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Mining Disaster Stock Photos

Browse 20,463 mining disaster photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images.

Relatives of trapped coal mine workers are carried away from the site of a flooding accident at the coal mine, sitting astride Xiangning County of...

Relatives of trapped coal mine workers are carried away from the site of a flooding accident at the coal mine, sitting a

Coal miner grieves after a coal mine collapse in the Surange area, some 50 kilometres east of Quetta, on July 30, 2026.

PAKISTAN-MINING-ACCIDENT

Quetta, Mining Accident

Coal miners and relatives gather after a coal mine collapsed in the Surange area, some 50 kilometres east of Quetta, on July 30, 2026.

PAKISTAN-MINING-ACCIDENT

Pakistan, Quetta, Coal Mine

General view of the open pit coltan mine in Rubaya, the site of a massive landslide on January 30, 2026. The Democratic Republic of Congo's...

DRCONGO-LANDSLIDE-MINING-CONFLICT

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mine, Landslide

In Barra Longa, around 80 km from Mariana , the Gualaxo do Norte river, polluted with the mining tailings mud that still flows from Samarco's iron...

Dam Burst Brazil one Year After

Brazil, River, Emergencies and Disasters

Rescuers prepare for rescuing at Wangjialing Coal Mine where a flooding accident happened, sitting astride Xiangning County of Linfen City and Hejin...

A general view of Wangjialing Coal Mine where a flooding accident happened, sitting astride Xiangning County of Linfen C

Aerial view of damages after a dam burst in the village of Bento Rodrigues, in Mariana, Minas Gerais state, Brazil on November 6, 2015. A dam burst...

TOPSHOT-BRAZIL-AUSTRALIA-MINING-ACCIDENT

Mining Accident, TopShot, Emergencies and Disasters

Aerial view of damages after a dam burst in the village of Bento Rodrigues, in Mariana, Minas Gerais state, Brazil on November 6, 2015. A dam burst...

TOPSHOT-BRAZIL-AUSTRALIA-MINING-ACCIDENT

Mining Accident, Mining - Natural Resources, Aerial View

General view where a dam burst in the village of Bento Rodrigues, in Mariana, the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais on November 6, 2015. A...

BRAZIL-MINING-ACCIDENT-AUSTRALIA

Mining Accident

Coal miners and relatives gather after a coal mine collapsed in the Surange area, some 50 kilometres east of Quetta, on July 30, 2026.

PAKISTAN-MINING-ACCIDENT

Quetta, Mining Accident

Mine Rescue Services rescue team members leave a mine shaft after a rescue operation of two trapped illegal miners was called off due to safety...

Forensic pathologist load body bags in the back of a truck at the Stilfontein mine in the North West on January 14, 2025 in Stilfontein, South...

Rescue Operations Underway At Stilfontein Mine In South Africa

Illegal miners escorted by police and emergency personal to a makeshift tent after being rescued from the Stilfontein mine in the North West on...

Rescue Operations Underway At Stilfontein Mine In South Africa

Forensic pathologist load body bags in the back of a truck at the Stilfontein mine in the North West on January 14, 2025 in Stilfontein, South...

Rescue Operations Underway At Stilfontein Mine In South Africa

Police maintain a cordon around shaft 11 during rescue operations for trapped miners at the abandoned Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein, South...

Operation to Rescue Trapped South African Miners

Mining - Natural Resources

Mines rescue services and police during rescue operations at the abandoned Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, on Tuesday, Jan....

Operation to Rescue Trapped South African Miners

Miner, South Africa

Mines rescue services and police during rescue operations for trapped miners at the abandoned Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa,...

Operation to Rescue Trapped South African Miners

South Africa, Mining - Natural Resources, Mine

Relatives and colleagues wait anxiously for news of trapped miners. Underground explosion at Six Bells Colliery in Abertillery, Gwent, Wales on...

Six Bells Colliery Disaster

Coal Mine, Mining Accident

Some of the rescue team personnel inspect an opening to note any changes before they can start pulling out trapped miners on December 2, 2020 in...

Miners Feared Dead After Shaft Collapse

Zimbabwe, Mining Accident, Miner

Men walk past a stretcher during an ongoing rescue and recovery operation at the flooded Cricket gold mine near Kadoma, Zimbabwe, on February 17,...

TOPSHOT-ZIMBABWE-MINING-ACCIDENT

Police guard the road outside the Liushenyu coal mine, where an explosion killed dozens in Qinyuan county, in China's northern Shanxi province on May...

CHINA-MINING-ACCIDENT

Mining Accident, Emergencies and Disasters, District

Florencio Avalos, the first rescued miner, is embraced by Chile's president Sebastian Pinera during the rescue operation of 33 miners trapped 700...

Rescue Of Trapped Chilean Miners Starts In Copiapo

Rescue, Chile, Mining Accident

Drilling efforts take place above Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Coal Mine April 7, 2010 in Montcoal, West Virginia. A 560 foot rotary drill, which...

25 Miners Dead, 4 Unaccounted For In West Virgina Mine Explosion

Mining Accident, Upper Big Branch, West Virginia - US State

Foule lors des obsèques des 42 mineurs tués lors de la catastrophe de Liévin le 31 décembre 1974, France.

Catastrophe dans une mine à Liévin en 1974

Cover story from the magazine "Lavoro": : Jean Rochet, one of the youngest miners, escaped death by the lucky malfunction of his alarm clock, which...

MARCINELLE TRAGEDY IN COVER

Italy, Clock, Mine

Beaconsfield, AUSTRALIA: Tasmanian miners Todd Russell and Brant Webb sit in ambulances after being rescued from Beaconsfield gold mine after 14...

Tasmanian miners Todd Russell (R) and Br

Beaconsfield, AUSTRALIA: Tasmanian miner Todd Russell hugs family and friends after exiting the mine lift, having been rescued after being trapped...

Tasmanian miner Todd Russell hugs family

Beaconsfield, AUSTRALIA: Tasmanian miners Todd Russell and Brant Webb wave as they emerge from the mine lift having been rescued after being trapped...

Tasmanian miners Todd Russell (L) and Br

Tasmanian miner Brant Webb waves from the back of an ambulance after being rescued from the Beaconsfield gold mine May 9, 2006 in Beaconsfield,...

Tasmanian Miners Rescued

Tasmanian miner Todd Russell waves from the back of an ambulance after being rescued from the Beaconsfield gold mine May 9, 2006 in Beaconsfield,...

Tasmanian Miners Rescued

Mining Accident

Tasmanian miners Todd Russell and Brant Webb wave as they emerge from the mine lift having been rescued after being trapped underground at...

Tasmanian Miners Rescued

Mining Accident

Un corps sur une civière longe le cortège de couronnes de fleurs, lors de la cérémonie pour l'enterrement des morts de l'accident minier du Bois du...

Obsèques des victimes de Marcinelle

Changzhi Mayor Chen Xiangyang bows down to pay silent tribute to victims of a coal mine accident at a press conference on May 23, 2026 in Changzhi...

Press Conference Briefing On North China Coal Mine Accident

Police and security guards guard the road outside the Liushenyu coal mine, where an explosion killed dozens in Qinyuan county, in China's northern...

CHINA-MINING-ACCIDENT

Mining - Natural Resources, Mining Accident, Coal Mine

Policeman guards the road outside the Liushenyu coal mine, where an explosion killed dozens in Qinyuan county, in China's northern Shanxi province on...

CHINA-MINING-ACCIDENT

Mining Accident

Relative of a missing miner waits for news outside the Liushenyu coal mine, where an explosion killed dozens in Qinyuan county, in China's northern...

CHINA-MINING-ACCIDENT

Mining - Natural Resources, Coal Mine

The cordoned-off Qinyuan People's County Hospital, where miners injured in an explosion at the Liushenyu coal mine were brought for treatment, is...

CHINA-MINING-ACCIDENT

Mining Accident, Coal Miner

Men stand beside ambulances at the cordoned-off Qinyuan People's County Hospital, 20 km from the Liushenyu coal mine, where dozens of workers were...

CHINA-MINING-ACCIDENT

Coal Mine, Mining - Natural Resources

Security guards watch as a police car leaves the Liushenyu coal mine in the aftermath of a blast at Qinyuan county in China's northern Shanxi...

CHINA-MINING-ACCIDENT

Coal Mine, Mining - Natural Resources, Mining Accident

Car drives through the gate towards a building with the name Liushenyu Company, at the site of the Liushenyu coal mine blast in Qinyuan county in...

CHINA-MINING-ACCIDENT

Mining Accident, Mining - Natural Resources, Exploding

Sand miners dig and dredge sand and rocks on the slopes of Mount Merapi volcano in Srumbung sub-district, Magelang, Central Java, on December 17,...

Sand And Rock Mining In Merapi Volcano Slope

Mining Accident

Truck stops at the entrance to El Teniente mine, in the commune of Machali, near Rancagua, O'Higgins Region, Chile, on August 1 after a major...

CHILE-MINING-ACCIDENT-COLLAPSE-EARTHQUAKE

Chile, Mining Accident, Mine

View at the entrance to El Teniente mine, in the commune of Machali, near Rancagua, O'Higgins Region, Chile, on August 1 after a major collapse...

CHILE-MINING-ACCIDENT-COLLAPSE-EARTHQUAKE

Chile, Mine, Mining - Natural Resources

View at the entrance to El Teniente mine, in the commune of Machali, near Rancagua, O'Higgins Region, Chile, on August 1 after a major collapse...

CHILE-MINING-ACCIDENT-COLLAPSE-EARTHQUAKE

Chile, Mine, Mining - Natural Resources

New coal mine has opened near this eastern Kentucky hamlet where an explosion killed 38 men. The new mine, about 100 yards the ill-fated mine, is...

New Kentucky Coal Mine Explosion

Large crowd attends the funeral, as colleagues makes their way to the cemetery carrying the coffins of six of the 11 miners recovered from the Bitter...

Funeral Of The Belgium Mine Disaster Victims

Chile's president Sebastian Pinera speaks with the press during the rescue operation of 33 miners trapped 700 meters underground for two months in...

Rescue Of Trapped Chilean Miners Starts In Copiapo

Miner Juan Illanes celebrates after arrive to the surface during the rescue operation of 33 miners trapped 700 meters underground for two months in...

Rescue Of Trapped Chilean Miners Starts In Copiapo

2010 Copiapó Mining Accident

Miner Juan Illanes celebrates after arrive to the surface during the rescue operation of 33 miners trapped 700 meters underground for two months in...

Rescue Of Trapped Chilean Miners Starts In Copiapo

Copiapo, Chile, Miner

President Sebastian Pinera alongside the Fenix capsule minutes prior to the start of the rescue operation of 33 Chilean miners trapped 700 meters...

Rescue Of Trapped Chilean Miners Starts In Copiapo

Rescuer Manuel Gonzalez gets into the Fenix capsule, starting the rescue operation of the 33 trapped miners,at the San Jose mine, near Copiapo, Chile...

Rescuer Manuel Gonzalez gets into the Fe

Copiapo, Mining Accident, Rescue

Rescuers and technicians prepare the Fenix capsule hours prior to the start of the rescue operation of 33 Chilean miners trapped 700 meters...

Final Countdown For Rescue Of Trapped Chilean Miners

Rescue workers insert steel pipes to encase the escape tunnel that will be used to free trapped miners at the San Jose mine on October 11, 2010 in...

Final Countdown For Rescue Of Trapped Chilean Miners

Relative of one of the 33 miners trapped in San Jose mine, checks the capsule designed by the Chilean Army's Shipyards , through which they will be...

A relative of one of the 33 miners trapp

Miner, Chile, Rescue

Jennie Bennett and Mickie Green set up a memorial for the deceased coal miners on April 10, 2010 in Montcoal, West Virginia. On April 5, a methane...

29 Miners Dead In West Virginia Mine Explosion

Mining Accident

Friends, family, and community members participate in a candle light vigil at Marshfork Elementary School held for the deceased coal miners on April...

29 Miners Dead In West Virginia Mine Explosion

Mining Accident

West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin looks on as Kevin Stricklin of the Mine Safety and Health Administration, tells reporters that rescuers had to...

25 Miners Dead, 3 Unaccounted For In West Virgina Mine Explosion

Mining Accident, Upper Big Branch

Terry Bailey stands with a banner he hung to honor local coal miners on April 7, 2010 in Whitesville, West Virginia. Rescue efforts to save four...

25 Miners Dead, 4 Unaccounted For In West Virgina Mine Explosion

Emergencies and Disasters, Mining Accident, Coal Mine

Truck passes by a handmade sign April 7, 2010 for miners lost in an explosion in a section of the Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal, West Virginia....

25 Miners Dead, 4 Unaccounted For In West Virgina Mine Explosion

Mining Accident, Upper Big Branch

Section on the Upper Big Branch Mine on April 6, 2010 in Montcoal, West Virginia. 25 miners have been killed during an explosion at the Massey Energy...

7 Miners Dead, 19 Unaccounted For In West Virgina Mine Explosion

Mining Accident, Upper Big Branch, Mining - Natural Resources

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