Thankfully these events are very rare compared to the carnage that used to take place in the mining industry. Here’s how the situation was in 1937:
“In the Debate 10 days ago on the subject of mining the hon. Member for Spennymoor (Mr. Batey) reminded the House that in the last 11 years more than 11,000 men had lost their lives in the hidden depths of our coal mines. He also cited the figure of nearly 2,000,000 persons who have been the victims of notifiable accidents in that same period.”
We sometimes mock the Health and Safety lot but generally they are doing the right thing. Sadly they can’t stop every tragedy.