Mining accident

Four workers rescued after collapse in Elazığ mine

Search teams rescued four trapped workers after a collapse in a chromite mine in the eastern province of Elazığ, local media has reported.

The cave-in occurred around 10 a.m. on Feb. 26 in a privately owned chromite mine in Elazığ's Palu district for reasons yet to be determined, resulting in the entrapment of four workers.

Mine collapse kills worker in northern Türkiye

A section of a coal mine collapsed in the northern province of Zonguldak late on Feb. 7, leaving one miner dead and injuring another, local media has reported.

A total of 35 miners were working at the mine affiliated with a private company in Zonguldak's Kilimli district, but only two miners were inside the section that caved in, Governor Osman Hacıbektaşoğlu informed.

Court indicts public officials in 2014 Soma mine disaster

A local court has filed a case against a group of public officials in connection with the 2014 mining disaster in the western province of Manisa's Soma district that claimed the lives of 301 workers.

According to a statement from Some Prosecutor's Office on Dec. 25, the case encompasses 28 public officials identified with negligence in Türkiye's deadliest mining accident.

‘Methane gas, lack of supervision reasons behind Bartın mine blast’

 

The presence of methane gas and lack of adequate supervision were some of the reasons behind the unfortunate mine blast in which 42 workers lost their lives in the northern province of Bartın's Amasra district, says a report by the parliamentary commission established to investigate the incident.

Three close friends died in mine explosion

Three of the miners who lost their lives in the mine explosion in the Black Sea province of Bartın were close friends and started working at the mine on the same day three years ago, daily Hürriyet has reported.

Among 41 miners who died in the explosion, Okan Akgül, Şaban Yıldırım, both 27 years of age, and Mehmet Bulut, 31, worked the same shift in the mine.

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