On Aug. 6, 2007, a seismic “bounce” inside the Crandall Canyon Mine in central Utah caused a collapse that trapped six miners who had just finished their shift underground. On Aug. 16, 2007, three ...

A gas explosion at a coal mine in China's northern Shanxi province killed at least 82 people, local officials said Saturday, ...

Two former bosses are facing charges over a roof collapse at an underground mine in central Queensland in 2021 that killed a worker and seriously injured another.

A ⁠mine ⁠shaft collapse during ⁠an illegal mining operation in China's ​southwestern Yunnan province killed five people and ‌injured one, state media ‌reported, days after the country's ⁠deadliest ...

BEIJING — A collapse occurred in an illegal mining operation in China on Sunday, killing five people and injuring one other person, Chinese official news agency Xinhua reported. The incident took ...

FILE -Miners work at the D4 Gakombe coltan mining quarry in Rubaya, Democratic Republic of Congo, on, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File) (Moses Sawasawa ...

Coal mining has produced some of the deadliest industrial accidents in modern history. From methane explosions and coal dust ignition to structural collapse and flooding, the industry’s worst ...

In 1995, a train caused the deadliest elevator disaster in history—and no one was at the controls.

Search efforts continue at the site a collapsed quarry with the death expected to rise as 8 workers remain missing.

Five workers died after a collapse at a mine in southwestern China, underscoring persistent safety issues and increased scrutiny following a gas blast at a coal mine in Shanxi earlier this month that ...