A state commission is to examine mine safety and recommend changes to prevent accidents like the one that trapped nine men in a flooded coal mine for more than three days.

Rescue workers have pulled out all nine men from the flooded, 240-foot-deep shaft where they had been trapped for three days.

TIME was running out last night to pull nine trapped miners from a 240ft watery shaft after rescue efforts were delayed when a giant drill bit broke.

Efforts to free nine men from a mine in the US have been halted after drilling gear broke.

The attempt to pull nine trapped miners from a shaft 240ft underground has stopped after rescuers' drill bit broke.