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[[Dam failure]]s have been some of the largest man-made disasters in history. ..., the creation of a dam in a geologically inappropriate location may cause disasters like the one of the [[Vajont Dam]] in Italy, where almost 2000 people died,

...new cinnabar mercury mines. Thousands of prisoners were used by the Luo Xi mining company to establish new tunnels.<ref name="GREEN"/> In addition, worker he One of the worst [[industrial disasters]] in history was caused by the dumping of mercury compounds into [[Minamata

Building demolition and natural disasters such as earthquakes often release a large amount of concrete dust into the ...uction aggregate|aggregate]] reduces the need for [[open-pit mining|gravel mining]].

...d 2010-09-05.</ref> MSHA carries out the mandates of the Mine Act at all [[mining]] and [[mineral processing]] operations in the United States, regardless of ...ne Safety and Health division is divided into 11 districts covering [[coal mining]] in different portions of the United States. The Metal-Nonmetal Mine Safe

[[Image:Cave-in (indust).jpg|thumb|A work accident in a [[mining|mine]]]] ...nts involve multiple fatalities they are often referred to as [[industrial disasters]]<ref>[http://accident-work-place.blogspot.com/ Work accident related blog]

...pit disasters of the British coalfields, and elsewhere in the world. Such disasters continue to afflict working mines, especially in mainland China. {{mining-stub}}

...g mine disaster''' was one of the first major [[Mining accident]]s or mine disasters in [[Great Britain|Britain]], claiming 91 lives on 25 May 1812. ...explosion which engulfed the pit occurred. As with so many other coal mine disasters, the accident was caused by [[combustion|ignition]] of [[firedamp]] ([[meth

...ave become trapped or injured underground in [[mining|mine]]s because of [[mining accident]]s and [[disaster]]s such as [[explosion]]s caused by [[firedamp]] ...ll mining operations at both [[Open-pit mining|surface]] and [[underground mining]] operations. These personnel make up what is known as a "Mine rescue team

A '''mining accident''' is an [[accident]] that occurs in the process of [[mining]] minerals. ...process of [[coal mining]] and [[Underground mining (hard rock)|hard rock mining]]. Most of the deaths today occur in developing countries, especially [[Chi