Historical events during the month of March
Australia
Date
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Event
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Cause
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Description
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Deaths
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01/03/1990
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Shane Slotosch
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Vehicle
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Shane was operating a Cat 966C front end loader cleaning out a drain along the highwall near the transport portal of&nbs
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1
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06/03/2013
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Jordan Taurima 2013
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Crush Injury
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An articulated mobile crane was lifting a vertical drive sump pump. The pump fell from the crane hook when one of two sy
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1
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08/03/2000
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Laurence Thomas 2000
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Fall
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The BWE experienced a major structural failure resulting in the counterweight collapsing followed by the bucket wheel. T
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0
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12/03/2015
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BMA Blackwater Rollover 2015
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Vehicle
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BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has confirmed a grandfather of two has died at its Blackwater Mine this morning.
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1
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13/03/1991
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Jusuf Vrbic 1991
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Collapse
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The deceased received fatal injuries when the muck in a draw point which had hung up collapsed and buried him while
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13/03/1989
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Gregory Nicholson 1989
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Inrush
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Mr Nicholson sustained fatal injuries when struck by a wave of fill and water which flowed from stope K711 on sub l
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1
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14/03/1995
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Tony Trevor 1995
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Crush Injury
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On afternoon shift 14 March 1995 Anthony Wild (Team Leader) Tony Trevor and Illona Casey proceeded to 5928 crosscut
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1
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15/03/2000
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Christopher Lee 2000
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Vehicle
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On 15 March 2000, Mr Christopher John Lee was fatally injured while working under a 785 rear dump truck tray when t
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1
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17/03/2017
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2017 Savage River Fall from Height
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WorkSafe Tasmania is investigating the circumstances behind the tragedy.
Australian Workers’ Union assistant secr
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17/03/1896
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1896 New Chum Flood
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TERRIBLE MINING ACCIDENT
THREE MEN DROWNED. NEW CHUM FLOODED. MINE MOUNT MAGNET INUNDATED
A great shock wa
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3
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21/03/1898
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Dudley Mine 1898
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Explosion
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The Dudley Colliery Pit explosion occurred on 21 March 1898 and was caused by everyday materials: gas lamps and coal dus
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15
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21/03/1900
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Torbanlea Colliery 1900
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Methane Explosion
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Reviewing the whole circumstances of the case the Commission have arrived at the conclusion that there is no evidence to
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5
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21/03/1898
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Dudley Colliery Explosion
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Monday 21st March 1898 around 7.15 am 15 men and three horses went down the Borehole Seam at the Dudley pit (prior to 18
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23/03/1887
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Bulli Mine 1887
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Explosion
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On 23 March 1887 a gas explosion in the mine killed 81 men and boys, leaving 50 women widows and 150 children witho
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81
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25/03/1997
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Trevor Domrow 1997
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Crush Injury, Strata
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At approximately 9.15 pm on Tuesday 25th March 1997 Mr Trevor Domrow, section deputy, received serious injuries fro
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1
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Rest of the World
Date
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Event
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Cause
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Description
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Deaths
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04/03/2015
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Zasyadko Explosion 2015
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Explosion
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"According to preliminary information, more than 30 people were killed," local mining safety service chief Vladimir Tsym
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10/03/1906
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Courrières Mine Disaster 1906
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Explosion
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A devastating mine disaster killed over 1,000 workers in Courrieres, France, in 1906. An underground fire sparked a mass
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1060
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19/03/2007
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Ulyanovskaya mine
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Methane Explosion, Coal Dust Explosion
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The Ulyanovskaya Mine disaster was caused by a methane explosion that occurred on March 19, 2007 in the Ulyanovskaya lon
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110
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26/03/1896
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Brunner 1896
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Explosives, Coal Dust Explosion
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The explosion was the result of ignition of coal dust from ‘blown out shot’ fired contrary to rules of the mi
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65
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