mining accident

collocation in English

meaningsofminingandaccident

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mining
noun[U]
uk
/ˈmaɪ.nɪŋ/us
/ˈmaɪ.nɪŋ/
the industry or activity of removing substances such as coal or metal from the ground ...
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accident
noun
uk
/ˈæk.sɪ.dənt/us
/ˈæk.sə.dənt/
something bad that happens that is not expected or intended and that often damages something or ...
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(Definition ofminingandaccidentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This centre is the only one of its kind dealing solely withminingaccidentcases.
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We make a great deal of fuss when we hear of a railway orminingaccident.
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They have seen every type ofminingaccidentand know the mining industry inside out.
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Frenchy also dies in a separateminingaccident.
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I should add that his disablement was not only a result of aminingaccident, but also because of deafness.
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A total of 75 men and boys died in thisminingaccident.
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He lost part of his right hand in aminingaccidentduring this time.
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Thisminingaccidentleft approximately 250 widows and 1,000 fatherless children.
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The text, dated 1511, was most likely written to commemorate aminingaccident.
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Her grandfather, a miner, had sight impairment from aminingaccident.
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Sooner than she hoped, her wish comes true - when her husband dies in aminingaccident.
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He lost his father to aminingaccidentin a pit at the age of four.
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Aminingaccidentunleashes a virus from within the planet on its inhabitants, causing widespread panic.
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He lost his leg in aminingaccident, as had his father.
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A former mining safety inspector who was falsely caught up in aminingaccidentscandal.
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Many believe that oneminingaccidentcould be destructive for tourism in this extremely visited park.
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I do not forget that one of those councillors, now disqualified, still suffers the effects of aminingaccidentand has been unemployed for three years.
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The civil fine is about 5 times bigger than the previous largest fine for aminingaccident.
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The colliery suffered aminingaccidentwhen a gas explosion in 1893 took the lives of five miners.
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The traumaticminingaccidentcoupled with the withdrawal of the railroad sealed the demise of the town.
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He was the son of a coal-miner who died in aminingaccidentshortly before his death.
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After he lost four toes from his left foot in aminingaccident, he became unable to run in the field, and switched to pitching.
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He arrives to find his father, the mine superintendent, is being investigated by the coal company because of a fatalminingaccident.
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Indeed, should aminingaccidentoccur, the incentive to hide it is often stronger than the reward for managing it well, as any disaster is almost surely considered a liability.
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