Chilean Copper Mine Collapse Chilean Copper Mine Collapse On August 5, 2010, a Chilean copper mine collapsed in San Jose, North Chile, trapping 33 workers underground. It was not until 17 days later that rescuers discovered that all of the trapped men were still alive. The Chilean government took over day one and brought in oilrig trucks to dig ½ mile down to the trapped miners. The oilrigs drilled a 26 in wide hole in which they sent a cage down to the miners. Rescuers needed to care for the
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Chilean Copper Mine Collapse BCOM/275 Disaster Strikes a Chilean Mine On August 5, 2010, employees of Minera San Esteban Primera woke up, stretched out, bathed, ate breakfast, and walked around their assuredly modest homes. They said their casual goodbyes to family as they headed off to yet another dark day at work deep in the San Jose copper mine in northern Chile. Little did they know it would be the last time for nearly two months they would see the light of day. These same
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research, “Over 30 workers trapped after Chilean copper mine collapse” (Weik, 2010), it stated that on August 5, 2010 the San Jose mine collapsed trapping approximately 30 workers. It also stated that rescuers where attempting to locate workers in order to drill to provide those trapped with food, water and oxygen, however rescuers were halted due to a second cave-in. The news article also indicated that prior to the collapse, there was a fatal accident in 2007 which closed the mine, however,
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organization. Knowing the audience is even more important when a company has to deal with the fallout following a disaster. The disaster of the Chilean copper mine in South American is one example of where knowing your audience was a very important factor. In a Chilean copper mine, an unfortunate collapse in one of the shafts of them mine had left 33 miners trapped 310 meters (1017 feet) below the ground. The reactions of the company and their response to the disaster would ultimately determine how the
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Chilean Mine Collapse Student Name BCOM/275 Business Communication and Critical Thinking Date Instructor Name Abstract August 5, 2010, a mine, near the Copiapó, Chile experienced a caved in, 33 miners more the 2000 became trapped with little to no hope of escape. Many gave up hope and feared there were no survivors, after 17 days a small bore hole made its way to the Miners location. As, the world watched with growing concern, and anticipation the miners sent word they were, alive (New York
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Week 4, Individual Assignment Chilean Mine Disaster On August 5, 2010, MINERA San Esteban Primera reported a mine structure collapse at a small gold and copper mine in northern Chile. The collapse left 33 workers trapped 2,300 feet underground. Directly following the collapse, rescuers began taking action. They first drilled holes in attempt to find the location of the miners trapped, however it was not confirmed whether or not the miners would still be alive after enduring four days with a limited
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organization. Knowing the audience is even more important when a company has to deal with the fallout following a disaster. The disaster of the Chilean copper mine in South American is one example of where knowing your audience was a very important factor. In a Chilean copper mine, an unfortunate collapse in one of the shafts of them mine had left 33 miners trapped 310 meters (1017 feet) below the ground. The reactions of the company and their response to the disaster would ultimately determine how the
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out to the public about the Chilean copper mine collapse in South America. On August 5, 2010, a small copper mine in northern Chile collapsed trapping inside of it 33 miners (Weik, 2010). The 33 miners were trapped 300 meters below ground with very little food, oxygen or water. News of the collapse spread around the world and many feared that the miners would all perish before being rescued (Illiano, Wade, 2010). The world held a collective breath when after seventeen days of drilling
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Audience BCOM/275 University of Phoenix Nicole S. Morgan Knowing Your Audience The story of the 33 miners who were trapped for 69 days after the San Jose Mine they were working in collapsed in Chile is a heart wrenching tale that touched many. The most important factors in communicating this true story are portraying the feelings and emotions that were felt during this harrowing event
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Addressing the Audience: Chilean mine Dan Kubany BCOM/275 07/29/12 John Quesnel Addressing the Audience: Chilean Mine There are many things that go need to be considered when addressing an audience. Most importantly there are things that you do and don't want to say to an audience when you are dealing with a sensitive subject such as the collapse of a mine. This paper will take a look at the facts of what happened that day, August 5th 2007, and how to address the audience of the people
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