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Between 1900 and 1960, cave-ins, explosions, other disasters and mining accidents killed nearly 100,000 coal miners on the job.
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Bob Ortega, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
These cave-ins can be dangerous to humans and turtles alike.
—Katie Akin, Southern Living, 10 May 2025
Today, mining engineers design and inspect underground systems, facing cave-ins, methane explosions, and toxic air pollution.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
In Singu township, about 40 miles north of Mandalay, 27 gold miners were killed in a cave-in, the independent Democratic Voice of Burma reported.
—David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
In Singu township, about 65 kilometers (40 miles) north of Mandalay, 27 gold miners were killed in a cave-in, the independent Democratic Voice of Burma reported.
—David Rising, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
In the late nineteen-eighties, workers began filling the honeycomb of underground tunnels beneath the town with a cement-like grout, to prevent cave-ins.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Enhanced Safety Mining is dangerous, with risks such as cave-ins, equipment failure and machinery accidents.
—Anthony Milewski, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Barabbas endures a life of survivor’s guilt and misery following his pardon, toiling away in underground mines, Andor-style, for 20 years before surviving a cave-in and becoming a gladiator.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
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Bob Ortega, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
These cave-ins can be dangerous to humans and turtles alike.
—Katie Akin, Southern Living, 10 May 2025
Today, mining engineers design and inspect underground systems, facing cave-ins, methane explosions, and toxic air pollution.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
In Singu township, about 40 miles north of Mandalay, 27 gold miners were killed in a cave-in, the independent Democratic Voice of Burma reported.
—David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
In Singu township, about 65 kilometers (40 miles) north of Mandalay, 27 gold miners were killed in a cave-in, the independent Democratic Voice of Burma reported.
—David Rising, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
In the late nineteen-eighties, workers began filling the honeycomb of underground tunnels beneath the town with a cement-like grout, to prevent cave-ins.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Enhanced Safety Mining is dangerous, with risks such as cave-ins, equipment failure and machinery accidents.
—Anthony Milewski, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Barabbas endures a life of survivor’s guilt and misery following his pardon, toiling away in underground mines, Andor-style, for 20 years before surviving a cave-in and becoming a gladiator.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Cave-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cave-in. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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