miner

Also known as miners

thumb|Freiburg im Breisgau|Freiburg Miner wearing a [[Mooskappe, stained glass window, 1330]] A miner is a person who extracts ore, coal, chalk, clay, or other minerals from the earth through mining. There are two senses in which the term is used. In its narrowest sense, a miner is someone who works at the rock face; cutting, blasting, or otherwise working and removing the rock. In a broader sense, a "miner" is anyone working within a mine, not just a worker at the rock face.

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Occupation.name: Miner
Occupation.image: Trepca Miners (24876825).jpeg
Occupation.caption: Miners at the Trepča Mines in Mitrovica, Kosovo in 2011
Occupation.type: Manual labor
Occupation.activity_sector: Mining
Occupation.employment_field: Mining
Occupation.related_occupation: Prospector, mining engineer

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Research

26,588 papers

Miner's Pthisis.The Indian medical gazette · 1904
A uranium miner's daughter.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2021
Current knowledge of US metal and nonmetal miner health: Current and potential data sources for analysis of miner health status.Archives of environmental & occupational health · 2016
Miner's nystagmus.Medicina del deporte y del trabajo · 1950
MINER'S hospital.Nursing times · 1948

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Commons category: Miners
female form of label: Biergaarbechterin
male form of label: Biergaarbechter

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Cave-ins, explosions, toxic air, and extreme temperatures are some of the most dangerous mining accidents. The overall long-term health effects of underground mining conditions is also a hazard. In some countries, miners lack social guarantees and in case of injury may be left to cope without assistance.