1945 El Teniente mining accident

Quand

19 juin 1945

Type

Accident minier

Coordonnées

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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