Mining accident stated that 1,049 people died in the year 2013, down 24 percent from 2012. About 300 people were killed on May 9, 1993 in the Nambija mine disaster in Ecuador. On October 15, 2010, shortly after Chile completed its historic, successful rescue of 33 miners who had been stuck underground in the San Jose mine for a record period of nearly 10 weeks, four workers were trapped in an Ecuadoran gold mine following a tunnel collapse. All were confirmed dead by October 20. The Courrières mine disaster was the worst ever pit mine disaster in Europe. It caused the death
Ermenek mine accident Ermenek mine accident On October 28, 2014, 18 miners were trapped underground in the Has Sekerler mine, a coal mine in the Turkish town of Ermenek. It is the second major accident at a Turkish mine in six months; the previous one was the Soma mine disaster in May 2014. It is believed 18 miners were trapped about 300 meters underground by flooding caused by a broken pipe. In addition to those trapped, 20 workers have either escaped the mine or were rescued from it. Rescue workers are currently working to pump water out from three sections of the mine.