An accident at a major US-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia's eastern province of Papua has left workers trapped, officials say.
In September, more than 300 workers died as a result of two factory fires in Pakistan, with workers trapped behind locked doors in both cases.
In August, as the U.S. watched rescuers attempt unsuccessfully to reach workers trapped following a fatal accident at a Utah coal mine, lawmakers inevitably called for tougher safety regulations to govern the industry.
Bangladesh has gotten off the economic mat in recent years with a big push into cheap apparel, a mixed blessing whose downside was horribly brought home in November when a Dhaka garment factory caught fire with 112 workers trapped to die inside.
But they said the trapped workers were so badly hurt and weakened that they would need to be extricated within a few hours if they are to survive.
In the days following the April 24 collapse of the Rana Plaza, workers rescued dozens of trapped survivors.
The fire trapped some workers and forced others to jump to their deaths.
The prolonged economic slump that has exacerbated Japan's fiscal problems also has trapped younger workers in temporary jobs with meager pay.
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The workers say they're trapped in a cycle of debt and have nowhere to turn in Jordan.
As thousands fled the searing flames and smoke of the Towers, Officer Barry was attempting to reach trapped and frightened workers on the upper floors.
Government officials, labor activists, manufacturers and retailers all called for improved safety standards after a November garment factory fire in the same suburb, when locked emergency exits trapped hundreds of workers inside and 112 people died.
He said rescuers are working into the night trying to get to the trapped U.N. workers.
The attack prompted a frantic rescue operation when emergency workers heard the screams of a woman trapped under the rubble.
Hundreds of rescuers, some crawling through the maze of rubble, spent a third day working amid the cries of the trapped and the wails of workers' relatives gathered outside the building, which housed numerous garment factories and a handful of other companies.
Emergency workers were still trying to pull out victims trapped in the rubble when part of the building collapsed, police told the Reuters news agency.
The workers at Rudna copper mine in Lower Silesia were trapped for about eight hours while rescuers dug through earth and rock to reach them.
Rescue workers were searching for someone who was missing after being trapped in another car, Bove said.
Rescue workers in Chile are continuing their operation to free a man trapped for more than a day in a mine in the northern Atacama region.
Colombian rescue workers were fighting against time to find the miners, who were trapped Wednesday afternoon in Angelopolis in the nation's department of Antioquia.
We were granted rare filming access on site at Canary Wharf, where workers spoke of their fears watching World Trade Center staff who were trapped.
Xinhua quoted survivors as saying more than 300 workers were in the plant, though it wasn't clear how many might be trapped.
Capiapo, Chile (CNN) -- A new drill in Chile that could speed the rescue of trapped miners arrived at the rescue scene on Friday with great jubilation from families of the workers.
Ms. Begum had been trapped in a space originally around 30 feet long and 15 feet wide, according to rescue workers, during one of the hottest times of the year, with outside temperatures reaching 95 degrees and 80% humidity.
Many feel trapped on the estates, which were built in the 1960s and 1970s to house waves of immigrant workers.
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Video from Sendai showed people trapped in the second floors of homes, waving sheets of white cloth in hopes of drawing rescue workers.
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