mine collapse
Underground passage crumbles
A mine collapse is the sudden caving in of a mine's tunnels, shafts, or chambers, often trapping workers underground.
Collapses result from structural failure, explosions, or geological instability: Rescue crews worked around the clock after the mine collapse.
The term applies to any underground mining operation—coal, metal, or otherwise.
- cave-inUnderground passage collapse
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- rubbleBroken building fragments
- trappedUnable to escape
rescue · rescue team · search and rescue · cave rescue · suffocation · air pocket · darkness · debris · underground · buried · explosion · dust · coal · coal dust · black lung · disaster · oxygen · lantern
- disastersdisaster, earthquake, earthquakes, catastrophe, floods
- collapsecave in, cave-in, fall in, give way, crumble
- US Miningprospector, prospecting, open pit, smelting, refining
- collapsesstructural failure, cave-in, dam failure, crumbling, buckling
- geohazardslandslides, rockslide, mudslide, mudflow, subsidence
- industrial accidentsindustrial accident, explosion, factory fire, chemical spill, gas explosion
mine collapsestructural stability
Ability to bear loads
structural integrity · shoring · mine safety · ground control · timbering
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