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What makes mining in Turkey so dangerous?

By Karl Ritter
Published May 14, 2014 4:56pm ET
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What makes mining in Turkey so dangerous?
Rescue workers carry the dead body of a miner outside the coal mine in Soma, Turkey, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. An explosion and fire at the coal mine killed at least 232 workers, authorities said, in one of the worst mining disasters in Turkish history. Turkey's Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said 787 people were inside the coal mine at the time of the accident. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel) | Emrah Gurel

The mining disaster that killed more than 200 workers in Turkey has underscored the health and safety problems in the country’s mining sector.

Experts say poor oversight from regulators, a weak health and safety culture and an uneducated and unorganized workforce have contributed to making Turkey a particularly dangerous country in which to be a miner.

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