A man has died after a suspected 'gas blow-out' at Boulby Potash mine in East Cleveland.
The incident happened early on the morning of June 17.
A gas blow-out is described as being "a sudden and powerful release of gas."
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Labour MP, Tom Blenkinsop, has told ITV news of his alarm over the death of a worker at the Boulby Potash Mine in East Cleveland.
He said "people have the right to go to work and come home safe" and that he will work to make sure more fatalities don't happen in industry.
The tragedy comes two months after a fire deep underground at the mine resulted in seven workers being taken to hospital.
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