One Of Four Trapped Welsh Miners Found Dead

[Trilby]

that is truly awful. and yeah, IM, iifc, mining is the most dangerous job there is (though steel workers, undersea welders and alligator/pest removers would beg to differ)


the news around here routinely will say someone died in an accident or was found dead behind a Wal-mart or some motel, etc., but they don't identify the person until relatives are notified. but in a case where ONE of FOUR is said to be deceased....seems kind of cruel.

[grynch]

"The body of a second miner has been found at the Gleision Colliery in South Wales, police confirm. Two miners remain missing."

[Beest]

Originally Posted by Brianna

that is truly awful. and yeah, IM, iifc, mining is the most dangerous job there is (though steel workers, undersea welders and alligator/pest removers would beg to differ)

I'd always heard that fishing was the most deadly profession, I looked up a few top ten lists and Logging or fishing vie for first place with pilot usually third and no mention of mining.
9Probably quite different in Oz, not sure if you have a fishing industry or much logging either, but i know theres plenty of mining).
Then I found the US Bureau of Labot Stats for 2010 which has mining ( pretty specififc category) a close second behind Agriculture, fishing, hunting and forestry, which seems pretty broad including fishing and logging.

(I'm the first in my male line for several generations not to work in coal mining, though some were miners and others mining engineers)

[ZenGum]

Originally Posted by Beest

(Probably quite different in Oz, not sure if you have a fishing industry or much logging either, but i know theres plenty of mining).

Indeed, possibly too much mining. Dutch disease, you know.

But yes, plenty of fishing (we have enormous oceanic claims) and so far, lots of forestry. We've almost finished chopping everything down [proud smile].

IIRC the most dangerous job is farmer. Professional fishers do okay; recreational fishers get into trouble.

Chinese coal mining is notorious - literally thousands of deaths per year. So much for the workers paradise.