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| For more about China mining, visit our China Mine Disaster Watch pages for information taken from news articles about mining disasters that have occurred there since January 2004.
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| Nov 2011 |
Forty-five miners trapped underground more than 36 hours after a rock blast in the Qianqiu Coal Mine were brought to the surface on Nov. 5th in a rare successful rescue. More
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| Sep 2011 |
Four miners were rescued after being trapped for over 31 hours in a flooded mine pit in northwest China's Heilongjiang Province. More
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| Aug 2011 |
Three of 26 miners from an illegally operating flooded mine in Heilongjiang province that were trapped for more than four days were rescued; the body of a deceased miner was retrieved the next day. More
Nineteen of the trapped miners in a flooded mine in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province were rescued early Tuesday morning, bringing the
total number of rescued miners to 22. The 19 miners were trapped in the highest position in the mine, and survived on dripping
water underground in the past 165 hours, rescuers said. More
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| Jul 2011 |
Two workers were pulled out alive more than 180 hours after they got trapped in a collapsed coal mine in China's southwest Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, rescuers said today. The two were among 18 miners trapped after the mine operated by Guangxi Heshan Coal Mining Company collapsed midday on July 2 after days of heavy rain. More |
| Nov 2010 |
Rescuers on Monday pulled to safety 29 people trapped in the flooded Batian Coal Mine in southwestern China, about 24 hours after they were stranded in the pit. 22 of those rescued were miners, while the other seven were people sent down after the accident in an initial rescue bid who also became trapped. More |
| July 2010 |
Eight miners who had been trapped in the flooded Shengping coal mine of north China's Shanxi Province were saved early Friday, July 2nd after being trapped for 35 hours. More |
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Seven miners trapped for almost 80 hours in the flooded Laolongdong Coal Mine were rescued Thursday, July 29th. Rescuers spent two days pumping water out of the mine before they could save the miners. More |
| June 2010 |
June 6 - Six workers were rescued on June 6 at about 11:30 p.m. from the flooded Jiaonan Coal Mine after being trapped underground for three days.
June 14 - Wang Daoguang, 42, had been trapped underground for 262 hours before he was lifted out of the pit at Jiaonan Coal Mine in Jincheng city at 3:39 a.m. Monday. More |
| Apr 2010 |
April 4 - Nine workers have been rescued alive from a Chinese coal mine, after more than 179 hours trapped in the flooded Wangjialing Coal Mine.
April 5 - Rescuers pulled out 115 miners alive from the flooded Wangjialing Coal Mine in northern China's Shanxi province Monday after the men had spent nearly eight days underground. More
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Five miners trapped in the flooded Shundagaofeng iron ore mine in central China's Hunan province were rescued. Three were pulled out alive at 9:30 a.m. Saturday (4/10) morning after 47 hours. Two were saved Thursday. More |
| Mar 2010 |
Two miners were found alive after being trapped for eight days in the flooded Shunda iron ore mine in central China's Henan Province. They were pulled out alive at 9:20 a.m. after being trapped underground for 201 hours. More |
| Oct 2009 |
Three coal mine workers were rescued after being trapped underground for more than eight days in the Northwest Shaanxi province. Rescuers pulled up the three men to the ground from the pit of a coal mine in Shenmu County at about 3:30 am. More |
| Jul 2009 |
Three men, who had been trapped in a flooded mine in Guizhou Province for 25 days, were rescued on July 12, 2009. The Xinqiao Coal Mine in Qinglong County was flooded on June 17 when 16 miners were working underground. More |
| Jun 2009 |
All seven trapped workers in the Yongjin Gold Mine in Tianzhu County of Qiandongnan Autonomous Prefecture of Miao and Dong Nationalities were saved after a 20-hour rescue effort. More |
| Nov 2008 |
Four miners were rescued after being trapped for about 80 hours after a roof collapsed at the Hantan Tungsten Mine in east China's Jiangxi Province. More |
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Rescuers pulled 32 of the 34 trapped miners out of the flooded Gaomendong Coal Mine in central China's Henan Province, almost 23 hours after the accident occurred. More |
| Aug 2008 |
Two miners who had been trapped underground for over 50 hours following an iron ore mine cave-in in east China's Anhui province were brought out safely. Both of them were not seriously injured. More |
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Eight of the nine workers trapped for a week in a collapsed coal mine in Shaanxi province in northwest China have come out alive. The eight miners appeared August 5th at the entrance to the mine that collapsed on July 31st but it wasn't immediately known how they managed to escape or survive for a week, the report said. They were hospitalized and listed in stable condition. More |
| Dec 2007 |
Two were trapped for more than 30 hours before they were rescued following a coal mine flood in north China's coal-rich Shanxi Province. 43 others managed to escape. More |
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Rescuers found Sheng Shouyan, 48, about 5 am on December 17th at Qunfa Coal Mine in Shangrao County, Jiangxi Province some 113 hours after water flooded the mine and trapped four workers on Dec. 12. More |
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Six miners were rescued after being trapped for 110 hours after a cave-in at the Yangchong Iron Mine in Fanchang County, of Wuhu City, Anhui Province. Search for another miner continued. More |
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11 miners trapped for 129 hours in an iron pit roof collapse in north China's Hebei Province were rescued. No injuries were reported. More |
| Oct 2007 |
A miner was rescued on October 31 from a flooded coal mine in Jiangxi Province after being trapped inside for 83 hours.
The 45-year-old miner, Huang Guigen, was not in a critical condition, and he could walk and speak in a stong voice.
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| Aug 2007 |
Meng Xianchen and his brother Meng Xianyou were trapped for 5 days after a cave-in accident in an illegal private mine at the Jinjitai village in Fangshan district of southwestern Beijing.
Four days after rescue work ended, the miners managed to break through the debris and climb out of the shaft . More |
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The 14 miners who were trapped for more than a day in a flooded colliery in east China's Jiangxi Province were rescued. Each of the workers, weak and blindfolded, was carried by two rescuers up to the ground. Some of them were still able to speak despite being starved for more than 30 hours. More |
| Jul 2007 |
The Zhijian mine in China's central Henan province flooded on Sunday morning with 102 workers underground. Thirty-three miners escaped but the other 69 were trapped in a section of 600 metres of tunnels that were submerged. All 69 miners were pulled from the mine 3 days later on August 1st. More |
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Sixteen people trapped for hours in a Chinese coal mine by poisonous gas escaped unhurt yesterday, but four of their colleagues remain underground, unable to get to the surface. More |
| Nov 2006 |
All the 16 coal miners who were trapped after a Wednesday landslide in northwest China's Gansu Province at the Deshun Coal Mine were rescued after 14 hours late Wednesday night. More |
| Oct 2006 |
Eight Chinese coal miners who were trapped when a tunnel collapsed were rescued early October 12 after 40 hours underground. The miners were trapped October 10 when the ceiling collapsed in the Xieqiao Coal Mine in Fuyang, a city in the eastern province of Anhui. They were weak but in good condition following their rescue. One rescued miner said he ate nothing while he was trapped and drank water leaking from the tunnel ceiling. More |
| Jun 2006 |
The remaining three of a group of five miners trapped in a cave-in at a Heilongjiang Province coal mine were rescued after being trapped for more than 60 hours. The accident occurred at the Xing'an Coal Mine in the mining town of Hegang. Four others died. More |
| May 2006 |
Rescuers succeeded in pulling an iron miner whose legs had been pinned by rocks from a collapsed shaft in Anhui Province. A total of five miners, including a female, out of the eight trapped had been pulled out alive. More |
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Eight miners were trapped following a collapse at the Dalongshan Iron Mine in Anhui Province. One miner was brought to the surface 60 hours after the accident occurred. Four more, including a woman were pulled out about 10 hours later. More than 1,000 workers participated in the rescue. More |
| Apr 2006 |
Five miners who were trapped in the flooded Yalong coal mine in southwest China's Guizhou province were rescued. More |
| Mar 2006 |
One miner was rescued about 26 hours after the fatal blast at Rongsheng Colliery in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Eighteen miners died in the explosion. More |
| Feb 2006 |
Seven Chinese miners are rescued four days after a cave-in at the Aiyou coal mine in China's northern Liaoning province. More |
| Nov 2005 |
Six people trapped in a coal mine were rescued about seven hours after the mine caved in at Lengshuijiang, a city in central China's Hunan Province. More |
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One miner was rescued after being trapped for 260 hours (11 days) following a cave-in at a gypsum mine in China's Hebei Province. The rescued miner, Yuan Shenglin, said he drank his urine four or five times. More |
| Sep 2005 |
Three miners were killed and two others rescued in a colliery collapse that happened in east China's Anhui Province at the Daihe Coal Mine of Huaibei Coal Mining Group. More |
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Three of the 13 miners trapped in a flooded Dahao coal mine in southwest China's Guizhou Province were rescued. More |
| Jul 2005 |
Three miners trapped in a flooded colliery in Henan Province, central China were rescued after nearly 60 hours from the Xigou colliery. More |
| Apr 2005 |
10 coal miners were successfully rescued after being trapped underground for 36 hours following a colliery gas blast in the Shangyukou Colliery in China's Shaanxi Province. More |
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Two miners who had been trapped for 15 days in a collapsed mine in Leping, Jiangxi Province were rescued. More |
| Mar 2005 |
Six miners were rescued 58 hours after they were trapped underground by a mudflow that occurred in the Yaozishan coal mine in Ningxiang county in Hunan Province. More |
| Nov 2004 |
Four workers were pulled out alive from the Chenjiashan coal mine in Tongchuan city, Shaanxi Province. A total of 166 miners were killed in the explosion. More |
| Jun 2004 |
After some 20 hours of emergency rescue efforts, three miners who were buried in a mine collapse in the Shihu Gold Mine, located in Lingshou County Hebei Province were rescued. More |
| Apr 2004 |
12 miners were rescued after being trapped for 5 days when a working face of Zhengzhou Coal Industrial Corporation's Chaohua coal mine in China's Henan Province was suddenly flooded. More |
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The only survivor of the Shuangyashan Coal Mine inundation was rescued around 8:30 a.m. on April 26th after being trapped underground for 27 hours. Seven miners were killed in the flooding. More |
| Aug 2002 |
One man was pulled out alive from a mine shaft, five days after a fire trapped him and 18 other workers underground in a pit in the northern Shanxi province. There were no other survivors. More |
| Jul 2002 |
Nine miners rescued after eight days trapped in a coal mine in a northwestern province of China. They survived on tree bark, muddy water. More |
| Jul 1996 |
Three miners survived eight days in a flooded mine in southern China. |
| Jan 1983 |
Two Chinese miners rescued after 23 days trapped in a coal mine in northeast China. |
| United States |
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| Jan 2006 |
One miner is found alive after 40 hours following the Sago Mine Explosion in West Virginia. Twelve miners died in the accident.
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| Jan 2003 |
Injured miner Aaron Meyer, three Sheriff's Deputies and a Paramedic clambered into an oversized bucket attached to a crane following the McElroy Mine Shaft Explosion, which lowered them to the injured miners below. They successfully rescued Benjamin Bair, 23, and Richard Brumley, 51. On September 29, 2005, the five men were awarded the Cargegie Medal for Heroism. Included were Aaron Meyer, Jack Cain, Pat Mull, Brent Wharry and Steve Cook.
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| Jul 2002 |
Following an inundation of water from an adjacent abandoned mine, nine miners were rescued after being trapped more than three days in the Quecreek Mine in Pennsylvania.
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| Mar 1977 |
Ronald Adley survived after being trapped for nearly six days following an inundation of water at the Porter Tunnel Mine owned by the Kocher Coal Company in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Nine miners were killed in the accident.
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| May 1972 |
Two men, Tom Wilkinson and Ronald Flory, were rescued and found to be in good condition after being trapped for 8 days following the Sunshine silver mine fire in Kellogg, Shoshone County, Idaho. 91 miners were killed in the disaster.
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| May 1968 |
Inundation of water at the Saxsewell No. 8 Mine in Hominy Falls, WV. Fifteen men were rescued 5 days later and six others were rescued 10 days after the inundation occurred.
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| Aug 1963 |
David Fellin and Henry Throne were trapped for 14 days in the Sheppton Mine in the Pennsylvania anthracite coal region following a cave-in.
A 6-inch borehole – the first such attempt in a mining rescue effort in the United States – miraculously penetrated the chamber where Fellin and Throne thought they were waiting to die. Following that, a much larger borehole – 17½ inches in diameter – was drilled right over it.In the early hours of Tuesday, Aug. 27, 1963, first Throne, then Fellin were pulled from a depth of 330 feet to the surface wearing parachute harnesses and football helmets. A third miner in the mine at the time, Lou Bova, was never recovered.
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| Jul 1916 |
On July 25, 1916, Garrett Morgan made national news for using his gas mask to rescue 32 men trapped during an explosion in an underground tunnel 250 feet beneath Lake Erie. Morgan and a team of volunteers donned the new "gas masks" and went to the rescue.
After the rescue, Morgan's company received requests from fire departments around the country who wished to purchase the new masks. The Morgan gas mask was later refined for use by U.S. Army during World War I. In 1914, Garrett Morgan was awarded a patent for a Safety Hood and Smoke Protector.
Two years later, a refined
model of his early gas mask won a gold medal at the International Exposition of Sanitation and Safety, and another gold medal from the International Association of Fire Chiefs. See http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=WTD for more information |
| Mar 1915 |
On March 2, 1915, an explosion occurred at the Layland No. 3 Mine in Layland, West Virginia. The explosion occurred at 8:30 a.m., resulting in the deaths of 114 men inside the mine and 1 outside.
Fifty-four men afterward escaped alive from the mine. Seven came out from 2 to 5 hours after the explosion; 5 more escaped unassisted at 8 a.m. on March 6 (4 days later), and 42 others were rescued an hour later.
Of those killed, 44 died from suffocation. The store porter passing the drift mouth at a distance of 100 feet at the time of the explosion was hurled against a post and killed.
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| May 1912 |
Norrie Mine, Oliver Iron Mining Company, Ironwood, Michigan - A party of 10 miners and 3 trammers on the night shift was walking home from the boundary of the property above the twentieth level of the mine. Hearing ground dropping, they retreated to what they thought was a safe place, the main drift, which was securely timbered and had 35 to 40 feet of solid ore above it. The cave, however, did not occur at the place where the men had been working, but in the very place of refuse to which they had retreated, crushing in the drift timbers over a length of about 80 feet. Six men were rescued alive after about 24 hours, but one died about a week later. In all, 7 miners were killed. |
| Nov 1909 |
There were tales of unbelievable suffering and endurance following the Cherry Mine Fire. One group of miners, 500 feet underground, had built a wall of mud, rocks, and timbers to block off the poisonous gases. They were in total darkness with only a pool of water leaking from a coal seam to drink.
After eight days of confinement, they could bear it no longer. They tore down the barricade and began crawling through the tunnels. Finally, they heard the sounds of a search party. Twenty-one men still alive from this group were rescued.
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