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Always Stay Out of the Line of (Electrical) Fire Three Miners Electrocuted in Ten Days On January 27, 2023, two truck drivers were electrocuted after an overhead power line came

  M-NM-By-Specific-Month-Qry DATE MONTH STATE LOCATION MINE NAME MINE TYPE DISASTER TYPE FATALITIES 2/13/1874 2 MI Phoenix, MI Phoenix Copper Explosion 6 2/16/1881 2 MT Belmont, MT Belmont Copper Fire

  By-Specific-Month-Qry Date State Type Mine Name Location Killed 2/19/1847 PA Explosion Spencer Pottsville, PA 7 2/10/1881 OH Explosion Robbins Robbins, OH 6 2/3/1882 VA Explosion Midlothian Coalfield, VA 32

Successful Mine Rescues in January 1846 — Following a massive roof fall in the Delaware-Hudson Mine, John Hosey clambered his way through the damaged mine and managed to get out

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Click here for the full report. Bagged stonedust barriers Contents Bagged stonedust barriers 2 Specification for a bagged stonedust barrier to the extension of flame 2 Types of barrier 4

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Successful Mine Rescues in November 1907 — A cave-in deep inside the Draper Mine at Gilberton, Pennsylvania, followed by a inrush of culm and water from the surface trapped Michael

Did you know? The month of November has accounted for 80 mine disasters in which 1,660 miners were killed; 9 successful rescues (longest - 8 days); and the death of