made to discuss the economic effects of accidents in regard to the mining …
An accident happened in a metal-ore mine in southern Bulgaria. Three miners died and two were injured. The incident occurred early Thursday at Dzhurkovo near the town of …
at the time of the accident the plant had been operated under a contract concluded with a Greek company for dismantling and utilisation of three types of land mines; two other serious accidents in the past (in 2007 and 2010); the company had been recently sanctioned for violations of workplace laws;
Mine accidents in Bulgaria claimed another five lives after a blast and a collapse occurred in Oranovo coal mine, killing four. One more worker died by methane gas poisoning in a pit near the ...
Underground mining remains one of the most dangerous occupations in the world, and coalmining is known for its high accident rates. In this paper we aim to present an overview of safety in the …
For instance, the Mining Technical Directorate of the Ministry of Energy and Mines of Peru showed that there were 23 fatal injuries in the mining sector in 2021, resulting in 63 victims, a significantly greater number than the number of …
University of Cape Town, 2019. This study establishes how systemic factors contribute to accidents at a copper mining company in Zambia. A set of 100 accident reports from the mine were analysed using an existing framework that is based on Mark III of the Swiss Cheese Model, Incident Cause Analysis, safety management principles and the Nertney Wheel.