The incident occurred close to the coal face, an space in Polish coal mines recognized for being significantly susceptible to cave-ins and methane fuel explosions, because of the presence of fuel within the rock.
Two miners have been killed and one stays lacking after a cave-in on the Myslowice-Wesola coal mine in southern Poland early on Tuesday.
Authorities say 12 folks have been additionally injured.
The cave-in occurred round 3:30 am native time, some 870 metres underground in an space the place 15 miners have been working, authorities mentioned.
Two of the miners positioned by rescuers and delivered to the floor have been declared lifeless, whereas one was being taken to the hospital.
Eleven different miners have been rescued earlier from the mine with numerous accidents, and 9 of them stay hospitalized.
Rescuers have been nonetheless looking for one lacking miner however had no contact with him. Six groups of rescuers have been working within the space.
The accident occurred close to the coal face, an space particularly uncovered to cave-ins or explosions of methane fuel, which is current within the rock in lots of Polish coal mines.
It’s the second cave-in on the Myslowice-Wesola mine this 12 months, following one on 17 April that killed one miner. Two different coal mine staff have been killed in accidents inside different mines in Poland this 12 months, whereas in 2023, 15 miners have been killed in on-the-job accidents.