Rescue plans for 2010 Copiapó mining accident Rescue plans for 2010 Copiapó mining accident The 2010 Copiapó mining accident began as a cave-in on 5 August 2010 at the San José copper-gold mine in the Atacama Desert near Copiapó, Chile. The accident left 33 men trapped below ground who survived underground for a record 69 days. All 33 men were rescued and brought to the surface on 13 October 2010 over a period of almost 24 hours. After the last trapped miner was winched to the surface, the rescue workers still underground held up a sign before the camera stating """" (English: ""Mission accomplished Chile"") to the
2018 Shandong mine collapse 2018 Shandong mine collapse A rock burst destroyed part of a mining tunnel on 20 October 2018 in the Shandong province in China. A rock burst destroyed part of a mining tunnel, in a spontaneous fracture of the rock, while 334 miners were working in the mine. The collapse took place around 11:00 pm local time and destroyed part of a water drainage tunnel, and two people were initially killed by the falling rocks. Most of the workers managed to escape, but 18 workers were trapped underground. Ventilation was returned quickly to around 200 metres of the damaged tunnel. On