![]() ![]() Around the world, thousands of miners die each year from coal mining accidents, with the largest number of deaths occuring in China. Since many of these disasters are exacerbated by lack of regulation and/or enforcement, some refer to these incidents not as "accidents" but as human-caused disasters. 3.1 2010: Shen Neng 1 coal carrier collisionĬoal mining accidents can occur in the process of mining coal, and have a variety of causes, including leaks of poisonous gases such as hydrogen sulphide or explosive natural gases especially firedamp or methane, coal dust dust explosions, collapsing of mine stopes, mining-induced seismicity, flooding, or general mechanical errors from improperly used or malfunctioning mining equipment.2.5 January 2009: TVA Widows Creek coal waste spill.2.4 2008: TVA Kingston Fossil Plant coal ash spill.1.7.: Explosion kills 301 people in Turkey.1.3.12 July 2013: Coal mine blast in Xinhua kills 53.1.3.11 July 2012: 16 coal miners in southern China trapped in flooded mine shaft.1.3.10 January 2012: Collapse at coal mine in southwestern China kills 9.1.3.9 November 2011: Coal mine blast kills 20, traps 23 in China. ![]() 1.3.8 November 2011: 52 coal miners rescued following explosion, eight dead.1.3.7 October 2011: 8 die in southwestern China coal mine accident.1.3.6 October 2011: Explosion in Chinese coal mine kills at least 17 workers.1.3.4 Mine explosion kills more than 100.1.3.3 Miners trapped for 25 days in flooded mine.1.3.2 Coal mine flood kills 7 in northeast China.1.3.1 Blast kills 77 in China's worst industrial accident in over a year. ![]()
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