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mineworker

[mahyn-wur-ker] / ˈmaɪnˌwɜr kər /


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"When we are deep in the mines, temperatures are very high - digging the mineral is also very hard... plus there can be other harmful gases," mineworker Peter Osiasi told the BBC.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2025

The country registered 49 mineworker deaths in 2022, its safest year on record.

From Reuters Nov. 28, 2023

“We are vaccinated, and we got punished for no reason,” said Ty Bays, a mineworker and rancher from Silver City, whose son was also exhibiting a steer.

From Washington Post Sep. 26, 2021

Strike leader Gaddafi Mdoda, a mineworker at Anglo American Platinum, or Amplats, said he was one of the workers who received emails or SMS messages telling them they had been dismissed.

From New York Times Oct. 5, 2012

Her father, a mineworker, had died when she was an infant, and her mother when she was twelve.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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