It was 74 years ago on December 21, 1951, when 119 men were killed after an explosion at the Orient No. 2 mine in West ...

An explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran killed at least 34 workers and injured 17 others, officials said Sunday, marking one of the worst mining disasters in the country's history as others ...

Benny Willingham worked as a miner for 30 years before he was killed. April 6, 2010 — -- Many of the men who died in the depths of a West Virginia coal mine Monday often discussed with family ...

A young woman seriously injured in a mine blast that killed two co-workers has a long road to recovery ahead and may have suffered permanent hearing loss. Mackenzie Stirling, 24, was the sole survivor ...

Two people are dead and a third has been hospitalised following an underground mine explosion in western NSW believed to be caused by a “catastrophic failure”. The “uncontrolled explosion” struck the ...

November 19 marked 15 years since an explosion ripped through the underground Pike River Coal mine on the remote West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Twenty-nine workers were trapped in the mine.

FAIRVIEW, W.Va. — More details are available regarding the accident at the Loveridge Mine in Marion County Wednesday morning. UMWA Communications Director Erin Bates said at 9:42 a.m. there was a ...

The first word in almost a month from government safety authorities about the October 28 explosion at Endeavor mine in Cobar, outback New South Wales (NSW), which killed two miners and injured another ...

Thirteen miners died in a pair of explosions at the Jim Walter Resources Mine No. 5 on September 23, 2001. The initial explosion was caused by a roof fall that ignited methane gas, with a second, ...

Twenty-seven miners are believed to be trapped in New Zealand coal mine. Nov. 19, 2010 — -- A powerful explosion in a New Zealand coal mine has trapped more than two dozen miners underground.