MSHA - US Mining Deaths Down To Record Low In 2016 According to data compiled by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), part of the US Department of Labor, 25 miners died in work-related accidents in 2016 against 29…
Chinese coal mine caves in, killing 9 workers BEIJING (AP) — The partial collapse of a coal mine in northern China has left nine people dead, state media reported Wednesday, reflecting the stubborn persistence of safety problems despite years-long efforts…
Report: Chemical Accidents Have Killed Nearly 200 People in China This Year A recently released reported has revealed a grim statistic about the state of the chemical industry in China. According to the report by Greenpeace, chemical accidents have caused…
Taiwan - 'At Least 26 Dead' After Coach Smashes Into Airport Guardrail & Explodes At least 26 people are dead after a tourist bus smashed into a motorway guardrail in Taiwan and exploded into flames, it is reported. The vehicle…
Fire System Activation Kills Eight In Thai Bank Headquarters A contractor hired to improve the fire extinguishing system at Siam Commercial Bank’s head office in Bangkok activated the system with staff inside, asphyxiating eight and injuring another seven staff. In…
After nearly two weeks, emergency teams finally extinguished several oil well fires that were sparked by a deadly platform blaze in the Azerbaijani portion of the Caspian Sea. A spokesman for state-owned SOCAR told the AFP that all the fires…
It has been more than five days since two dams collapsed and Brazilian authorities still don’t have much to say about the cause of the disaster. They have also struggled to recover the bodies of the residents and workers swept…
Bosnia - 4 Coal Miners Dead, 2 Injured in Accident KAKANJ, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A spokesman for a Bosnian coal mine says four miners died and two were injured in an overnight accident. Arif Zekic, spokesman for the Begici-Bistrani mine…
Authorities said late this week that at least 182 people died following a fuel truck explosion in South Sudan. Officials also said that the toll could increase due to the region's inability to properly treat burn victims, according to a…
At least 10 people have been killed after a gas explosion at a coal mine in China’s southwestern Guizhou province, according to state media Wednesday. Three others remain missing after the blast took place at around 7.50 p.m. (1150GMT) Tuesday…
