India records 377 mine deaths in three years
At a time when multiple agencies are involved in the rescue of 15 miners trapped in a rathole mine in Meghalaya, data tabled in the Lok Sabha earlier this week revealed that 377 workers involved in mining
Occupational Accidents
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4 killed, 9 injured in coal mine explosion in SW Pakistan
At least four laborers were killed and nine others injured in a coal mine explosion in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, local reports said on Monday. According to the reports, the incident
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Six workers die in steel unit gas leak in Andhra Pradesh
AMARAVATI: Six workers died in a poisonous gas leak at a private steel mill rolling unit in Anantapuram district on Thursday, police said. District Superintendent of Police G Ashok Kumar told PTI over
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Chemical plant blast kills 19 in Sichuan, China
An explosion at a chemical plant in China's southwestern province of Sichuan has killed 19 people and injured 12, the local government said on Friday. It is not yet clear what caused Thursday evening's
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South Africa: Sibanye-Stillwater CEO 'Traumatised' By Surge in Mine Deaths
Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman said he was "deeply saddened and traumatised" to have lost so many mineworkers at the mine's operations. "In my entire 40-year career in mining, I have never experienced
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South Africa: Parly Committee Lashes Out At Mine Bosses After 4 More Sibanye-Stillwater Deaths
Parliament's portfolio committee on mineral resources is demanding answers from Sibanye-Stillwater's managers on Tuesday after the death of four miners, and the disappearance of at least one more. "The
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Two killed at Harmony Gold mine
Two people have been killed following a "seismic related fall" at one of Harmony Gold Mining Company's mine's in Welkom, the company said on Tuesday. The mining giant in a statement said an investigation
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Two dead after Sibanye-Stillwater's South African mine collapse
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Two workers were killed after a section of Sibanye-Stillwater’s Kloof gold mine in South Africa collapsed on Wednesday, the company said, a week after more that 1,000 workers were
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Bawana factory was operating without license, says MCD
The North Delhi Municipal Corporation under which the firecracker factory in Bawana caught fire on Saturday, killing 17 workers trapped inside it, did not have a "working license", a senior officer said
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Pollution panel had pulled up civic bodies for issuing licences recklessly
The massive fire in Outer Delhi’s Bawana industrial area that killed 17 workers and left several injured has brought the spotlight back on the functioning of municipal bodies which have been granting licences