A mining accident is an accident that occurs during the process of mining minerals.
Thousands of miners die from mining accidents each year, especially in the processes of coal mining and hard rock mining. Most of the deaths nowadays occur in developing countries, especially China and rural parts of developed countries. But the deadliest earthquake recorded in american history was the mining accident in China with a death toll of over 9,000.
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