South African Mine Situation
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Here in the U.S., we have had a lot of emotional situations with trapped miners. Now the South African Press Association reports that over 3,000 miners are trapped in a gold mine in Carletonville, South Africa. Right now they have access to water and air. The lift that is needed to hoist them out of the mine is not operating, but is expected to be running in the next two hours. Evacuations could take 10 hours.
It seems to me that while miners work an absolutely necessary job, their conditions are not maintained to the extent that they should be. In the South African mine. There is no emergency exit in the shaft, which had “not been maintained for ages,” according to mineworkers union spokesman Lesiba Seshoka.
All over the world, mining conditions need to be seriously examined and changes need to be made to ensure a safer working environment. No one will dispute that humans are needed to mine coal and metals and diamonds, but why should they have to endure such unstable safety while on the job?
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