Emergency workers on Thursday rescued seven miners who were trapped by a rockslide in a coal mine in eastern Ukraine, officials said. All the men were unhurt.

The miners were lifted to the ground after spending eight hours at a depth of 1,600 feet in the Voskresenskaya mining in the town of Snezhnoye, about 370 miles southeast of the capital, Kiev, said Mykola Ranga, spokesman for the Emergency Situations Ministry's regional branch.

Ranga said the miners' condition was satisfactory.

Ukrainian coal mines are considered among the world's most dangerous, and deadly accidents are frequent.

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