Scranton firefighters spent part of Tuesday at the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour in McDade Park training to extricate mine visitors in the event of an emergency. The training comes almost a year after ...

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Scranton firefighters took their training underground Thursday, literally, at the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour in McDade Park to prepare for the unexpected.

H AVANA, Fla. (WCTV) - Mine rescue teams from across the nation flocked to Havana, Florida for the 6th annual Surface Mining Emergency Response Training and Competition. Twelve teams participated ...

The CMD highlighted that Singareni rescue teams had recently rendered commendable service during the Srisailam tunnel mishap, ...

Mine safety training at WVU started in 1913 with the formation of The Mining Extension, which has grown into an internationally recognized program winning at least eight major championships.

Mining industry deaths hit a near-decade high last year. Most occurred in surface mines, like strip or open-pit mines, but there are fewer opportunities to train above-ground miners for rescues.

The Stilfontein rescue and recovery operation also resulted in the retrieval of 78 bodies, making it one of the biggest illegal mine rescue and recovery operations, at a vertical depth of 1 280 m ...

Liberia is preparing for a sweeping reboot of its mining sector, with a bold focus on safety reform as the starting point. This shift is being led by Assistant Minister for Mines, Carlos Eddison ...

- The Assistant Minister for Mines, Carlos Eddison Tingban, has pledged sweeping reforms to Liberia's mine safety systems, following his return from a rigorous two-week technical training in Beijing, ...

Ontario’s mine rescue teams are once again facing off in the 2025 Ontario Mine Rescue District Competition running May 7 to 9.. In five different arenas across the province, these specialized ...

The old “canary in a coal mine” idiom could be swapped with a modern update: “duckling in a drain.” Animal vocalizations, whether a song or a quack, aren’t a good measure of air quality.

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