List of mining accidents
Mining accidents occur worldwide. The causes include firedamp , coal dust and explosives explosions , water ingress and collapses .
There are currently no standardized statements in the literature on the definition of a mining accident. In her standard work on mine accidents in German-speaking countries, Evelyn Kroker records events as mine accidents in which at least two people were killed and / or at least three people were affected, based on the guidelines of the Dortmund Oberbergamt .
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The accidents that became known through the press represent only a small part of the statistics.
According to official figures, more than 6,000 miners died in mining accidents in the People's Republic of China in 2004. More than 12,000 deaths are reported unofficially every year. Between 1992 and 2002, 59,543 miners were officially killed. It is estimated that around 600,000 miners work in tens of thousands of (mostly illegal) small mines. According to official figures, there were 17 fatalities in these small operations in 2000, and 2 deaths in the larger, state-owned mines per 1,000,000 t of coal mined. Therefore, China is currently the world leader in the statistics of accidents.
Ukraine's mines are also among the most dangerous in the world. Mine accidents here killed at least 3,700 people between 1991 (the year it gained independence from the USSR) and 2002.
In Turkey the Turkish Labor Ministry were killed, according alone in the nine years to 2014, more than 11,000 people at around 730,000 industrial accidents; in 2010, an average of 4 miners per day died.
In addition, many former miners die from acquired damage from relevant occupational diseases .
list
1300 to 1800
date | Mine | product | country | District | place | root cause | Fatalities | Injured people, survivors, further damage, comments |
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1376 | Rammelsberg | ore | Germany | resin | Goslar | Buried by falling rock masses | at least 100 | |
1448 | Holy Cross Stollen | ore | Austria | Tyrol | black | The Bucher brook broke into the tunnel | 100-260 | Bucher Bach drove in the 16th century. The underground "Schwaz water art " that he was a downhole Rinnwerk in the Radstuben headed |
1565 | The golden donkey | ore | Germany | Silesia | Złoty Stok (Reichenstein) | Burglary of the shaft | 59-95 | |
1573 | Wild man | ore | Germany | Ore Mountains | Brand-Erbisdorf | Water ingress into the pit | 8th | |
19 Sep 1576 | Stephan | ore | Germany | Ore Mountains | Brand-Erbisdorf | Collapse of the shaft | 3 | 1 injured person was rescued after five days |
Jan. 24, 1620 | Hermaphrodite | Tin ore | Germany | Ore Mountains | Altenberg | Collapse ( pinge ) | unknown | |
16 Sep 1679 | Rammelsberg | ore | Germany | resin | Goslar | Crashed while working in the Kanekuhler Schacht | 1 (Steiger Hans Albrecht Friedrich) | Friedrich drove up with his brother-in-law, Bergvogt Valentin Haufmann, to repair the carpentry in the shaft. He stated that while hanging wood, Friedrich was hit by a piece of wood that fell out of the basket and fell to his death as a result. Since the relationship between the two was tense, the suspicion arose that Haufmann had pushed Friedrich into the shaft. The mining authority therefore carried out investigations into the course of the accident, which remained inconclusive because Haufmann was the only witness. |
1694 | St. Anna / Three Brothers | ore | Germany | resin | Clausthal-Zellerfeld | Deflagration of swamp gas | 12 | |
1694 | Marghareta / Eleonora | ore | Germany | resin | Clausthal-Zellerfeld | Burglary mining | unknown | from 1697 had a very negative effect on the yield in the one-sided resin |
Sep 1711 | Wildemann / Old German | ore | Germany | resin | Wild man | Pit fire | 5 | The shafts and wheelhouses of both pits burn down to a depth of 13 piles; the fire remained unquenched for months and there was a risk that the fire could spread to all the pits of the train |
1717 | King Jehoshaphat | ore | Germany | resin | Clausthal-Zellerfeld | Break of rides | 1 | 5 miners fall and are seriously injured, one dies |
Nov 13, 1723 | Hard coal | Germany | Hallesches Revier | Löbejün | Water ingress | 7th | ||
Aug 11, 1749 | Wolfgang treasure trove | ore | Germany | Ore Mountains | Schneeberg | Buried by falling rock masses | 4th | a miner could be saved |
Dec 17, 1757 | Dorothea shaft | Hard coal | Germany | Hallesches Revier | Löbejün | Water ingress | 5 | |
Dec. 24, 1769 | Rich silver grate studs | ore | Germany | Ore Mountains | Ehrenfriedersdorf | Suffocating in smoke after setting fire | 6th |
1801 to 1850
date | Mine | product | country | District | place | root cause | Fatalities | Injured people, survivors, further damage, comments |
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May 11, 1803 | Geyersberg | tin | Germany | Ore Mountains | Geyer | Collapse due to overexploitation (pinge) | 2 | Civil engineering was then discontinued |
22 Feb 1804 | St. Andrew's Cross | ore | Germany | resin | Sankt Andreasberg | Release of dull weather when drilling into a disused mine building | 6th | |
June 19, 1810 | Brown lily | ore | Germany | resin | Clausthal-Zellerfeld | Burglary of a shaft due to rotting of the carpentry | 6th | |
July 15, 1813 | Pit Ath | Hard coal | Germany | Aachen district | Bardenberg | Pit fire after gas explosion | 10 | 12 injured |
Feb. 27, 1817 | Duke August and Johann Friedrich | ore | Germany | resin | Bockswiese | The pit was buried and flooded after a wood lumber fell as a result of a broken haul rope and the destruction of the drainage system | 11 | |
1818 | Pit Ath | Hard coal | Germany | Aachen district | Bardenberg | Water ingress | 7th | |
June 8, 1824 | Pit disapproval fights | Hard coal | Germany | Aachen district | Kohlscheid | Water ingress into the pit after cutting a water vein | 11 | |
Jan. 25, 1834 | Gouley Pit | Hard coal | Germany | Aachen district | Würselen | Water ingress from hitting the old man | 63 | 11 survivors |
May 30, 1837 | "Partner Zug am Schimmelsberge" pit | ore | Germany | Ore Mountains | Schneeberg (Ore Mountains) | Water ingress into the "Gesellschafter Kunstschacht" at a shallow depth of 77 Lr. (154 m) under the sole of the Marx-Semler-Stolln | 3 | |
18 Mar 1839 | Black Heath | Hard coal | United States | Virginia | near Richmond | Firedamp explosion | 53 | 1 |
Jan. 20, 1841 | New silver hope treasure trove | Iron ore | Germany | Schwarzenberg Mining Authority District | Pöhla | Breaking up after the maneuvering of the art and drift shaft that broke on January 18th | 2 | 7 injured |
23 Sep 1841 | Pit Ath | Hard coal | Germany | Aachen district | Bardenberg | Water ingress | 11 | |
23 Sep 1841 | Hankepank pit | Hard coal | Germany | Aachen district | Kohlscheid | Firedamp explosion | 9 | |
1846 | Idria | ore | Slovenia | Idrija (Idria) | Pit fire | 13-17 | ||
5th Mar 1847 | Oaks Colliery | Hard coal | England | Yorkshire region | Firedamp explosion | 73 | ||
Oct 21, 1848 | Rainbow | ore | Germany | resin | Clausthal-Zellerfeld | Pit fire | 13-15 | |
Jan. 26, 1850 | Church mine | Hard coal | Germany | Aachen district | Kohlscheid | Collapse of mountain masses | 8th | |
Sep 2 1850 | Pit of the Potschappler Aktienverein Windbergschacht | Hard coal | Germany | Freital area | Freital | Firedamp explosion | 8th | 1 injured person |
1851 to 1900
date | Mine | product | country | District | place | root cause | Fatalities | Injured people, survivors, further damage, comments |
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Aug 2, 1851 | Neulaurweg mine | Hard coal | Germany | Aachen district | Kohlscheid | Firedamp explosion | 8th | |
June 5, 1853 | Karolinenschacht | Hard coal | Moravia | Moravian area | Ostrava | Firedamp explosion | 10 | |
Aug 19, 1853 | Pit Laura | Hard coal | Germany | Westphalia | Minden | Firedamp explosion | 11 | 3 injured; the accident was caused by a defective miner's lamp |
1854 | Karolinenschacht | Hard coal | Moravia | Moravian area | Ostrava | Firedamp explosion | 14th | |
Jan. 16, 1856 | Gabriele pit | Hard coal | Austrian Silesia | Moravian-Silesian Territory | Karviná | Firedamp explosion | 17th | 11 injured |
May 30, 1856 | Pit Harte | Hard coal | Germany | Lower Silesian District | Pit fire | 6th | Fire in the shaft timbering, 5 of the victims suffocated while attempting to rescue them | |
23 Feb 1857 | Johann and Franz Mayr pit | Hard coal | Austria | Styria | Leoben | Pit fire | 8th | 10 injured |
Jan. 17, 1859 | Salm pit | Hard coal | Austrian Silesia | Moravian area | Ostrava | Firedamp explosion | 15-16 | |
July 21, 1859 | Sunderbank mine and hidden happiness | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Sprockhövel | Pit fire | 10 | |
Oct 12, 1859 | Gouley Pit | Hard coal | Germany | Aachen district | Würselen | Burial | 5 | Quicksand collapse during extraction |
Dec 13, 1859 | Dudweiler Pit | Hard coal | Germany | Saar district | Dudweiler | Pit fire | 5 | The victims were suffocated by a fire in the pit on seam No. 13. |
Jan. 12, 1860 | De Wendel mine | Hard coal | France | Lorraine | Petite Rosselle | Firedamp explosion | 17-22 | The trigger of the accident was a collapsed shaft stage. |
June 7, 1860 | Franziska-Schacht pit (Kleinsches Bergwerk) | Hard coal | Moravia | Rossitz-Oslawan district | Padochov | Firedamp explosion | 52 | The cause of the accident was a defective miner's lamp. |
Oct 2, 1860 | Dudweiler Pit | Hard coal | Germany | Saar district | Dudweiler | Firedamp explosion | 10 | 17 injured |
9 Mar 1861 | Hankepank pit | Hard coal | Germany | Aachen district | Kohlscheid | Collapse of mountain masses | 18th | |
Apr 19, 1861 | Mary's Pit | Hard coal | Germany | Aachen district | Mariadorf | Firedamp explosion | 11 | 1 injured person |
7 Aug 1861 | Laura and Bölhorst pit | Hard coal | Germany | Westphalia | Minden | Firedamp explosion | 8-9 | 4 injured |
Jan. 16, 1862 | Hartley Colliery | Hard coal | England | Northumberland region | The steam-powered water lifting machine collapsed in the morning hours, debris from the machine fell into the shaft and could not be recovered due to its weight. | 204 | ||
Jan. 24, 1862 | Traugottstollen | Hard coal | Austria | Styria | Seegraben | Pit fire | 25-26 | |
Feb 11, 1864 | Scharley and Wilhelminengrube | ore | Germany | Silesia | Beuthen-Scharley | Ingress of mud | 14th | |
Oct. 20, 1864 | Pit speeches | Hard coal | Germany | Saar district | Schiffweiler | Firedamp explosion | 34 | 7–10 injured |
Sep 7 1866 | Prosper colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Bottrop | Crash of the conveyor cage | 14th | |
Dec 12, 1866 | Oaks Colliery | Hard coal | England | Yorkshire | two consecutive firedamp explosions | 388 | ||
July 1, 1867 | New treasure trove | Hard coal | Germany | Lugau-Oelsnitz district | Lugau | Broken manhole | 101 | |
July 29, 1867 | Hlubin shaft | Hard coal | Moravia | Moravian area | Ostrava | Firedamp explosion | 53-65 | |
Nov 8, 1867 | Ferndale Colliery | Hard coal | Wales | two explosions | 178 | |||
Nov 24, 1867 | "Crown Prince Friedrich-Wilhelm" pit | Hard coal | Germany | Saar district | Griesborn | Pit fire | 13 | |
Jan 15, 1868 | Neu-Iserlohn colliery , shaft I | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Bochum | Firedamp explosion | 82 | |
14 Mar 1868 | Zwickauer Brückenberg hard coal mining association , unity shaft | Hard coal | Germany | Zwickau coal field | Zwickau | Firedamp explosion | 20th | |
Apr 7, 1869 | Kentucky Yellow Jacket Crown Point Mine | gold | United States | Nevada | Gold Hill | Pit fire | 37 | |
June 10, 1869 | Ferndale Colliery | Hard coal | Wales | explosion | 53 | |||
Aug 2, 1869 | Baron von Burgker coal and ironworks | Hard coal | Germany | Freital area | Freital | Firedamp explosion | 276 | New Hope and Blessing God Shaft, firedamp explosion in the Blessing God and New Hope Shaft |
1870 | rose Garden | Iron ore | Germany | Siegerland ore district | Niederelden | Explosion after placing dynamite cartridges on a hot stove | 6th | |
Dec 11, 1870 | Neu-Iserlohn colliery , shaft I | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Bochum | Firedamp explosion | 35 | |
Aug 14, 1871 | Eagle shaft | Hard coal | United States | Pennsylvania | Pittston | Firedamp explosion | 17th | |
June 17, 1872 | United Wittwe & Barop colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Dortmund | Firedamp explosion | 6th | 3 injured |
6th Mar 1872 | Bindweide pit | Iron ore | Germany | Siegerland ore district | Steinebach / victory | Water ingress | 14th | |
Sep 1872 | Schaller's coal mine | Hard coal | Germany | Stockheim Basin | Stockheim (Upper Franconia) | Pit fire | 14th | suffocated in the fire |
Nov 8, 1874 | Zwickauer Brückenberg-Steinkohlenbau-Verein , shaft IV | Hard coal | Germany | Zwickau coal field | Zwickau | Collapse of the shaft | 7th | |
July 7, 1876 | Concordia | Hard coal | Germany | Lugau-Oelsnitzer coal field | Oelsnitz | Firedamp explosion | 8th | |
Dec 10, 1876 | Potschappeler coal shares association, Windbergschacht | Hard coal | Germany | Freital area | Freital | Firedamp explosion | 25th | |
22 Aug 1877 | United Borussia colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Dortmund | Pit fire | 15th | |
Oct. 22, 1877 | Blantyre | Hard coal | Scotland | Blantyre | explosion | 215 | ||
1878 | Thurm-Rosenhof mine | ore | Germany | resin | Clausthal | Breaking the art of driving | 11 | Breakage of the 576 m long art of driving rods |
Feb 10, 1879 | Döllinger mine | Brown coal | Bohemia | North Bohemian Basin | Dux | Water ingress | 23 | The thermal springs of Teplitz and Loosch collapse |
Feb. 21, 1879 | Kaitangata | Hard coal | New Zealand | Otago | Kaitangata | Firedamp explosion | 34 | |
Oct 26, 1879 | Frameries | Hard coal | Belgium | Frameries | Borinage (Belgium) | Explosion from gas leak | 121 | The painter Vincent van Gogh was employed here as a lay preacher and witnessed the misfortune. |
Dec. 1, 1879 | Zwickauer Brückenberg coal mining association , Ernst-Julius-Schacht | Hard coal | Germany | Zwickau coal field | Zwickau | Firedamp explosion | 89 | |
Dec 15, 1879 | Wilhelmsglück | Potash and rock salt | Germany | Württemberg | Westheim | Explosives | 21-26 | 3 |
Feb. 29, 1880 | Ascension pit , Abraham shaft | ore | Germany | Ore Mountains | Freiberg | Broken rods on the driving skills in Abrahamschacht | 11 | |
Dec 17, 1880 | Westphalia colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Dortmund | Firedamp explosion | 3 | |
4th Mar 1881 | Almy Pit | Hard coal | United States | Wyoming | Almy | explosion | 38 | |
16 Sep 1882 | Kaiserstuhl colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Dortmund | Firedamp explosion | 5 | |
Jan. 21, 1884 | General Blumenthal colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Recklinghausen | Firedamp explosion when sinking shaft 1 | 19th | |
Jan. 24, 1884 | Crested Butte | Hard coal | United States | Colorado | Crested Butte | Firedamp explosion | 59 | 12 survivors |
Feb. 20, 1884 | West Leisenring | Hard coal | United States | Pennsylvania | West Leisenring | Firedamp explosion | 19th | |
13 Mar 1884 | Laurel | Hard coal | United States | Virginia | Pocahontas | Firedamp explosion | 112 | |
Oct. 27, 1884 | Youngstown | Hard coal | United States | Pennsylvania | Uniontown | Firedamp explosion | 14th | |
17th Mar 1885 | Camphausen pit | Hard coal | Germany | Saar district | Quiver | Firedamp explosion with subsequent coal dust explosion | 180 | 30 injured |
Nov 13, 1885 | Bull-Domingo Mine | Silver Gold | United States | Colorado | Silver Cliffs | Explosives | 10 | |
Jan. 12, 1886 | Almy No.4 | Hard coal | United States | Wyoming | Almy | explosion | 13 | |
Jan. 21, 1886 | Mountain Brook | Hard coal | United States | West Virginia | Newburg | Firedamp explosion | 39 | |
Nov 26, 1886 | Conyngham | Hard coal | United States | Pennsylvania | Wilkes-Barre | explosion | 12 | 35 survivors |
May 3, 1887 | Mine No. 1 | Canada | Nanaimo | Explosion due to improper storage of explosives , see Nanaimo mine disaster | 150 | |||
May 28, 1887 | Udston Colliery | Hard coal | Scotland | Hamilton | explosion | 73 | ||
June 24, 1887 | Gould & Curry | Silver Gold | United States | Nevada | Virginia City | Pit fire | 11 | |
29 Mar 1888 | Keith and Perry No.6 | Hard coal | United States | Montana | Rich Hill | Firedamp explosion | 24 | |
Nov 3, 1888 | Kettle Creek | Hard coal | United States | Pennsylvania | Clinton County | Firedamp explosion | 17th | |
5th Sep 1889 | Mauricewood Colliery | Hard coal | Scotland | Penicuik | Explosion of unknown cause | 63 | ||
Dec 18, 1889 | Morgenstern union , shaft II | Hard coal | Germany | Zwickau coal field | Reinsdorf | Coal dust explosion | 7th | |
May 15, 1890 | Pit Jersey No. 8th | Hard coal | United States | Pennsylvania | Ashley | ? | 26th | |
Jan. 27, 1891 | Mammouth No. 1 | Hard coal | United States | Pennsylvania | Mount Pleasant | Firedamp explosion | 109 | |
Feb 21, 1891 | Collieries No. 1 and 2 | Hard coal | Canada | Nova Scotia | Springhill | Coal dust explosion | 125 | |
Jan. 7, 1892 | Pit No. 11 | Hard coal | United States | Oklahoma | cancer | explosion | 100 | |
11th Mar 1892 | Aulniats shaft | Belgium | Anderlues | explosion | 160 | |||
14 Mar 1892 | Colliery mallets & irons | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Herten | Firedamp explosion | 3 | |
May 31, 1892 | Maria-Schacht mine | ore | Bohemia | Birkenberg | Mine fire on the 29th floor in 950 feet of water | 319 | The pit fire was triggered by a smoldering wick residue. | |
1893 | Velenje mine | Brown coal | Slovenia | Velenje | Firedamp explosion | 18th | ||
Feb. 1, 1893 | General Blumenthal colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Recklinghausen | Firedamp explosion | 20th | |
16. Mar. 1893 | Volkmar mine | Iron ore | Germany | resin | Blankenburg / Heimburg (Harz) | Explosives | 8th | Explosion of a dynamite load in a lounge |
Aug 19, 1893 | Kaiserstuhl colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Dortmund | Firedamp explosion | 62 | |
Sep 1 1893 | Piesberg colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ibbenbueren | Osnabrück | Water ingress | 9 | |
28 Sep 1893 | Mansfield Mine | iron | United States | Michigan | Crystal Falls | Water ingress when undermining a river | 28 | |
July 12, 1895 | Brown coal works "Help of God" | Brown coal | Germany | Upper Lusatian mining area | Giessmannsdorf | Breakage of the filling point as a result of sand ingress | 3 | |
July 21, 1895 | McEvoy Mine | gold | Australia | Victoria | Eldorado | Water and sand ingress | 6th | |
Aug 12, 1895 | "CG Falck" coal plant | Hard coal | Germany | Zwickau coal field | Bockwa | Firedamp explosion | 3 | |
Sep 7 1895 | Osceolo mine | copper | United States | Michigan | Calumet | Pit fire | 30th | |
26th Mar 1896 | Brunner mine | Hard coal | New Zealand | West coast | Brunner (New Zealand) | Firedamp explosion | 65 | |
Nov 19, 1896 | General Blumenthal colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Recklinghausen | Firedamp explosion | 26th | |
Dec. 1, 1897 | Frankenholz pit | Hard coal | Germany | Saar district | Bexbach | Firedamp explosion | 57 | |
Dec 22, 1897 | Kaiserstuhl colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Dortmund | Firedamp explosion | 20th | |
Feb. 17, 1898 | Carolinenglück colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Bochum | Firedamp and coal dust explosion | 116 | |
May 22, 1898 | Zeche Zollern I / III | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Dortmund | Pit fire | 46 | 12 injured |
Aug 5, 1900 | Opencast mine Ilse | Brown coal | Germany | Lusatian district | Rauno | Coal fire | 4th | Self-ignition of the upper seam |
21 Sep 1900 | Fresh-luck colliery | Brown coal | Bohemia | North Bohemian Basin | Dux | Mine fire after an explosion of carbon monoxide gas | 50 |
1901 to 1950
date | Mine | product | country | District | place | root cause | Fatalities | Injured people, survivors, further damage, comments |
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Nov 11, 1901 | Ludwig potash and rock salt mine | salt | Germany | Saxony-Anhalt | Staßfurt | falling rock masses as a result of a rockfall | 16-17 | up to 70 |
Nov 20, 1901 | Silver and gold mine Smuggler-Union Mine | Gold Silver | United States | Colorado | Pandora | Pit fire | 31 | |
Jan. 14, 1902 | Jupiter tunnel in the lignite mine Brüx | Brown coal | Bohemia | North Bohemian Basin | Brus | Water ingress | 44 | |
July 15, 1902 | Ore Mine Park Mine | ore | United States | Utah | Park City | Explosives | 34 | |
Dec 13, 1902 | Mining Minister Achenbach | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Luenen | Firedamp explosion | no | 5 |
1903 | Queen Luise Grube | Hard coal | Germany | Upper Silesian district | Zabrze | Coal dust explosion | no | |
23 Aug 1904 | Frisch-Glück potash and rock salt mine | salt | Germany | Lower Saxony | Eime | Firedamp explosion, triggered by the glowing wire basket of a safety lamp | 12 | 8th |
28 Sep 1904 | General Blumenthal colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Recklinghausen | Crash of the platform when sinking the weather shaft 5 | 8th | |
July 10, 1905 | United Borussia colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Dortmund | Pit fire | 39 | |
10 Mar 1906 | Courrières mine | Hard coal | France | Courrières | explosion | 1099 | Courrières mining disaster | |
Apr 7, 1906 | Mining Minister Achenbach | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Luenen | Firedamp explosion | 2 | |
Oct 13, 1906 | United Borussia colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Dortmund | Stone fall | 3 | |
Jan. 28, 1907 | Pit speeches | Hard coal | Germany | Saar district | Schiffweiler | Firedamp explosion with subsequent coal dust explosion | 150 | |
15th Mar 1907 | Vuillemin mine | Hard coal | France | Lorraine | Petite Rosselle | Firedamp explosion | 83 | |
Nov 30, 1907 | Fremont Consolidated Mine gold mine | gold | United States | California | Drytown | Pit fire | 11 | |
Dec 6, 1907 | Fairmont Coal Company | United States | West Virginia | Monongah | Coal dust explosion | 362 | ||
Nov 12, 1908 | Radbod mine shaft 1/2 | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Bockum-Hövel | Firedamp explosion and mine fires | 348 | Complete flooding of the mine with water from the river Lippe to limit the fires. See the 1908 mine accident at the Radbod colliery |
Feb 16, 1909 | West Stanley Colliery | Hard coal | England | County Durham | Stanley | Firedamp explosion | 168 | |
Nov 13, 1909 | Cherry mine | Hard coal | United States | Illinois | Cherry , Bureau County | Pit fire | 259 | Cherry Hill mining disaster |
2nd Mar 1910 | Alaska-Mexican Mine ore mine | ore | United States | Alaska | Treadwell | Explosion of the explosives magazine | 37 | 9 |
Oct 18, 1910 | Siegfried-Giesen potash plant | Potash salt | Germany | Lower Saxony | Giesen | Explosives | 15-18 | 2 injured |
Feb 23, 1911 | Belmont Mine ore mine | ore | United States | Nevada | Tonopah | Pit fire | 17th | |
11th Mar 1911 | Norman Mina iron ore mine | Iron ore | United States | Minnesota | Virginia | Landslide in the open pit | 14th | |
Oct. 19, 1911 | Wharton Mine Iron Ore Mine | Iron ore | United States | New Jersey | Hibernia | Water ingress | 12 | |
Nov. 1911 | Kleinbodungen potash and rock salt mine | salt | Germany | Thuringia | Bleicherode | Collapse of rock masses as a result of blasting | 11 | 5 injured |
July 3, 1912 | Osterfeld colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Oberhausen | Firedamp explosion | 16 | |
July 7, 1912 | Eureka Pit copper mine | Copper ore | United States | Nevada | Ely | explosion | 10 | |
Aug 8, 1912 | Lothringen colliery 1/2 | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Bochum | Firedamp explosion | 115 | |
Dec 18, 1912 | Mining Minister Achenbach | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Luenen | Firedamp explosion | 49 | |
Oct 14, 1913 | Universal Colliery colliery | Hard coal | Great Britain | Wales | Senghenydd | two explosions | 439 | |
December 16, 1913 | Vulcan coal mine | Hard coal | United States | Colorado | New Castle | explosion | 37 | |
1913 | Carolus-Magnus Pit | Hard coal | Germany | Aachen district | Übach-Palenberg | Sand ingress during sinking work | 13 | |
Jan. 19, 1914 | Hillcrest Coal Mine | Hard coal | Canada | Alberta Province | Hillcrest | Firedamp explosion | 189 | |
July 29, 1914 | Craja potash and rock salt mine | salt | Germany | Thuringia | Bleicherode | Explosives | 11 | 1 injured person |
Jan. 30, 1914 | Mining Minister Achenbach | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Luenen | Firedamp explosion | 24 | 10 |
Sep 12 1914 | Ralph's mine | New Zealand | Waikato | Huntly | Explosion followed by a mine fire | 43 | ||
Oct 19, 1915 | Granite Mountain Shaft ore mine | ore | United States | Montana | Butte | Explosives | 16 | |
Feb 14, 1916 | Pennsylvania Copper Mine | Copper ore | United States | Montana | Butte | Pit fire | 21st | |
1917 | Bautenberg mine | Iron ore | Germany | Siegerland ore district | Savages | Pit fire between 445 and 480 m depth | no | |
Feb 13, 1917 | Potash mine unity | salt | Germany | Lower Saxony | Ehmen | Fire in the explosives magazine | 31 | 38–40 injured |
Feb. 20, 1917 | Kaiserstuhl colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Dortmund | Firedamp explosion | 8th | |
Feb 25, 1917 | North Star Mine ore mine | ore | United States | Idaho | near Halley | avalanche | 16 | |
Apr 28, 1917 | Carl Friedrich Erbstollen mine | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Bochum | Rope tear in the rope journey | 41 | The cage fell 400 m below the ground. None of the inmates survived. |
June 8, 1917 | Granite Mountain Mine ore mine | ore | United States | Montana | Butte | Pit fire | 163 | |
July 30, 1917 | United President colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Bochum | Firedamp explosion | 24 | |
Oct 15, 1917 | Mining Minister Achenbach | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Luenen | Firedamp explosion | 17th | |
Feb 12, 1918 | Concordia IV / V colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Oberhausen | Firedamp explosion | 17th | |
Feb 21, 1918 | Amasa-Porter Mine ore mine | ore | United States | Michigan | Crystal Falls | Water and mud ingress | 17th | |
Feb 28, 1918 | Friedrich der Große Colliery 1/2 | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Herne | Firedamp explosion | 26th | |
June 27, 1918 | Silver Mine | silver | United States | Minnesota | Virginia | Explosives | 18th | |
Jan. 3, 1919 | Sainte-Fontaine mine | Hard coal | France | Lorraine | Saint-Avold | Firedamp explosion followed by a coal dust explosion | 36 | triggered by a defective lamp |
4th Mar 1919 | Reichsland potash and rock salt mine | salt | France | Alsace | Wittenheim | Explosives | 13 | |
25th Mar 1919 | Theodor potash and rock salt mine | salt | France | Alsace | Wittenheim | Firedamp explosion | 11 | 4 injured |
May 27, 1919 | Colliery mallets & irons | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Herten | Falling rocks | 3 | |
Oct. 20, 1919 | Levant mine | Copper and tin | Great Britain | Cornwall | St Just in Penwith | Breakage of a bracket on the driving skills | 31 | about 100 buried people, abandoning the deep soles |
1920 | Bruchstrasse colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Bochum | Coal dust explosion | 19th | |
Jan. 3, 1920 | Pit 1 | Hard coal | Norway | Spitsbergen | Longyearbyen | Coal dust explosion | 26th | |
Aug 8, 1920 | Kaiserstuhl colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Dortmund | Cable trip accident | 31 | |
1921 | Kukla pit | Hard coal | Czechoslovakia | South Moravian area | Oslavany | Firedamp explosion | 26th | |
Jan. 24, 1921 | Union of Germany , Hedwig– / Friedensschacht | Hard coal | Germany | Lugau-Oelsnitzer coal field | Oelsnitz / Erzgeb. | Firedamp explosion | 57 | 38 miners were killed immediately, 19 died of their serious injuries after the accident |
Feb. 2, 1921 | Potash and rock salt mine in Ilberstedt | salt | Germany | Saxony-Anhalt | Ilberstedt | Firedamp explosion | 10-13 | 19 injured |
May 28, 1921 | Agnes & Ida lignite mine | Brown coal | Germany | Central German lignite district | Kriebitzsch | Water ingress after a storm | 17th | |
June 15, 1921 | Hard coal plant Florentin Kästner & Co. | Hard coal | Germany | Zwickau coal field | Reinsdorf | Crash of the conveyor cage | 12 | Crash of the hoist cage with 12 men to a depth of 557 meters, immediate death of 10 miners, two other miners later died from their injuries. |
June 20, 1921 | Mont Cenis colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Herne | Firedamp explosion | 85 | |
1922 | Bruchstrasse colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Bochum | Coal dust explosion | 8th | |
Aug 27, 1922 | Argonaut mine ore mine | ore | United States | California | Jackson | Pit fire | 47 | |
Sep 12 1922 | Concordia pit | Iron ore | Germany | Siegerland ore district | Dermbach | Crash of the conveyor cages due to operating errors | 3 | |
Jan. 31, 1923 | Heinitzgrube | Hard coal | Germany | Upper Silesian industrial area | Beuthen OS | Coal dust explosion | 145 | |
Feb 5, 1924 | Milford Mine ore mine | ore | United States | Minnesota | Crosby | Water ingress from a lake above the pit | 41 | |
June 26, 1924 | Hart lignite mine | Brown coal | Austria | Lower Austria | Enzenreith | Carbon monoxide poisoning due to an inadequately sealed mine fire | 29 | In addition, a dead person in the original pit fire a few days earlier |
Feb 11, 1925 | Mine Minister Stein | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Dortmund | Firedamp explosion | 136 | |
26th Mar 1925 | Reumaux mine | Hard coal | France | Lorraine | Merlebach | Crash of the conveyor cage | 53 | 26 seriously injured, cause a defect in the hoisting machine |
May 16, 1925 | Dorstfeld colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Dortmund | Explosives and coal dust explosion | 47 | |
Nov 3, 1926 | Barnes-Hecker Mine Iron Ore Mine | Iron ore | United States | Michigan | Ishpeming | Water and mud ingress | 51 | |
July 13, 1928 |
State minister Hendrik | Hard coal | Netherlands | Limburg | Brunssum | Firedamp explosion | 13 | |
1928 |
Carolus-Magnus Pit | Hard coal | Germany | Aachen district | Übach-Palenberg | Water ingress 1st sole | 13 | |
30th Mar 1929 | André Dumont mine | Hard coal | Belgium | Kempen | Waterschei | Firedamp explosion | 24 | |
Sep 15 1929 | St. Charles Pit | Hard coal | France | Lorraine | Petite Rosselle | Fire of gasoline followed by an explosion | 3 | |
16 Sep 1929 | Sainte-Fontaine mine | Hard coal | France | Lorraine | Petite Rosselle | Firedamp explosion | 23 | 21 injured, triggered during the repair of a fan damaged the day before |
1929 | Carolus-Magnus Pit | Hard coal | Germany | Aachen district | Übach-Palenberg | Tram fell into the shaft | no | 10 injured |
4th Mar 1930 | Heiligenroda II | Potash salt | Germany | Thuringia | Leap | Explosives | 1 | |
May 8, 1930 | Vienenburg potash plant | Potash salt | Germany | Resin ; Northern Hanover Potash District | Vienenburg | Caustic ingress | no | Within a few hours, the mine drowned up to 30 m below the hanging lawn bench. As if by a miracle, nobody was harmed. In the days that followed, significant daily subsidence occurred and numerous buildings were damaged. |
July 9, 1930 | Wenceslaus Pit | Hard coal | Germany | Neuroder area | Mölke and Hausdorf | Carbon dioxide outbreak in the Kurtschacht | 151 | |
Oct 21, 1930 | Anna mine : Alsdorf mine disaster | Hard coal | Germany | Aachen district | Alsdorf | Firedamp explosion | 297 | 271 killed immediately; another 28 later died from their injuries. 304 injured. |
Oct 25, 1930 | Maybach mine | Hard coal | Germany | Saar district | Friedrichsthal | Firedamp explosion | 98 | |
Nov. 24, 1930 | Marianne lignite mine | Brown coal | Germany | Central German lignite district | Kleinleipisch | Collapse of an overburden conveyor bridge due to construction and material defects | 7th | 15 injured |
Feb 21, 1931 | Pit reserve | Hard coal | Germany | Aachen district | Eschweiler | Firedamp explosion | 32 | |
Aug 6, 1932 | Kaiserstuhl colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Dortmund | Coal fall | 3 | |
Feb 3, 1933 | Glanzenberg mine | Lead and zinc ore mine | Germany | Siegerland | Silberg (Kirchhundem) | Pit fire | 2 | 2 injured |
July 3, 1933 | General Blumenthal colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Recklinghausen | Coal dust explosion on the reading belt above | 12 | |
1933 | Carolus-Magnus Pit | Hard coal | Germany | Aachen district | Übach-Palenberg | Break on the 2nd sole | no | 18 people buried |
Jan. 3, 1934 | Lignite mine Nelson III | Brown coal | Czechoslovakia | North Bohemian Basin | Osseg | Coal dust explosion | 142 | |
May 7, 1934 | Buggingen potash salt mine | salt | Germany | Baden-Württemberg | Buggingen | Pit fire | 86 | Buggingen mine disaster |
Aug 3, 1934 | Ensisheim potash and rock salt mine | salt | France | Alsace | Ensisheim | Pit fire | 9 | |
22 Sep 1934 | Gresford Mine | Hard coal | Wales | Wrexham | Explosion followed by fire | 266 | ||
Apr 26, 1935 | Löderburg mine | Brown coal | Germany | Central German lignite district | Löderburg | Water ingress | 7th | Floating sand ingress in Section C of the Löderburg mine |
Aug 31, 1936 | United President colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Bochum | Firedamp explosion | 28 | |
Oct 6, 1936 | Morning Mine ore mine | ore | United States | Idaho | Mullan | Crash of a car | 10 | |
July 2, 1937 | General Blumenthal colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Recklinghausen | Firedamp explosion | 15th | |
July 27, 1937 | St. Joseph's Pit | Hard coal | France | Lorraine | Petite Rosselle | Explosion of a heater | 7th | 3 injured |
Oct. 30, 1937 | Saxony mine | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Heessen | fracture | 4th | |
1938 | Bautenberg mine | Iron ore | Germany | Siegerland ore district | Savages | Water ingress after striking a water vein | no | |
April 16, 1938 | Concordia lignite mine | Brown coal | Germany | Central German lignite district | Nachterstedt | Collapse of rock and coal masses | 8th | |
Apr 23, 1938 | Concordia II / III colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Oberhausen | Mountain range | 8th | |
July 30, 1938 | Kaiseroda potash and rock salt mine | salt | Germany | Thuringia | Marker | Carbon dioxide outbreak after blasting work | 11 | 2 injured |
Aug 15, 1938 | Vereinigtfeld Fundgrube Ehrenfriedersdorf | tin | Germany | Ore Mountains | Ehrenfriedersdorf | water ingress from an old man after blasting work | 4th | 23 survivors |
May 24, 1940 | Potash and rock salt mine Krügershall | salt | Germany | Saxony-Anhalt | Teutschenthal | Mountain range | 42 | 7 injured |
May 17, 1940 | Colliery mallets & irons | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Herten | Pit fire | 5 | |
4th July 1940 | Hansa colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Dortmund | Firedamp explosion | 52 | |
Nov 11, 1940 | King Ludwig colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Recklinghausen | Firedamp explosion | 17th | |
Jan. 2, 1941 | Frankenholz pit | Hard coal | Germany | Saar district | Bexbach | Firedamp explosion | 41 | |
April 20, 1941 | Bruchstrasse colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Bochum | Firedamp explosion | 31 | |
May 10, 1941 | Rubengrube | Hard coal | Germany | Neuroder area | Neurode | Carbon dioxide asphyxiation | 186 | |
Oct. 1941 | Bautenberg mine | Iron ore | Germany | Siegerland ore district | Savages | Shaft fracture due to a conveyor cage running at an angle outside the guide | no | |
Jan. 16, 1942 | Kaiserstuhl colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Dortmund | Pit fire | 42 | |
26th Mar 1942 | Sandts Eddy quarry lime mine | lime | United States | Pennsylvania | Allentown | Collapse of a wall in an open pit | 31 | |
30th Mar 1942 | Bautenberg mine | Iron ore | Germany | Siegerland ore district | Savages | Another manhole break, caused by a brittle manhole, cause: manhole break in October 1941 | no | |
Apr 26, 1942 | Benxihu mine | Hard coal | China | Manchuria | Coal dust explosion | 1549 | Probably the greatest historical accident in the world. | |
May 15, 1942 | General Blumenthal colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Recklinghausen | Pit fire | 6th | |
Aug 6, 1943 | Fohnsdorf lignite mine | Brown coal | Austria | Styria | Fohnsdorf | Firedamp explosion | 102-104 | |
23 Aug 1943 | Dahlbusch colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Gelsenkirchen | Firedamp and coal dust explosion | 33 | |
Sep 10 1943 | Vuillemin mine | Hard coal | France | Lorraine | Petite Rosselle | Falling rocks | 5 | |
Feb 9, 1944 | Siegena mine | Pebbles | Germany | Sauerland | Meggen | Explosives | 72 | The explosion was caused by improperly mixed explosives |
Feb 16, 1944 | Peine I / II mine | Iron ore | Germany | Peine-Salzgitter area | Vöhrum | Manhole broken during repair work | 1 | |
16. Mar. 1944 | Hansa colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Dortmund | Firedamp explosion | 95 | 37 injured |
Apr 3, 1944 | Saxony mine | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Hamm | Firedamp explosion | 169 | Flöz President, 113 of the dead were prisoners of war |
Sep 11 1944 | Monopoly colliery Grimberg 3/4 shaft | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Bergkamen | Firedamp explosion | 107 | |
Apr 10, 1945 | La Houve mine | Hard coal | France | Lorraine | Creutzwald | Falling rocks | 4th | |
Jan. 22, 1946 | Peine I / II mine | Iron ore | Germany | Peine-Salzgitter area | Vöhrum | Cable trip accident | 45 | Rope tear during shift change, both baskets crashed |
Feb 20, 1946 | Monopoly colliery Grimberg 3/4 shaft | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Bergkamen | Firedamp explosion | 405 | |
June 18, 1946 | Potash and rock salt mine, Riedel shaft | salt | Germany | Lower Saxony | Hänigsen | Explosion of an underground ammunition dump | 86 | during salvage and dismantling work in the ammunition store |
24 Mar 1947 |
State minister Hendrik | Hard coal | Netherlands | Limburg | Brunssum | Pit fire caused by an overheated conveyor belt | 13 | |
1947 | Weißer Hirsch mine, shaft 3 of the SAG Wismut | uranium | Germany | Ore Mountains | Schneeberg | Crash of the conveyor cage after a tear in the conveyor rope | 8th | |
1948 | Object 1 of the SAG Wismut | uranium | Germany | Ore Mountains | Johanngeorgenstadt | Explosives | 30th | 170 injured |
Jan. 10, 1948 | Vuillemin mine | Hard coal | France | Lorraine | Petite Rosselle | Firedamp explosion | 23 | |
Sep 11 1949 | Pit of the SAG bismuth | uranium | Germany | Ore Mountains | Aue | Collapse of rock masses | 8th | |
Dec. 4, 1948 | Pit Ester III | Hard coal | Norway | Spitsbergen | Ny-Ålesund | explosion | 15th | |
1950 | Trazegnies | Hard coal | Belgium | Coal dust explosion | 39 | |||
Feb 20, 1950 | Shaft 85 of the SAG bismuth | uranium | Germany | Ore Mountains | Marienberg | Water ingress after blasting work when driving a route | 9 | |
4th Mar 1950 | Colliery mallets & irons | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Herten | Cable trip accident (crash of a hoist cage) | 3 | |
May 20, 1950 | Dahlbusch colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Gelsenkirchen | Firedamp explosion | 78 |
1951 to 2000
date | Mine | product | country | District | place | root cause | dead | Injured people, survivors, further damage, comments |
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Jan. 7, 1951 | Ester V pit | Hard coal | Norway | Spitsbergen | Ny-Ålesund | explosion | 9 | |
Jan. 7, 1951 | Hard coal | Norway | Spitsbergen | Longyearbyen | explosion | 6th | ||
Apr 11, 1951 | Colliery mallets & irons | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Herten | Face fracture | 3 | |
May 29, 1951 | Easington Colliery Coal Mine | Hard coal | England | Easington | Firedamp explosion | 83 | ||
2nd July 1951 | Volkenroda potash and rock salt mine | salt | Germany | Thuringia | Mulhouse | Firedamp explosion | 9 | 15 injured |
July 11, 1951 | Glückauf potash and rock salt mine | salt | Germany | Thuringia | Sondershausen | Firedamp explosion | 12 | 22 injured |
Feb 21, 1952 | Les Liégeois mine | Hard coal | Belgium | Kempen | Zwartberg | Firedamp explosion | 12 | 1 |
19 Mar 1952 | Pit Ester | Hard coal | Norway | Spitsbergen | Ny-Ålesund | explosion | 19th | |
Apr 19, 1952 | VEB hard coal works "Martin Hoop" | Hard coal | Germany | Saxony | Zwickau | Pit fire | 48 | |
June 24, 1952 | Friedrich Heinrich colliery | Hard coal | Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia | Kamp-Lintfort | Face fracture | 8th | |
May 4th 1954 | Ribolla Camorra Sud mine (shaft 9, tunnels 31 and 32) | Brown coal | Italy | Colline Metallifere | Ribolla | Firedamp explosion | 43 | 4 survivors |
July 7, 1953 | Menzengraben potash and rock salt mine | salt | Germany | Thuringia | Menzengraben | Carbon dioxide leak | 3 | 3 dead and several injured above ground, see mine accidents in the Menzengraben shaft |
Dec 13, 1954 | Simon III pit | Hard coal | France | Lorraine | Forbach | Firedamp explosion | 8th | |
28 Mar 1955 | St. Katharina coal mine | Hard coal | Germany | Franconian Forest | Stockheim | 2 | ||
July 16, 1955 | Shaft 208 to the SDAG bismuth | uranium | Germany | Ore Mountains | Aue | Pit fire | 33 | The fire was triggered by a short circuit in a fan. |
Aug 3, 1955 | Dahlbusch colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Gelsenkirchen | Pit fire and firedamp explosion | 41 | |
Aug 8, 1956 | Bois du Cazier | Hard coal | Belgium | Marcinelle | Pit fire | 262 | ||
26 Sep 1956 | Glasebach mine | Fluorite | Germany | resin | Straßberg (Harz) | Water ingress | 6th | The water ingress occurred when approaching old, non-cracked structures. |
Nov 1, 1956 | Colliery No. 4th | Hard coal | Canada | Nova Scotia | Springhill | Coal dust explosion | 39 | |
Nov 21, 1957 | Krügershall Teutschenthal potash plant | Potash and rock salt | Germany | Saxony-Anhalt | Teutschenthal | Demolition of the conveyor cage | 3 | 1 seriously injured. A trolley crashed onto the conveyor cage of the ancillary pumping, in which 4 miners were leaving, and tore it 130 m into the shaft sump. |
2nd Mar 1958 | Elisabethenglück colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Witten | Pit fire | 4th | |
3rd Mar 1958 |
State minister Maurits | Hard coal | Netherlands | Limburg | Jellies | collapse | 7th | |
Apr 17, 1958 | Menzengraben potash and rock salt mine | salt | Germany | Thuringia | Menzengraben | suffocate after tapping a carbonic acid blower | 6th | 6–15 injured, see mine accidents in the Menzengraben shaft |
Oct 23, 1958 | Colliery No. 2 | Hard coal | Canada | Nova Scotia | Springhill | Pit collapse | 74 | |
Nov 21, 1958 | Vuillemin mine | Hard coal | France | Lorraine | Petite Rosselle | Firedamp explosion | 12 | |
Dec 16, 1958 | King Ludwig colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Recklinghausen | Pit collapse | ? | |
Feb 10, 1959 | St. Charles Pit | Hard coal | France | Lorraine | Petite Rosselle | Firedamp explosion | 5 | |
5th Mar 1959 | Faulquemont mine | Hard coal | France | Lorraine | Créhange | Explosives | 3 | |
May 29, 1959 | Sainte-Fontaine mine | Hard coal | France | Lorraine | Saint-Avold | Coal dust explosion | 26th | |
Jan. 21, 1960 | Coalbrook | South Africa | Collapse, methane poisoning | 437 | ||||
Feb. 22, 1960 | Karl Marx coal plant | Hard coal | Germany | Zwickau coal field | Zwickau | Firedamp and coal dust explosion | 123 | worst mining accident in the GDR; see Zwickau mine disaster in 1960 |
May 9, 1960 | Laobaidong pit | Hard coal | China | Province Shanxi | Datong | 682 | ||
June 28, 1960 | Six Bells Colliery | coal | Wales | Monmouthshire | Abertillery | explosion | 45 | |
July 19, 1960 | Hannoversche Treue mine | Iron ore | Germany | Lower Saxony | Salzgitter | Pit fire | 33 | 61 injured |
July 7, 1961 | Důl Dukla | Hard coal | ČSSR | Ostrava-Karviná | Havířov | Pit fire | 108 | |
Aug 1, 1961 | Sainte-Fontaine mine | Hard coal | France | Lorraine | Saint-Avold | Falling rocks | 8th | |
Feb. 7, 1962 | Luisenthal mine | Hard coal | Germany | Saar district | Völklingen | Firedamp explosion | 299 | 73 injured, see Luisenthal mine disaster |
9 Mar 1962 | Saxony mine | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Hamm | Firedamp explosion / mountain blow | 37 | |
May 11, 1962 | Østre Senterfelt Mine | Hard coal | Norway | Spitsbergen | Ny-Ålesund | explosion | 21st | After a series of mining accidents (1948, 1951, 1952), this explosion led to the cessation of hard coal mining in Ny-Ålesund |
Aug 13, 1963 | Oneida Colliery # 2 | coal | United States | Pennsylvania | between Oneida and Sheppton | 1 | Rescue of 2 survivors | |
Oct 24, 1963 | Lengede-Broistedt mine | Iron ore | Germany | Lower Saxony | Lengede | Water ingress | 29 | Rescue of 11 survivors after 14 days; Lengede miracle |
Nov 9, 1963 | Mitsui Miiki mine | Hard coal | Japan | Fukuoka Prefecture | Ōmuta | Coal dust explosion | 458 | 555 injured, worst post-war mining disaster in Japan |
27 Mar 1965 | Saxony mine | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Hamm | Rope break during rope ride | 10 | |
June 1, 1965 | Yamano Mine, Fukuoka | Hard coal | Japan | Fukuoka Prefecture | Great weather | 236 | 24 | |
July 22, 1965 | United Constantin the Great Colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Herne | Firedamp explosion followed by a pit fire | 9 | Mont Cenis construction site |
Aug 3, 1965 | Jacobi colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Bottrop | Pit fire | 2 | The fatalities could not be recovered until May 16, 1966. |
Feb 16, 1966 | Rossenray mine | Hard coal | Germany | Kamp-Lintfort | Firedamp explosion | 16 | 4 survivors | |
Sep 30 1966 | Reumaux mine | Hard coal | France | Lorraine | Merlebach | Falling rocks | 3 | |
Oct 21, 1966 | Merthyr Vale Colliery | Hard coal | Wales | Aberfan | Dump slide, see Aberfan mine disaster | 144 | ||
Jan. 19, 1967 | Strongman mine | New Zealand | West coast | Greymouth | explosion | 19th | ||
Nov 2, 1967 | LAKOG's Wolkersdorf lignite mine | Brown coal | Austria | Lavanttal | St. Stefan | Pit fire | 5 | A dead person could not be recovered.
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Jan. 26, 1968 | Mathilde shaft of the Lengede-Broistedt mine | iron | Germany | Lower Saxony | Lengede | Explosives | 11-12 | |
23 Sep 1968 | Sainte-Fontaine mine | Hard coal | France | Lorraine | Saint-Avold | Gas leak | 3 | |
Oct 4, 1968 | Mining Minister Achenbach | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Luenen | Firedamp explosion | 17th | |
2nd July 1972 | Wankie 2 | Hard coal | Rhodesia | Wankie | Wankie | Methane and coal dust explosion | 426 | |
July 30, 1973 | Markham Colliery | Hard coal | Great Britain | Staveley | The hoisting machine brake broke, while the hoist cage was manned by 29 miners, it drove unbraked into the sump | 18th | 11 injured | |
July 1975 | Albert potash pit | Potash | Germany | Lower Saxony | Ronnenberg | Caustic ingress | A catastrophic ingress of alkaline solution led to the complete sinking of the mine, which had to be shut down. 152 houses were badly damaged or destroyed by subsidence, roads and a national rail connection were interrupted. | |
Dec. 27, 1975 | Chasnala Pit | Hard coal | India | Jharkhand state | Chasnala at Dhanbad | Explosion followed by water ingress | 372 | |
1976 | Saxony mine | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Hamm | Firedamp explosion | 3 | during the backfilling work at shaft III |
Sep 30 1976 | Vouters pit | Hard coal | France | Lorraine | Merlebach | Fire underground | 16 | |
Oct 27, 1977 | Colliery mallets & irons | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Herten | Pit fire | 7th | |
22 Mar 1979 | Hansa colliery | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Dortmund | Firedamp explosion | 7th | |
3rd Sep 1981 | Pluto 2 | Brown coal | Czechoslovakia | North Bohemian Basin | Louka u Litvínova | Coal dust explosion with mine fire | 65 | 13 seriously injured, 15 slightly injured, damage: 50 million Czechoslovak crowns |
Aug 26, 1981 | Ibbenbueren mine | Hard coal | Germany | Ibbenbüren coal field | Ibbenbueren | Gas eruption at a depth of 1300 m | 8th | |
June 30, 1982 | Mining Minister Achenbach | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Luenen | Break in the face-to-face transition | 3 | |
1983 | Potash and rock salt mine in Hattorf | salt | Germany | Hesse | Philippsthal | CO 2 poisoning after detonation and gas leak | ? | 4th |
Feb 16, 1984 | Colliery Consolidation | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Gelsenkirchen | Face fracture | 5 | 5 other trapped miners were rescued unharmed. |
March 8 1984 | Limburg-Maas mine | Hard coal | Belgium | Kempen | Eisden | Firedamp explosion | 7th | 1 |
Feb 25, 1985 | Simon pit | Hard coal | France | Lorraine | Forbach | Firedamp explosion followed by a coal dust explosion | 22nd | |
Feb 16, 1986 | Camphausen pit | Hard coal | Germany | Saar district | Quiver | several firedamp explosions | 7th | 1 |
July 16, 1986 | Moura No. 4th | Hard coal | Australia | Queensland | Moura | Firedamp explosion | 14th | |
Feb. 4, 1988 | Potash and rock salt mine in Hattorf | salt | Germany | Hesse | Philippsthal | Poisoning in blasts | 8th | |
June 1, 1988 | Stolzenbach mine | Brown coal | Germany | Hesse | Borken brown coal area | Coal dust explosion | 51 | 6, see mine accident in Stolzenbach |
1989 | Wintershall potash plant | salt | Germany | Hesse | Herrings | Suffocation after a CO 2 outbreak | 3 | |
13 Mar 1989 | Merkers potash plant | salt | Germany | Thuringia | Marker | CO 2 outbreak and rockfall, see rockfall Völkershausen | no | 7 injured (over days), severe destruction and damage to buildings in the community of Völkershausen |
Aug 26, 1990 | Dobrnja-jug mine | Brown coal | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Canton of Tuzla | Tuzla | Firedamp explosion at a depth of 600 meters | 180 | 1 survivor |
June 29, 1991 | Yuzhnodonbasskaya Mine №1 | Hard coal | Ukraine | Donets Basin | Ugledar | Pit fire | 32 | 6 injured |
3rd Mar 1992 | explosion | Coal? | Turkey | Zonguldak | 263 | |||
Apr 15, 1992 | Mine Haus Aden Schacht Grimberg 3/4 | Hard coal | Germany | Ruhr area | Bergkamen | Coal dust explosion | 7th | Six men (ages 20 to 43 years) died around 5 p.m. on Seam Sunshine. A seventh was seriously injured, but was able to save himself and raise the alarm. He was flown to the Dortmund Accident Clinic and died there from severe burns. |
June 9, 1992 | Sukhodolskaya-Vostochnaja mine | Hard coal | Ukraine | Donets Basin | Sukhodolsk | Coal dust explosion | 63 | 37 injured |
Aug 21, 1992 | Skochinsky mine | Hard coal | Ukraine | Donets Basin | Donetsk | Gas explosion | 17th | 38 injured |
July 12, 1992 | South Mountain No.3 mine | Hard coal | United States | Virginia | Norton | Firedamp explosion | 8th | Firedamp explosion, triggered by insufficient removal of methane-rich weather and unauthorized smoking underground. The source of ignition was a lighter. |
Aug 7, 1994 | Moura No. 2 | Hard coal | Australia | Queensland | Moura | Spontaneous ignition of coal followed by two firedamp explosions | 11 | The rise in temperature and the smell of tar in a tunnel were ignored until the methane explosion occurred. The cause of the second explosion remained unclear, the mine was sealed and abandoned. |
Sep 18 1997 | Barentsburg mine | Hard coal | Norway | Spitsbergen | Barentsburg | Gas explosion | 23 | The mine is operated by a Russian company. The victims were Russian and Ukrainian miners. |
Dec 2, 1997 | Siryanovskaya mine | Hard coal | Russia | Kuzbass | Novokuznetsk | Firedamp explosion | 67 | |
Jan 16, 1998 | Sokobanja mine | Hard coal | Serbia | Central Serbia | Sokobanya | Firedamp explosion | 29 | |
Apr 4, 1998 | Skochinsky mine | Hard coal | Ukraine | Donets Basin | Donetsk | Firedamp explosion | 70 | The accident occurred at a depth of 1,100 m and was triggered by a spark from the electric motor of a defective conveyor belt. |
June 14, 1998 | Gold mine | gold | Niger | ? | 30th | |||
July 17, 1998 | Naintsch mine | Talk | Austria | Lassing | Water ingress | 10 | see Lassing mine disaster | |
Dec 1998 | ? | Russia | Kuzbass | Kemerovo | ? | 70 | ||
May 24, 1999 | Sassjadko mine | Hard coal | Ukraine | Donets Basin | Donetsk | Firedamp explosion | 48 | The explosion was caused by a defect in the mine’s ventilation system. |
2000 | China | Guizhou Province | ? | 162 | ||||
Jan. 11, 2000 | Dahuangshan Mine | Hard coal | China | Jiangsu Province | Xuzhou | Water ingress | 14th | 63 workers were trapped in a flood. The following day, 23 miners were rescued and 11 were recovered dead. After five days, another 18 men were found alive and 3 dead. The eight remaining are still missing. |
March 12 2000 | Barakowa mine | Hard coal | Ukraine | Donets Basin | Krasnodon | ? | 81 | 7 injured |
21 Mar 2000 | Komsomolets mine | Hard coal | Russia | Kuzbass | Leninsk-Kuznetsky | Firedamp explosion | 12 | After a previous explosion, 460 miners were evacuated by the mine rescue team. During further extinguishing work there was another explosion in which 12 mine fighters died. |
2001 until today
date | Mine | product | country | District | place | root cause | Fatalities | Injured people, survivors, further damage, comments |
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July 16, 2001 | China | Guangxi Autonomous Region | Water ingress | 200 | ||||
July 17, 2001 | ? | China | Shaanxi Province | Explosion of illegally stored explosives | 150 | |||
Aug 19, 2001 | Sassjadko mine | Hard coal | Ukraine | Donets Basin | Donetsk | Firedamp explosion | 39 | |
Feb 6, 2002 | Jasmos mine | Hard coal | Poland | Upper Silesia | Jastrzębie Zdrój | explosion | 5 | |
June 20, 2002 | ? | China | ? | at least 100 | ||||
July 31, 2002 | Mine | Hard coal | Ukraine | Donets Basin | Donetsk | Firedamp explosion | 20th | |
Apr 12, 2004 | Taischina mine | Hard coal | Russia | Kuzbass | Firedamp explosion with partial shaft collapse | 47 | 6 injured | |
July 19, 2004 | Krassnolimanska mine | Hard coal | Ukraine | Donets Basin | Rodynske | Firedamp explosion | 37 | |
8 Sep 2004 | Copper mine | Copper ore | Turkey | Pit fire at a depth of 150 m | 19th | |||
Oct 28, 2004 | Listvyashnaya mine | Hard coal | Russia | Kuzbass | Firedamp explosion | 13 | 23 injured | |
Nov 20, 2004 | Iron ore mine | Iron ore | China | Hebei | Pit fire in four interconnected mines | 60 | ||
Nov 28, 2004 | Chenjiashan Pit | Hard coal | China | Shanxi | Gas explosion | 166 | 43 injured, 11 seriously; a total of 127 miners were rescued | |
Dec 5, 2004 | Shakhtinskaya mine | Hard coal | Kazakhstan | Karabass | explosion | 60 | ||
Feb 9, 2005 | Essaulskaja shaft | Hard coal | Russia | Kuzbass | Novokuznetsk | Firedamp explosion | 25th | |
Feb 14, 2005 | Sunjiawan Coal Mine | Hard coal | China | Liaoning | Fuxin | Gas explosion at a depth of 242 m | 214 | 22 seriously injured; a total of 336 miners were rescued |
Nov 27, 2005 | Dongfeng Pit | Hard coal | China | Heilongjiang | Qitaihe | Coal dust explosion | 134 | |
Jan. 14, 2006 | Mine | Hard coal | Romania | Caraș-Severin County | Anina | Firedamp explosion | 7th | |
Feb 19, 2006 | Pasta de Conchos mine | Hard coal | Mexico | Nueva Rosita | Firedamp explosion | 65 | ||
June 1, 2006 | Turkey | Odakoy | Firedamp explosion at a depth of 150 m | 17th | ||||
Sep 20 2006 | Vladimir Lenin mine | Hard coal | Kazakhstan | Karabass | Firedamp explosion at a depth of 620 m | 41 | 6 injured | |
Nov 13, 2006 | Nanshan Mine | China | Jinzhong | Shanxi | Gas explosion | 24 | ||
Nov 17, 2006 | Nováky mine | Brown coal | Slovakia | Horná Nitra | Nováky | Shaft collapse | 4th | The shaft was buried and destroyed by the ingress of 2,000 m³ of mud and rock. The mine belongs to the largest Slovak mining company, HBP. |
Nov 21, 2006 | Halemba mine | Hard coal | Poland | Ruda Śląska | Firedamp explosion | 23 | ||
Feb 3, 2007 | La Preciosa coal mine | Hard coal | Colombia | Antioquia Department | San Roque | Firedamp explosion | 32 | |
Feb 6, 2007 | Gameza Coal Mine | Hard coal | Colombia | Boyacá Department | Firedamp explosion | 8th | ||
19 Mar 2007 | Ulyanovskaya shaft | Hard coal | Russia | Kuzbass | Novokuznetsk | Firedamp explosion at a depth of 270 m | 110 | 93 miners could be saved. The mine, which was only opened in 2002 (owner: Roman Abramowitsch ), was one of the most modern in Russia. Experts who inspected the new safety system for gas measurement were also among the dead. |
Apr 20, 2007 | Cleveland Potash Mine | Potash and rock salt | United Kingdom | Redcar and Cleveland | Boulby | Stone fall | 1 | |
May 24, 2007 | Jubileynaya mine | Hard coal | Russia | Kuzbass | Novokuznetsk | Firedamp explosion at a depth of 500 m | 38 | 179 survivors. The operator of the mine (Juschkusbassugol) also operates the Ulyanovskaya shaft, which was hit by a firedamp explosion two months earlier. |
Aug 17, 2007 | Minggong Mine (Huayuan Mining Co.) | coal | People's Republic of China | Shandong | Xintai | Water ingress from the Wen River into two mines after a dam burst | 181 | |
Nov 18, 2007 | Sassjadko mine | Hard coal | Ukraine | Donets Basin | Donetsk | Firedamp explosion at a depth of 1078 m | 100 | 359 miners could be saved |
May 23, 2008 | Krassnolimanska mine | Hard coal | Ukraine | Donets Basin | Rodynske | Firedamp explosion | 11 | 3 injured |
May 30, 2008 | Lenin mine | Hard coal | Russia | Kuzbass | Meshduretchensk | Collapse of the formwork over a mining site | 5 | |
June 5, 2008 | Borynia mine | Hard coal | Poland | Upper Silesia | Jastrzebie Zdroj | Firedamp explosion | 4th | 23 injured |
Nov 15, 2008 | Petrila mine | Hard coal | Romania | Valea Jiului ( Shilt Valley ) | Petrila | Firedamp explosion | 13 | Presumably firedamp explosion at a depth of 950 m, 9 deaths in a first explosion, 4 deaths among the rescue workers after another explosion |
Feb 22, 2009 | Tunlan mine | Hard coal | People's Republic of China | Province Shanxi | at Taiyuan | Firedamp explosion | 73 | |
Novoderszhinsk mine | Hard coal | Ukraine | Donets Basin | Torezk | Route break | 2 (3) | 3 miners were rescued on May 7th, 3 are still missing | |
June 5, 2009 | Dahuangshan Mine | Hard coal | People's Republic of China | Xinjiang region | "Penetrated gas" | 7th | ||
June 5, 2009 | Iron ore | People's Republic of China | near Chongqing | landslide | initially 79 missing | |||
June 8, 2009 | Mine "OO Skotschinski" | Hard coal | Ukraine | Donets Basin | Donetsk | Firedamp and coal dust explosion | 11 | on June 12, 2009 two people were still missing |
June 15, 2009 | Hard coal | Indonesia | West Sumatra | Suwahlunto district | Firedamp explosion | 17th | on June 17, 2009, 23 people trapped in a depth of 150 m were still missing | |
June 17, 2009 | Xinqiao Mine | Hard coal | People's Republic of China | Guizhou Province | Water ingress | 14th | three survivors were rescued on July 12, 2009 | |
July 20, 2009 | Rustenburg mine | platinum | South Africa | Northwest Province | Rustenburg | Falling rocks | 9 | |
Aug 10, 2009 | Handlová mine | Brown coal | Slovakia | Handlová | Fire followed by an explosion | 20th | The explosion was probably not a firedamp , but a CO explosion | |
23 Aug 2009 | "SM Kirow" mine | Hard coal | Ukraine | Donets Basin | Makiivka | explosion | 8th | 20 injured |
Aug 24, 2009 | Hard coal | People's Republic of China | Province Shanxi | Jinzhong | explosion | 11 | on August 25th 3 people are still missing | |
Sep 9 2009 | Hard coal | People's Republic of China | Province Henan | explosion | 42 | 37 people are initially missing | ||
Sep 9 2009 | Gold ore | People's Republic of China | Province Henan | fire | 13 people are initially missing | |||
Oct 8, 2009 | Iron ore | People's Republic of China | Province Hunan | Brake failure of the conveyor system | 26th | 5 injured | ||
Dec 11, 2009 | Devecikonağı | Hard coal | Turkey | Bursa Province | Firedamp explosion with subsequent shaft collapse | 19th | ||
23 Dec 2009 | Estuninskaya mine | Iron ore | Russia | Sverdlovsk Oblast | Nizhny Tagil | Explosion of explosives | 9 | An unintentional explosion occurred while transporting explosives at a depth of 180 m. |
Apr 5, 2010 | Massey Energy | Hard coal | United States | West Virginia | Montcoal | Collapse after firedamp explosion | 29 | |
May 8, 2010 | Mine raspadskaya | Hard coal | Russia | Kuzbass | Meshduretchensk | Firedamp explosion | 75 | |
May 18, 2010 | Karadon | Hard coal | Turkey | Zonguldak | Firedamp explosion | 28 | The bodies could be recovered after 3 days. There are still 2 people missing. | |
June 17, 2010 | San Fernando | Hard coal | Colombia | Antioquia | Amagá | Methane explosion | 73 | The last bodies were recovered on June 25, nine days after the event. |
July 24, 2010 | Krasnogorskaya mine | Hard coal | Russia | Kuzbass | Prokopyevsk | Firedamp explosion | 1 | In the morning at the time of the explosion, there were 64 miners in the shaft. 63 people were saved. Two had to be hospitalized with burns. |
Aug 5, 2010 | San Jose | Gold and copper | Chile | Copiapó | Shaft collapse | no | 33 miners buried and rescued after 69 days. See San José Mine Disaster . | |
Oct 16, 2010 | Yuzhou | coal | China | Henan | Firedamp | 37 | ||
Nov 19, 2010 | Pike River Coal Mine | Hard coal | New Zealand | Greymouth | exact cause still unclear (firedamp explosion), see accident in the Pike River mine | 29 | 2 injured | |
Jan. 26, 2011 | La Preciosa | Hard coal | Colombia | Sardinata | Firedamp explosion | 21st | 6 injured | |
July 29, 2011 | Suchodilska-Shidna mine | Hard coal | Ukraine | Donets Basin | Sukhodilsk | Firedamp explosion | 26th | 2 survivors |
July 29, 2011 | "WM Bashanow" mine | Hard coal | Ukraine | Donets Basin | Makiivka | Broken rope | 11 | The cage, occupied by 15 men, fell about 70 m into the shaft; 4 of them survived |
Sep 15 2011 | Gleision mine (Gleision Colliery) | Hard coal | Great Britain | Wales | Swansea Valley | Water ingress | 4th | Water ingress after a blast, 3 other miners were injured and saved |
March 8 2012 | Zielitz potash plant | Potash salt | Germany | North German potash district | Zielitz | Stone fall | 1 | 1 injured person |
Apr 4, 2012 | Sigmundshall potash plant | Potash salt | Germany | Northern Hanover Potash District | Wunstorf | Gas leak | 1 | 24 injured |
June 23, 2013 | ? | gold | Central African Republic | Ndassima | Pit collapse | 57 | Pit collapse after heavy rainfall, at least 57 dead | |
Oct 1, 2013 | Werra potash plant of K + S | Potash salt | Germany | Werra area | Unterbreizbach | Carbon dioxide outbreak | 3 | Carbon dioxide eruption triggered by detonation. Initially 7 missing miners, of which 4 were rescued unharmed. |
Oct 28, 2013 | Pozo Emilio del Valle | Hard coal | Spain | Llombera de Gordon | Leon Province | Release of methane gas | 6th | The mine workers were believed to have been poisoned when methane gas was released. |
May 13, 2014 | Soma Kömür İşletmeleri | Hard coal | Turkey | Soma | Manisa Province | explosion | 301 | Soma mining disaster |
June 24, 2014 | Sollstedt potash plant | Potash salt | Germany | South Harz Potash District | Thuringia | Unexpected sliding of the offset column in the Lohra shaft | 1 | 1 injured person |
Oct 28, 2014 | Ermenek pit | Hard coal | Turkey | Soma | Karaman Province | Probably burst water pipe | 10 to 18 | 8 survivors (?) |
Jan. 26, 2015 | Sassjadko mine | Hard coal | Ukraine | Donets Basin | Donetsk | Power failure due to artillery fire | 496 miners trapped underground, they were later rescued after the power supply was temporarily restored. | |
4th Mar 2015 | Sassjadko mine | Hard coal | Ukraine | Donets Basin | Donetsk | Firedamp explosion | 33 | initially 47 missing |
Dec 17, 2015 | Mine? | coal | China | Liaoning | Fire | 17th | 13 workers died on site, 4 others later died of their injuries in hospital. The cause of the fire was probably welding work. | |
Feb 25, 2016 | Severnaya mine | coal | Russia | Vorkuta | Firedamp explosion followed by a mine fire | 36 | Four dead in the first firedamp explosion, 26 missing for whom there is no hope of survival and 6 dead mine rescue workers who died in a second firedamp explosion on February 28th. | |
Nov 30, 2016 | Rudna mine ( KGHM ) | copper | Poland | Polkowice | 3.4 magnitude earthquake | 8th | 5 missing persons; Agency report “earthquake” - probably a rockfall , hypocenter at a depth of only 1,100 m, mining was carried out at a depth of 1,100 m, the deepest pits in the mine reached down to a depth of 1,300 m. | |
2nd Mar 2017 | Stepowa mine | Hard coal | Ukraine | Lviv | Hluchiw | Firedamp explosion | 11 | 34 missing |
May 3, 2017 | Semestan Jort mine | Hard coal | Iran | Asad Schahr, Golestan | Firedamp explosion | 42 | 72 injured. The cause of the accident is said to have been human error. An attempt was made to repair a defective mine locomotive. | |
5th May 2018 | ? | Hard coal | Pakistan | 35 miles east of Quetta | Firedamp explosion | 16 | +12 missing | |
Dec 21, 2018 | Karviná mine | Hard coal | Czech Republic | Karviná | Karviná | Firedamp explosion | 13 | 10 injured |
Jan. 6, 2019 | Shaft in a river bed | gold | Afghanistan | Kohistan District | Badakhshan | Collapse of a non-professional shaft or tunnel | 35+ | 12 injured |
Jan. 29, 2019 | Rudna mine | copper | Poland | Wroclaw | Polkowice | 4.4 magnitude earthquake | 8 missing, 7 injured | |
25 Apr 2019 | Mine "S'chidkarbon" ( Russian Схидкарбон ) | Hard coal | Ukraine ( VR Lugansk ) | Donets Basin | Jurjiwka, Lutuhyne District | Firedamp explosion | 19th | |
28th July 2019 | jade | Myanmar | Phakant Township, Kachin State | landslide | 14th | 4 missing people | ||
26 Sep 2019 | illegal shaft | gold | Chad | Kouri Bougoudi, Tibesti | Collapse of a non-professional shaft or tunnel | 52 | 37 injured | |
Oct 2, 2019 | illegal shaft | gold | DR Congo | Kampene, Maniema | Collapse of a non-professional shaft or tunnel | 14th | 3 injured | |
19 Nov 2019 | Coal mine | Hard coal | China | Pingyao , Shanxi | Firedamp explosion | 15th | 9 injured | |
Dec 15, 2019 | Shanmushu Coal Mine | Hard coal | China | Yibin, Sichuan | Water ingress into the pit | 5 | 13 missing people. All saved on December 18th. | |
17th Dec 2019 | Guanglong Coal Mine | Hard coal | China | Guizhou | Firedamp explosion | 14th | 2 missing people | |
Feb. 4, 2020 | illegal gold mine Isidora | gold | Venezuela | El Callao, Bolivar | collapse | 20th | unknown | |
Feb. 4, 2020 | illegal gold mining | gold | Venezuela | Gran Sabana, Bolívar | collapse | 15th | unknown | |
Apr 4, 2020 | Coal mine | coal | Colombia | Cucunubá | Gas explosion | 11 | unknown | |
4th May 2020 | Gold mine | gold | Liberia | Masaakpaoh, Tewor District, Grand Cape Mount | Debris flow | 2 | unknown | |
2nd July 2020 | Jade opencast mining | jade | Myanmar | Sate Mu, Hpakant, Kachin State | landslide | 174 | Hpakant mine disaster : at least 54 injured |
See also
literature
- Yearbooks for mining and metallurgy in Saxony ( digital editions )
- Evelyn Kroker, Michael Farrenkopf: Mine accidents in German-speaking countries. Catalog of the mines, victims, causes and sources. 2nd expanded edition. Bochum 1999. ISBN 3-921533-68-6 .
- US Department of Labor / Mine Safety and Health Administration: Historical Summary of Mine Disasters in the United States. Washington 1998.
- Volume I: Historical Summary of Coal Mine Explosions in the United States 1810–1958.
- Volume II:
- Section 1: Historical Summary of Coal Mine Explosions in the United States 1959–1981.
- Section 2: Historical Summary of Coal Mine Explosions in the United States 1981–1994.
- Section 3: Historical Documentation of Major Coal Mine Disasters in the United States not Classified as Explosions of Gas or Dust 1846–1962.
- Section 4: Summaries of Coal Mine Disasters Between 1958 and 1998.
- Volume III:
- Section 1: Major Disasters at Metal and Nonmetal Mines and Quarries in the United States (Excluding Coal Mines) 1885-1943.
- Section 2: Summaries of Metal and Nonmetal Mine Disasters 1943-1998.
Web links
- Monuments of mining accidents in the Ruhr area, Saarland, Aachen area and Lorraine
- United States Mining Disaster Overview (MSHA )
- Overview of mining accidents in the USA from 1839 until today (CDC, NIOSH) (English)
- Mining accidents in New Zealand (English)
- Mining accidents in Wales (English)
- List of 20th century mining accidents in British coal mines ( Memento of June 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Evelyn Kroker: The mine accident catalog of the mining archive: motivations - methods - goals . In: Evelyn Kroker, Michael Farrenkopf (ed.): Mine accidents in German-speaking countries . Catalog of the mines, victims, causes and sources. Bochum 1998, ISBN 978-3-921533-59-8 , pp. 12 .
- ^ FAZ, February 16, 2005: Capacity at the expense of security
- ^ FAZ, March 13, 2005: China's deadly mines
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- ^ Binge Geyer
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- ^ History of the de Wendel mine
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- ^ "Remembering Moura No 4 mine disaster" , amsj.com.au, July 2020
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