List of mining accidents

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Burned pocket watch and destroyed miner's lamp from the accident at the Radbod colliery, 1908, with 348 dead.

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 .

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1300 to 1800

date Mine product country District place root cause Fatalities Injured people, survivors, further damage, comments
  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
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
0June 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
05th 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
0Sep 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
0Aug 2, 1851 Neulaurweg mine Hard coal Germany Aachen district Kohlscheid Firedamp explosion 8th
0June 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.
0June 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.
0Oct 2, 1860 Dudweiler Pit Hard coal Germany Saar district Dudweiler Firedamp explosion 10 17 injured
09 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
07 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
0Sep 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
0July 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
0Nov 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
0Apr 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
0Aug 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
06th 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
0Nov 8, 1874 Zwickauer Brückenberg-Steinkohlenbau-Verein , shaft IV Hard coal Germany Zwickau coal field Zwickau Collapse of the shaft 7th
0July 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.
0Dec. 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
04th 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
0May 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
0Nov 3, 1888 Kettle Creek Hard coal United States Pennsylvania Clinton County Firedamp explosion 17th
05th 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
0Jan. 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
0Feb. 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
0Sep 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
0Sep 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
0Dec. 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
0Aug 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
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
0Apr 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
0Dec 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
02nd 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
0July 3, 1912 Osterfeld colliery Hard coal Germany Ruhr area Oberhausen Firedamp explosion 16
0July 7, 1912 Eureka Pit copper mine Copper ore United States Nevada Ely explosion 10
0Aug 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.
0June 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
0Jan. 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
04th 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
0Jan. 3, 1920 Pit 1 Hard coal Norway Spitsbergen Longyearbyen Coal dust explosion 26th
0Aug 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
0Feb. 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
0Feb 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
0Nov 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
0May 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.
0July 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
0Aug 6, 1932 Kaiserstuhl colliery Hard coal Germany Ruhr area Dortmund Coal fall 3
0Feb 3, 1933 Glanzenberg mine Lead and zinc ore mine Germany Siegerland Silberg (Kirchhundem) Pit fire 2 2 injured
0July 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
0Jan. 3, 1934 Lignite mine Nelson III Brown coal Czechoslovakia North Bohemian Basin Osseg Coal dust explosion 142
0May 7, 1934 Buggingen potash salt mine salt Germany Baden-Württemberg Buggingen Pit fire 86 Buggingen mine disaster
0Aug 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
0Oct 6, 1936 Morning Mine ore mine ore United States Idaho Mullan Crash of a car 10
0July 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
04th 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
0Jan. 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
0Aug 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
0Feb 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
0Apr 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
0Dec. 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
04th 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
0Jan. 7, 1951 Ester V pit Hard coal Norway Spitsbergen Ny-Ålesund explosion 9
0Jan. 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
02nd 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
0May 4th 1954 Ribolla Camorra Sud mine (shaft 9, tunnels 31 and 32) Brown coal Italy Colline Metallifere Ribolla Firedamp explosion 43 4 survivors
0July 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.
0Aug 3, 1955 Dahlbusch colliery Hard coal Germany Ruhr area Gelsenkirchen Pit fire and firedamp explosion 41
0Aug 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.
0Nov 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.
02nd Mar 1958 Elisabethenglück colliery Hard coal Germany Ruhr area Witten Pit fire 4th

03rd 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
05th 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
0May 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
0July 7, 1961 Důl Dukla Hard coal ČSSR Ostrava-Karviná Havířov Pit fire 108
0Aug 1, 1961 Sainte-Fontaine mine Hard coal France Lorraine Saint-Avold Falling rocks 8th
0Feb. 7, 1962 Luisenthal mine Hard coal Germany Saar district Völklingen Firedamp explosion 299 73 injured, see Luisenthal mine disaster
09 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
0Nov 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
0June 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
0Aug 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
0Nov 2, 1967 LAKOG's Wolkersdorf lignite mine Brown coal Austria Lavanttal St. Stefan Pit fire 5 A dead person could not be recovered.


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
0Oct 4, 1968 Mining Minister Achenbach Hard coal Germany Ruhr area Luenen Firedamp explosion 17th
02nd 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
03rd 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.
0March 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
0Feb. 4, 1988 Potash and rock salt mine in Hattorf salt Germany Hesse Philippsthal Poisoning in blasts 8th
0June 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
03rd 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.
0June 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.
0Aug 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.
0Dec 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
0Apr 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
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
0Feb 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
08 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
0Dec 5, 2004 Shakhtinskaya mine Hard coal Kazakhstan Karabass explosion 60
0Feb 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
0June 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
0Feb 3, 2007 La Preciosa coal mine Hard coal Colombia Antioquia Department San Roque Firedamp explosion 32
0Feb 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
0June 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
0June 5, 2009 Dahuangshan Mine Hard coal People's Republic of China Xinjiang region "Penetrated gas" 7th
0June 5, 2009 Iron ore People's Republic of China near Chongqing landslide initially 79 missing
0June 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
0Sep 9 2009 Hard coal People's Republic of China Province Henan explosion 42 37 people are initially missing
0Sep 9 2009 Gold ore People's Republic of China Province Henan fire 13 people are initially missing
0Oct 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.
0Apr 5, 2010 Massey Energy Hard coal United States West Virginia Montcoal Collapse after firedamp explosion 29
0May 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.
0Aug 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
0March 8 2012 Zielitz potash plant Potash salt Germany North German potash district Zielitz Stone fall 1 1 injured person
0Apr 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
0Oct 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.
04th 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.
02nd Mar 2017 Stepowa mine Hard coal Ukraine Lviv Hluchiw Firedamp explosion 11 34 missing
0May 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.
05th 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
0Jan. 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
0Oct 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
0Feb. 4, 2020 illegal gold mine Isidora gold Venezuela El Callao, Bolivar collapse 20th unknown
0Feb. 4, 2020 illegal gold mining gold Venezuela Gran Sabana, Bolívar collapse 15th unknown
0Apr 4, 2020 Coal mine coal Colombia Cucunubá Gas explosion 11 unknown
04th May 2020 Gold mine gold Liberia Masaakpaoh, Tewor District, Grand Cape Mount Debris flow 2 unknown
02nd 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

Commons : Mine Disasters  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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 .
  2. ^ FAZ, February 16, 2005: Capacity at the expense of security
  3. ^ FAZ, March 13, 2005: China's deadly mines
  4. ↑ Visual acuity increased by infrared satellites ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Chronicle of events in China in the culture magazine Areion online ( Memento from February 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Chronicle of events in Ukraine in the culture magazine Areion online ( Memento from March 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Michael Kröger: Turkey mine disaster: Occupational safety in Turkey is bad. In: Spiegel Online . May 14, 2014, accessed April 17, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Wolfgang Heinemann: The mysterious death of Steigers Hanss Friedrich in Rammelsberg in 1679 . Ed .: Wilfried Ließmann (=  General Harz Mountain Calendar ). Paper planes , 2018, ISBN 978-3-86948-645-1 , ISSN  1867-5395 , p. 51-54 .
  9. ^ Binge Geyer
  10. ↑ Royal. Bergacademie zu Freiberg (Ed.): Calendar for the Saxon mountain and hut man to the year 1843 . Royal Bergacademie zu Freiberg, Freiberg 1843, XVI. Accidents in the mining industry in 1841, p. 69 .
  11. ^ History of the de Wendel mine
  12. ^ Westfälisch-Rheinisches: Barop, June 18. In: Dortmunder Anzeiger. June 20, 1872, Retrieved June 17, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Anton Naaff: The Dux Teplitzer mine and source disaster of 1879. Leipzig 1879
  14. ↑ Joachim Huske: Die Steinkohlenzechen im Ruhrrevier, 3rd expanded and revised edition, self-published by the German Mining Museum, Bochum 2006, ISBN 3-937203-24-9
  15. ↑ Yearbook for the Saxon Mining and Metallurgy, Volume 1896, p. 153
  16. ↑ Mining Accident News No. 1307 - 1 to 31 July 2013 (PDF).
  17. ↑ Yearbook for the Saxon Mining and Metallurgy, Volume 1896, p. 154.
  18. ↑ Joachim Huske: Die Steinkohlenzechen im Ruhrrevier, 3rd expanded and revised edition, self-published by the German Mining Museum, Bochum 2006, ISBN 3-937203-24-9
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