Mine Fatality

OVERVIEW On September 15, 2021, at approximately 9:15 a.m., Cleveland Sloan, a 33 year-old contract welder with over ten years of mining experience, crawled into the confined space inside the

No Perkoa Survivors May 19, 2022 Trevali Mining Corp.’s search and rescue teams reached the refuge chamber below Level 520 in the Perkoa mine in Burkina Faso and found no

It is a good time to remind people of Sunshine (the tragedy that could have been prevented, and that caused MESA to shift from Interior to labor, and become MSHA).

May Coal Mining Disasters By-Specific-Month-Qry Date State Type Mine Name Location Killed 5/11/1854 VA Explosion Chesterfield Richmond, VA 19 5/27/1871 PA Smoke from Fire West Pittston West Pittston, PA 20

Successful Mine Rescues in May 1907 — Seven miners were rescued after 100 hours in the flooded Mine No. 38 of the Berwind-White Operations at Foustwell (near Johnstown), Pennsylvania. Their

New blasts at Polish coal mine halt search for 7 missing WARSAW, Poland (AP) - New blasts at a Polish coal mine injured 10 rescue workers and forced authorities on

Death toll rises to 13 in Poland mine accidents; 11 missing By ASSOCIATED PRESS PUBLISHED: 08:42 EDT, 26 April 2022 | UPDATED: 09:18 EDT, 26 April 2022 WARSAW, Poland (AP)

MINE FATALITY – On March 20, 2022, a 33 year-old miner died when he was struck by a roof fall while moving a waterline outby the retreat mining section. The

MINE FATALITY – On March 22, 2022, a 44 year-old heavy equipment operator drowned after the floating pump station he was standing on capsized. At the time of the accident,