miner
Sign in to savethumb|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.
Key facts
- 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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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.
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.