Worldwide Mine Incident Reports from Mark Freeman

2013: :
No 1311	NZ: Pike River re‐entry starts 19/10/2013
No 1310	USA: PA Fatality is Third in Aggregates This Week
No 1309	NZ approves conditional funding to recover remains from Pike River mine
No 1308	Kiwi killed in West Australian mine accident
No 1307	NZ: Pike families vow to chase compensation
No 1306	WA: Probe continues into mine mishaps
No 1305	Company found guilty over NZ mine disaster…
No 1303	QLD: Kiwi dies in Australian mining accident
No 1302	2012 a Fatality Free Year in WA Mines
No 1301	Aggregate Miner Becomes First U.S. Mining Fatality in 2013
2012: :
No 1226	Grieving mother urges Qld Govt not to ignore mine safety
No 1225	NZ: Bill to impose Queensland mining regulations
No 1224	New Zealand Pike River coal mine managers missed signs of explosion: royal commission
No 1223	NZ: Pike River boss in court over mine disaster
No 1222	WA: Spotlight falls on mine safety
No 1221	NZ: Chief Inspector for mines appointed
No 1220	USA: Leaders from China receive mine training
No 1219	China’s coal mining still high-risk industry
No 1218	Safety concerns in booming Australian mining industry
No 1217	NZ: Driller admits lapses in mine disaster
No 1216	NZ: Potentially fatal accident closes mine
No 1215	Waihi Gold Mine NZ:Trapped miners rescued
No 1214	NZ:Methane scare closes Huntly mine
No 1213	NZ: Whittal worried at Kiwi safety
No 1212	China: Trapped Miner Found Alive after 17 Days
No 1211	MSHA employees hurt more often than miners, lawmaker says
No 1210	Qld: Call for more mental health care at mines
No 1209	Peru: Miners rescued after week-long ordeal
No 1208	NZ: Pike River ‘failed abysmally’ to protect workers
No 1207	NZ: Pike River submissions near end
No 1206	2012 Engineering Safety Seminars
No 1205	“Mine safety just too important to be handed over just to management”.
No 1204	NZ: Gold mine closed down
No 1203	NZ: Pike River inquiry delivers answers
No 1202
No 1201	NZ – Pike River probe set to examine blast’s cause
2011: :
No 1135	UK Coal fined £1.2 million for mine deaths
No 1134	NZ: Pike River safety case postponed
No 1133	NZ: Miners may have survived first Pike River blast
No 1132	Nevada Gold Mine Blamed for Deaths of Two Workers
No 1131	Canada: Mining company fined $100k for safety violations
No 1130
No 1129
No 1128
No 1127	Pike River families to see footage
No 1126
No 1125	Qld: Truck accident at Saraji coal mine
No 1124	NZ: Appointing mines inspectors ‘too little, too late’
No 1123	WA: Inspectors to probe safety at Frog’s Leg (near Kalgoolie)
No 1122	Qld: Miners’ lifestyles causing car crashes
No 1121	NZ begins probe into deadly coal mine explosion
No 1120	NZ: World mining union watching Pike River
No 1119	Key says NZ mining practices will change
No 1118	Mechanical engineering safety seminar
No 1117	Certainty is what Pike families need
No 1116
No 1115
No 1114	NZ: Solid Energy confirms Pike River interest
No 1113	Miners may have survived first Pike River blast
No 1112	Workers buried alive in Vietnamese quarry disaster
No 1111
No 1108
No 1107
No 1106
No 1105
No 1104	USA: Fatal Mine Accident Totally Preventable
No 1103	NZ: Mine bodies unlikely to be recovered
No 1102	NZ: Pike River families only want bodies back
No 1101
2010: :
No 1037	Burning coalmine’s ventilation shaft capped
No 1036	NZ: How do we make sure miners are heard?
No 1035	Gag unit delivered to NZ Pike River mine
No 1034	NZ Pike River tragedy – 29 dead
No 1032	WA: Reaching out to bereaved families
No 1031	One week after rescue, Chile miners fed up with fame
No 1030	Chile to punish those responsible for mine accident
No 1029	Last miner freed from underground prison
No 1028	Chile rescue speeds up, cheering miner families
No 1027	Chile could rescue miners by mid-October
No 1026	Chile miners: engineers unveil 21ins wide rescue capsule
No 1025	Chile: Underground Dreams – Beer, Hugs and Weddings
No 1024	International experts gather for mining safety conference
No 1023
No 1022
No 1021
No 1019
No 1018
No 1017
No 1016
No 1015
No 1014
No 1013
No 1012	“Extra mines inspectors are being hired this year in a move to improve safety at sites (WA)
No 1010
No 1009
No 1008
No 1006
No 1005
No 1004
No 1003	Muscular-skeletal disorders in mining, surveyresults released…
No 1002
No 1001
2009: :
No 0936
No 0935
No 0934
No 0933
No 0932
No 0931	QLD: Fatigue puts safety in jeopardy
No 0929
No 0928	Mining accidents – reporting to next ofkin
No 0927	Harmony shuts S.Africa gold plant afterfatality
No 0926	A Beaconsfield miner recognised for braveryin the 2006 mine rescue in northern Tasmania says many miners are still helping each other get over the disaster.
No 0925	NZ: Man in stable condition after mining accident (Stockton)
No 0924
No 0923
No 0921	WA: Rockfalls at Nickel mine ‘couldforce BHP mine closure’
No 0920	WA: Kambalda mine death inquest begins.. more
No 0919	QLD chosen to manage new Australia-China mine project at the Xuandong coal mine, 150km from Beijing…
No 0918	WA – Relief over successful minerescue..
No 0917
No 0916
No 0915
No 0914
No 0913	…Worker faked mine reports,state says…more
No 0912
No 0911
No 0910	“At 9.30am on Thursday the26th of March 1896, an explosion deep in the Brunner Mine killed all 65 miners inside, and was labeled the worst mining disaster in New Zealand?shistory…”
No 0909
No 0908
No 0907
No 0906
No 0905
No 0904
No 0903
No 0902
No 0901
2008: :
No 0831
No 0830
No 0828
No 0827
No 0826
No 0825	Various reports from aroundthe world
No 0823	Accident reports from USA,China, Philipines, Austtalia, South Africa…
No 0822	..Last witness at Beaconsfield gives evidence 25/9/08.. 265 killed in Chinese mine mud-slide…
No 0820
No 0818
No 0817	South Africa – A seismic eventmeasuring 1.2 on the Richter occurred … caused a fall of ground, which trapped three miners; More Beaconsfield…
No 0816	Various mining tragedies; Morerevelations at Beaconsfield;… more
No 0815	Beaconsfield inquestcontinues… China mining accidents down
No 0814	Beaconsfield inquest continues…
No 0813
No 0811
No 0810	Various coal mining incidentsand accidents …
No 0805	Poor operating proceduresblamed for coal mine flood… Mechanic killed at West Viginia coal prep plant… Gas explosion in southwest China coal mine kills 14…
No 0802	Magnate under fire over mine death… Heavy rains hit Qld’s coal mines…