[bikepacker67]

This certainly doesn't look good, given that Canadian miners seem to have a much longer lifespan.

[Alberta's Child]

Comparing an accident in a coal mine to an accident in a potash mine is like comparing fatalities in an airplane crash vs. an auto accident.

Underground coal mining is far more dangerous than hard-rock mining by its very nature -- since the material being extracted in a coal mine serves as its own fuel when ignited, and can be explosive under certain conditions.