1945 El Teniente mining accident

متى

19 يونيو 1945

النوع

حادث منجم

إحداثيات

34.09° S, 70.35° W

Description

biggest metallic mining accident in history

Mining disaster in Chile

The 1945 El Teniente mining accident, known locally as the Smoke Tragedy, is the largest mining accident in metal extraction in the history of Chile and, as of 2005, worldwide. It happened on June 19, 1945, in Chile's El Teniente mine in the Andes, which belonged to Braden Copper Company, a subsidiary of Kennecott Copper Corporation, both of the United States.

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