A miner drowned in an unusual incident involving a drain and high water pressure. He was one of several miners draining a large accumulation of water from a level in the mine several hundred feet above them. A valve from above became loose and discharged a large body of water under extreme pressure, filling the level with waist-deep water. One worker removed debris from a floor drain by removing the grate, and the water began to flow down the drain. While trying to replace the grate, his leg became caught in the drainage hole. The extreme suction kept his leg stuck in the […]