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Tennessee zinc mine collapse kills one, injures two
A wall collapse at Nyrstar’s Immel Mine in eastern Knoxville County, Tennessee on Tuesday afternoon left two miners injured and another dead. Both of the injured were hospitalized, with one requiring surgery. A spokesperson for Immel said that the miner who died had worked at the mine for over 10 years. The company has stated that it does not know what caused the accident.
This is the second fatality at Immel Mine this year; it is the third fatality in Nyrstar’s Tennessee mines, which are all nonunion. In February, 26-year-old Cody Maggard was crushed to death in a powered haulage incident at Immel. On May 18, 35-year-old Brandon Rosky was struck by a trailer at Nyrstar’s Young Mine in Jefferson City. Rosky had only worked at the mine for two weeks. ....

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