Flood
in lead-zinc mine |
1990 |
June |
2nd |
Eastern
Algeria |
Algeria |
Mining |
Underground
Spring |
No |
Cardex |
Scofield
Mine Disaster:200+dd |
1900 |
May |
1st |
Utah |
America |
Mining |
Coal
dust ignited |
Yes |
676 |
Fraterville
Mine Disaster:214dd |
1902 |
May |
23rd |
Briceville,
Tennessee |
America |
Mining |
Explosion |
Yes |
677 |
Monongah:
360 dead |
1907 |
December |
7th |
West
Virginia |
America |
Mining |
Cars
Uncoupled |
No |
Cardex |
Jacobs
Creek Mine: 239 dead |
1907 |
December |
19th |
Pennsylvania |
America |
Mining |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Cherry
Coal Mine: 259 dead |
1909 |
November |
13th |
Cherry,
Illinois |
America |
Mining |
Fire
In Bales of Hay |
Yes |
656 |
Dawson
Mine Disaster: 263 dd |
1913 |
October |
22nd |
New
Mexico |
America |
Mining |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Explosion
Compass Mine: 22 dead |
1963 |
April |
25th |
Dola,
West Virginia |
America |
Mining |
Methane
Gas |
No |
Cardex |
Potash
Mine: 18 dead |
1963 |
August |
28th |
Main
shaft, Moab, Utah |
America |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Mannington
Mine: 78 dead |
1968 |
November |
20th |
West
Virginia |
America |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
dust blasts mine |
1970 |
December |
30th |
Wooton,
Kentucky |
America |
Mining |
Explosives |
No |
Cardex |
Sunshine
Silver Mine: 91 dead |
1972 |
May |
2nd |
Kellog,
Idaho |
America |
Mining |
Combustion? |
No |
Cardex |
Scotia
Coal Co.Explosions |
1976 |
March |
9
& 11th |
Nr.Whitesburg,Kentucky |
America |
Mining |
Methane
gas |
No |
Cardex |
Kocher
Coal Co. Mine |
1977 |
March |
1st |
Tower
City, Pennsylvania |
America |
Mining |
Flood |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
Mine Explosion:15dd |
1981 |
April |
15th |
DutchCreekNo1.Colorado |
America |
Mining |
Methane
gas |
No |
Cardex |
Crushed
to death:3dd |
1981 |
December |
3rd |
Bergo,
West Virginia |
America |
Mining |
Roof
Caves In |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
Mine Explosion:8dd |
1981 |
December |
7th |
Topmost,
Kentucky |
America |
Mining |
Methane
gas |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
Mine Explosion:13dd |
1981 |
December |
8th |
Nr.Whitwell,Tennessee |
America |
Mining |
Methane
gas |
No |
Cardex |
Fire
in coal mine |
1984 |
December |
19th |
Wilberg,
Utah |
America |
Mining |
Conveyor
belt |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
mine explosion |
1989 |
September |
13th |
Nr
Wheatcroft,Kentucky |
America |
Mining |
Methane
gas |
No |
Cardex |
Miners
& Rescue Workers |
1972 |
October |
31st |
Ipswich,
Queensland |
Australia |
Mining |
Entombed |
No |
Cardex |
Moura
Coal Mine: 13 dead |
1975 |
|
|
North
Queensland |
Australia |
Mining |
|
No |
Cardex |
Kianga
coal mine |
1975 |
September |
20th |
Nr.
Rockhampton |
Australia |
Mining |
Explosion/Fire |
No |
Cardex |
Moura
Coal Mine: 12 dead |
1986 |
|
|
North
Queensland |
Australia |
Mining |
|
No |
Cardex |
Cave
in at coal mine |
1986 |
July |
16th |
Brisbane |
Australia |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Moura
Coal Mine: 11 dead |
1994 |
August |
|
Queensland |
Australia |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Lift
cable snaps: 10 dead |
1998 |
July |
17th |
Talc
mine, Lassing |
Austria |
Mining |
Mud
slide |
Yes |
568 |
Bolivian
Gold Mine: 20 dead |
1991 |
March |
16/17th |
|
Bolivia |
Mining |
Rain
/Cave in |
No |
Cardex |
Gold
miners killed:50+ |
1998 |
February |
11th |
Tipuani
Mountains |
Bolivia |
Mining |
Mud
slide |
No |
Cardex
|
Bobov
Dol explosion |
1997 |
June |
23rd |
Near
Sophia |
Bulgaria |
Mining |
Human
error |
No |
Cardex |
Walls
collapse on miners |
1989 |
April |
23rd |
North
East Burundi |
Burundi |
Mining |
Heavy
rain |
No |
Cardex |
Explosion
at colliery |
1979 |
February |
24th |
Glace
Bay, Nova Scotia |
Canada |
Mining |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Explosion
in coal mine |
1992 |
May |
9th |
Plymouth,
Nova Scotia |
Canada |
Mining |
Methane
gas |
No |
Cardex |
Miners
killed: 10 |
1984 |
November |
(early) |
Hebei
Province |
China |
Mining |
Flooding |
No |
Cardex |
Explosion
in coal mine |
1985 |
July |
12th |
Guangdong
Province |
China |
Mining |
Gas
leak |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
miners dead: 12 |
1988 |
April |
5th |
North
East China |
China |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Antimony
mine |
1988 |
April |
(Mid) |
West
China |
China |
Mining |
Cave
in |
No |
Cardex |
Coalmine
cave-in:43 dead |
1988 |
May |
29th |
Shaanxi
Provence |
China |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
miners killed:17 |
1988 |
October |
(late) |
North
East China |
China |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
miners killed:19 |
1989 |
April |
18th |
Luanping |
China |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
miners killed:22 |
1989 |
June |
(late) |
Shanxi
Province |
China |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
mine: 33 dead |
1990 |
April |
(late) |
Heilongjiang
Province |
China |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
mine: 45 dead |
1990 |
July |
(mid) |
Shandong
Province |
China |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Abandoned
coal mine |
1990 |
August |
(mid) |
Central
China |
China |
Mining |
Cave
in |
No |
Cardex |
Chinese
Coal Mine: 147 dead |
1991 |
April |
21st |
Shaxi
province |
China |
Mining |
Dust
ignited |
No |
Cardex |
Explosion
at colliery |
1992 |
April |
17th |
Heilingjiang
Province |
China |
Mining |
Gas |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
miners killed: 47 |
1994 |
January |
24th |
XijiCoalMine,Heilongjiang |
China |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Liaowang
coal& gas field |
1994 |
March |
6th |
Jilin
province |
China |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Cola
miners killed: 700+ |
1994 |
April |
|
in
first 3 months of year |
China |
Mining |
Explosions |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
miners killed: 38 |
1994 |
May |
(mid) |
Jiangxi
Province |
China |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Mining
Accidents: 92 |
1995 |
Jan/March |
1st-15th |
10
week period |
China |
Mining |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Miners
killed: 32 |
1995 |
March |
13th |
Yunnan
province |
China |
Mining |
Gas
explodes |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
miners killed: 84 |
1996 |
May |
|
Hunan
Province |
China |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Lead
& Zinc miners:33 |
1996 |
May |
|
Lijianguo,
Gansu |
China |
Mining |
Flooding |
No |
Cardex |
Goldminers
killed: 227 |
1996 |
June |
|
Yunnan
Province |
China |
Mining |
Landslidesx2 |
No |
Cardex |
Miners
entombed: 90 |
1996 |
November |
27th |
Shanxi
province |
China |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Private
coal mine:27dead |
1996 |
December |
2nd |
Henan
Province |
China |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Explosion
kills 86 miners |
1997 |
March |
(early) |
Pingdingshan,
Henan |
China |
Mining |
Gas
in shafts |
No |
Cardex |
Explosion
kills 31 miners |
1997 |
May |
2nd |
Nanxiye
coal mine,Laiwu |
China |
Mining |
Gas |
No |
Cardex |
Tongda
Coal Mine:30 dead |
1997 |
May |
(mid/late) |
WuhaiCity,InnerMongolia |
China |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
miners killed:32 |
1997 |
October |
21st |
Pingdingshan |
China |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
miners killed:87 |
1997 |
November |
13th |
Anhui
Province |
China |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
miners killed:77 Inj:8 |
1998 |
January |
24th |
Liaoning
province |
China |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex
|
Miners
killed:59 Miss:25 |
1998 |
April |
6th |
coal
mine, Henan province |
China |
Mining |
Gas
explosions |
No |
Cardex
|
Coal
mine: 14 dead Inj:10 |
1998 |
May |
13th |
Sichuan
province |
China |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex
|
Illegal
Coal mining: 36 dead |
1998 |
October |
late |
Guangxi
province |
China |
Mining |
Flash
flood |
No |
Cardex
|
Coal
mine:38 dead Inj: 18 |
1998 |
November |
29th |
Yunnan
province |
China |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex
|
Coal
miners killed: 32 Inj:6 |
1998 |
August |
10th |
Zezhon |
China |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex
|
Coalminers
killed:11 Inj:14 |
1998 |
March |
23rd |
Sichuan
Province |
China |
Mining |
Natural
gas leak |
No |
Cardex |
Jingang
coal mine: 26 dead |
1998 |
May |
25th |
Sichuan
Province |
China |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
mine explosion: 28 dead |
1998 |
September |
mid |
Baofeng
County |
China |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
mine explosion: 28 dead Mis:18 |
1998 |
November |
23rd |
Shaanxi
Province |
China |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
mine explosion: 32 dead Inj:10 |
1998 |
December |
12th |
Changxing
County |
China |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Worst
in country's history |
1977 |
July |
15th |
Antioguia,
Amaga |
Colombia |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Emerald
mine: 17 dead |
1979 |
June |
16th |
Northern
Colombia |
Colombia |
Mining |
Landslide |
No |
Cardex |
Miners
buried alive: 16 |
1997 |
October |
17th |
coal
mine, Cucuta |
Colombia |
Mining |
Methane
gas |
No |
Cardex |
Faskor
Colliery |
1970 |
April |
4th |
Near
Ostrava |
Czechoslovakia |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Staric
Coal mine |
1976 |
December |
31st |
Chlebovice |
Czechoslovakia |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
Mine Explosion:65d |
1981 |
September |
3rd |
Pluto
mine,Zaluzi |
Czechoslovakia |
Mining |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
mine explosion |
1990 |
October |
18th |
Moravia |
Czechoslovakia |
Mining |
Methane
gas |
No |
Cardex |
Gold
miners dead:30 |
1987 |
March |
26th |
Nambija
gold mine |
Ecuador |
Mining |
Cave
in |
No |
Cardex |
Chester-le-St.Explosion:100+d |
1708 |
August |
18th |
Fatfield,
Co.Durham |
England |
Mining |
FireDamp/Gas |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Coal
mine explosion: 80 dead |
1710 |
|
|
Bensham,Co.
Durham |
England |
Mining |
FireDamp/Gas |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Coal
Miners Drown: 27 dead |
1837 |
November |
|
Workington,
Cumbria |
England |
Mining |
Sea
Breaks In |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Lundhill
Colliery: 110+ dead |
1857 |
February |
19th |
Wombwell,
Yorkshire |
England |
Mining |
Explosion |
Yes |
674 |
Hartley
Pit: 204 dead |
1862 |
January |
16th |
Northumberland |
England |
Mining |
|
No |
Cardex |
Oaks
Colliery: 361 dead |
1866 |
December |
12th/13th |
Barnsley,
Yorkshire |
England |
Mining |
Explosion |
Yes |
675 |
Queen
Pit Explosion: 26 dead |
1868 |
December |
30th |
Nine
Foot Mine, Haydock |
England |
Mining |
Explosion
of firedamp |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Queen
Pit Explosion: 59 dead Inj:30 |
1869 |
July |
21st |
Nine
Foot Mine, Haydock |
England |
Mining |
Shot
ignites gas in mine |
No |
(B)Cardex |
The
Wood Pit Explosion:216 dead |
1878 |
June |
7th |
Evans
place, Haydock |
England |
Mining |
Faulty
ventilation & gas |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Seaham
Colliery:160+ dead |
1880 |
September |
10th |
Co
Durham |
England |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Thornhill
Colliery: 139+ dead |
1893 |
July |
4th |
Dewsbury,
Yorkshire |
England |
Mining |
|
No |
Cardex |
Westhoughton |
1910 |
December |
22nd |
New
Bolton |
England |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Gresford
Colliery: 262 dead |
1934 |
September |
22nd |
Wrexham |
England |
Mining |
Methane
Gas |
Yes |
194 |
Cresswell
Colliery: 80 dead |
1950 |
September |
26th |
Worksop,
Derbyshire |
England |
Mining |
Belt
Frayed/Fire |
Yes |
195 |
Coal
Pit 2345 ft deep: 21 dead |
1965 |
February |
2nd |
Lens |
France |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Explosion
underground: 12 dead |
1965 |
November |
24th |
Albi |
France |
Mining |
Coal
dust |
No |
Cardex |
French
Coal Mine: 22 dead Inj:103 |
1985 |
February |
25th |
Forbach |
France |
Mining |
Firedamp? |
No |
Cardex |
Lengede
Iron Ore Mine: 28 dead |
1963 |
October |
24th |
Lengede |
German
Fed Rep |
Mining |
Reservoir
Floods |
No |
Cardex |
Gas
& chemicals ignited |
1975 |
November |
7th |
Oil
mine, Beek |
Holland |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Cave
in at mine |
1986 |
February |
18th |
Southern
Hungary |
Hungary |
Mining |
Shaft
Collapse |
No |
Cardex |
Coalminers
killed: 11 |
1988 |
December |
4th |
Near
Budapest |
Hungary |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Dhori
Colliery wrecked: 400+ dead |
1965 |
May |
28th |
Near
Dhanbad |
India |
Mining |
Powerful
blast |
No |
Cardex |
Indian
Mining Disaster: 267 dead |
1966 |
May |
28th |
|
India |
Mining |
|
No |
Cardex |
Coal
Mine disaster |
1973 |
March |
18th |
Dhanbad |
India |
Mining |
Gas
explosions |
No |
Cardex |
Chas.Nala
Colliery:372dead |
1975 |
December |
27th |
Nr.
Dhanbad,Bihar State |
India |
Mining |
Explosions |
No |
Cardex |
Sudamdih
Coalmine |
1976 |
October |
4th |
Near
Dhanbad |
India |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Unlicenced
mine: 100dd |
1981 |
February |
13th |
Bhadua,
Bihar state |
India |
Mining |
Caved
in |
No |
Cardex |
Carbon
Mono. Kills 55 |
1994 |
January |
25th |
CoalMine,Asanol,Bengal |
India |
Mining |
Fire/shortCircuit |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
miners killed:55 |
1994 |
January |
27th |
Newkenda |
India |
Mining |
Fire |
No |
Cardex |
Mines
flooded: 70 dead |
1995 |
September |
27th |
Near
Dhanbad |
India |
Mining |
River
overflows |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
miners suffocate |
1997 |
March |
4th |
Jammu
& Kashmir state |
India |
Mining |
Mine
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Explosion
at coal mine |
1997 |
June |
23rd |
Gilan
province |
Iran |
Mining |
Short
circuit |
No |
Cardex |
Mitsui
Milke Coal Mine:477dd Inj:219 |
1963 |
November |
9th |
Ornuta |
Japan |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Japanese
Colliery: 237 dead Inj:37 |
1965 |
June |
1st |
Yamano
Mine, Fukuoka |
Japan |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Cave
In of Mine:61 dead Inj:17 |
1965 |
February |
22nd |
Hokkaido
Colliery,Yubari |
Japan |
Mining |
Gas
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Nitetsu
Coal Mine: 30 dead Inj:15 |
1965 |
April |
9th |
Nagasaki |
Japan |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
mine blasted |
1970 |
December |
15th |
Sapporo |
Japan |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Ishikari
Coal Mine Explodes |
1972 |
November |
6th |
Ishikari,
Hokkaido |
Japan |
Mining |
Methane
Gas |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
miners killed:10 |
1975 |
November |
27th |
Mikasa |
Japan |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Mitsui
Mining Co. |
1977 |
May |
11th |
Hokkaido |
Japan |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Explosion
kills 16 |
1979 |
May |
15th |
coal
mine, Hokkaido |
Japan |
Mining |
Methane
gas |
No |
Cardex |
Leak
Poisons Miners:93d |
1981 |
October |
16th |
Coal
mine,Nr. Sappro |
Japan |
Mining |
Methane
gas |
No |
Cardex |
Miike
Coal Miners die |
1984 |
January |
18th |
Fukuoka
Prefecture |
Japan |
Mining |
Carbon
Monoxide. |
No |
Cardex |
Japanese
Coal Mine: 11 dead |
1985 |
April |
24th |
off
coast of Nagasaki |
Japan |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Japanese
Coal Mine: 47 dead Mis:8 |
1985 |
May |
17th |
Hokkaino |
Japan |
Mining |
Gas
leak? |
No |
Cardex |
Iron
ore Avalanche:200d |
1982 |
October |
6th |
Mining
CampMano River |
Liberia |
Mining |
Torrential
rain |
No |
Cardex |
Purisma
Silver & Gold Mine: 27 dead |
1965 |
May |
8th |
Real
del Monte |
Mexico |
Mining |
Broken
cables |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
miners dead: 34 |
1988 |
January |
25th |
Near
Las Esperanzas |
Mexico |
Mining |
Explosion/fire |
No |
Cardex |
Shaft
collapsed |
1990 |
December |
(mid) |
Ulan
Bator |
Mongolia |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Miners
killed:100+ |
1976 |
September |
(mid) |
Near
Tete |
Mozambique |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
miners killed:79 |
1977 |
August |
2nd |
Moatize |
Mozambique |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Cave
in at Gold mine:30+dead |
1998 |
June |
14th |
Southern
Niger |
Niger |
Mining |
Heavy
rains |
No |
Cardex
|
Illegal
mining: 80 dead |
1995 |
September |
(late) |
Tin
mine, Near Jos |
Nigeria |
Mining |
Cave
in |
No |
Cardex |
Powerful
mine explosion |
1997 |
September |
18th |
Coal
mine, Spitzbergen |
Norway |
Mining |
Methane&dust |
No |
Cardex |
Collapse
of protective wall: 17 dead |
1965 |
February |
10th |
Near
Quetta |
Pakistan |
Mining |
Poison
Gas |
No |
Cardex |
Government
coal mine |
1970 |
August |
4th |
Dynamite
store, Sharig |
Pakistan |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Cave
in at mine |
1970 |
September |
7th |
Coal
mine, Sorrange |
Pakistan |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Explosion
in coal mine |
1995 |
February |
26th |
Near
Quetta |
Pakistan |
Mining |
Methane
Gas |
No |
Cardex |
Carbon
Monoxide Kills 200 |
1989 |
January |
20th |
Goldmine,
Near Nazca |
Peru |
Mining |
Explosion/fire |
No |
Cardex |
Abandoned
Gold Mine:41d |
1981 |
March |
13th |
Mawad |
Philippines |
Mining |
Caved
in |
No |
Cardex |
Philippines
Gold Mine: 150 dead |
1985 |
October |
Late |
Diat
and Diwata |
Philippines |
Mining |
Landslide |
No |
Cardex |
Cave
in at 11 tunnels |
1989 |
June |
1st |
Mindanao
Island |
Philippines |
Mining |
Heavy
rains |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
miners killed: 90 |
1994 |
August |
29th |
Mindanao
Island |
Philippines |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Coalmine
shaft shattered |
1976 |
September |
7th |
Walbrzych |
Poland |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Explosion
in mine:7dead |
1979 |
October |
5th |
coal
mine, Nowa Ruda |
Poland |
Mining |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Explosion
in mine:34dd |
1979 |
October |
10th |
coal
mine, Bytom |
Poland |
Mining |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Explosion
in mine:2dead |
1979 |
October |
31st |
Czechowice-Dziedzice |
Poland |
Mining |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
Mine Explosion:18dd |
1982 |
November |
29th |
Bytom |
Poland |
Mining |
Coal
gas |
No |
Cardex |
Cave
in at coal mine |
1986 |
June |
25th |
Bytom |
Poland |
Mining |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
mine explosion |
1987 |
February |
4th |
Myslowice |
Poland |
Mining |
Methane
gas |
No |
Cardex |
Wankie
Colliery |
1972 |
September |
6th |
Wankie |
Rhodesia |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
Mine: 41 dead Injured:16 |
1965 |
February |
23rd |
Uricani |
Romania |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Entombed
in mine: 6 dead |
1804 |
February |
1st |
Near
Renfrew |
Scotland |
Mining |
Fire
in pit |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Hurlet
Pit explosion:13dead |
1805 |
April |
22nd |
Near
Paisley |
Scotland |
Mining |
Inflammable
air alight |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Suffocated
in lead mine: 7dead |
1817 |
March |
1st |
Leadhills
lead mine |
Scotland |
Mining |
Smoke
from fire engine |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Drowned
in Quarrelton Pit:5dead |
1818 |
May |
2nd |
Near
Johnstone |
Scotland |
Mining |
Mine
flooded |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Miners
killed in quarry: 2 |
1822 |
December |
|
Ardrossan,
Ayrshire |
Scotland |
Mining |
Fell
down shaft |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Explosion
at Colliery: 3dead |
1826 |
March |
|
Ayr
Colliery, Ayrshire |
Scotland |
Mining |
Open
burning candle |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Explosion
at Mine: 5 dead |
1830 |
February |
|
Old
Monkland |
Scotland |
Mining |
Safety
lamp uncovered |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Bannockburn
Colliery: 6 dead |
1830 |
July |
|
Bannockburn |
Scotland |
Mining |
Stairs
gave way |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Keppisbyre
Mine: 4 dead |
1831 |
June |
early |
Airdrie |
Scotland |
Mining |
Explosion
of fire damp |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Blantyre
Colliery: 207 dead |
1837 |
November |
|
Strathclyde |
Scotland |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Quarter
Pit explosion:11dead |
1841 |
March |
16th |
Hamilton |
Scotland |
Mining |
Fire
damp explodes |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Explosion
at Newarthill Pit:2dead |
1845 |
December |
15th |
Lanarkshire |
Scotland |
Mining |
Gas
escaped |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Drumpellar
Pit: 1 dead |
1847 |
June |
21st |
Nr.
Airdrie, Lanarkshire |
Scotland |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Wilsons
Pit Explosion: 9 dead |
1849 |
August |
13th |
Wishaw,
Lanarkshire |
Scotland |
Mining |
Fire
damp explodes |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Sneddon's
Pit explosion:18dead |
1850 |
July |
23rd |
Airdrie |
Scotland |
Mining |
Fire
damp explodes |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Netherton
Coal Pit:5dead Inj:2 |
1850 |
December |
6th |
Maryhill,
Glasgow |
Scotland |
Mining |
Smoke
escaped |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Victoria
Colliery explosion:60dd |
1851 |
March |
15th |
Nitshill,
nr. Paisley |
Scotland |
Mining |
Fire
damp explodes |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Cowdenbeach
Colliery:5 dead |
1853 |
November |
29th |
Dunfermline |
Scotland |
Mining |
Shaft
rope broke |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Midpit
Colliery: 2 dead |
1857 |
September |
11th |
Hurlford |
Scotland |
Mining |
Cage
descends fast |
No |
(B)Cardex |
The
Benston Pit Disaster:5dead |
1860 |
October |
27th |
Renfrewshire |
Scotland |
Mining |
Sudden
inrush of water |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Coal
miners killed: 3 S.Inj:3 |
1860 |
September |
28th |
Rutherglen,
Lanarkshire |
Scotland |
Mining |
Fire
damp explosion |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Sumerlee
Colliery Disaster:13dd |
1861 |
August |
7th |
Dykehead,
Larkhall |
Scotland |
Mining |
Fire
at pit head |
Yes |
581 |
Home
Farm Colliery: 4 dead |
1877 |
January |
23rd |
btwn
Larkhill & Hamilton |
Scotland |
Mining |
Coal
Seam flooded |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Barrwood
Colliery: 17 dead |
1878 |
March |
early |
Kilsyth |
Scotland |
Mining |
Fire
damp explodes |
No |
(B)Cardex |
High
Blantyre Collieries:6 dead |
1878 |
March |
early |
Glasgow |
Scotland |
Mining |
Overwinding
of cage |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Quarter
Pit explosion:13dead |
1895 |
April |
26th |
Denny,
Stirlingshire |
Scotland |
Mining |
Fire
damp explodes |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Underground
fire in mine:9dead |
1895 |
May |
31st |
Kinneddar
Colliery, Fife |
Scotland |
Mining |
Ventilating
Furnace |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Auchenharvie
Pit floods:9dead |
1895 |
August |
2nd |
Ayrshire |
Scotland |
Mining |
Water
waste 5ft deep |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Devon
Colliery floods: 6 dead |
1897 |
March |
26th |
Alloa |
Scotland |
Mining |
Pressure
of dam water |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Flood
in mine kills 11 |
1990 |
June |
(early) |
|
Siberia
SSR |
Mining |
Blasting |
No |
Cardex |
Tunnel
in diamond mine |
1992 |
May |
5th |
Nyeye |
Sierra
Leone |
Mining |
Caved
in |
No |
Cardex |
West
Driefontein GoldMine |
1972 |
January |
31st |
West
Driefontein |
South
Africa |
Mining |
Fire |
No |
Cardex |
W.Drienfontein
Goldmine |
1973 |
February |
8th |
Johannesburg |
South
Africa |
Mining |
Fire |
No |
Cardex |
Hoisting
machinery hit |
1973 |
June |
28th |
Near
Johannesburg |
South
Africa |
Mining |
Mine
cage |
No |
Cardex |
Vaals
Reef Goldmine |
1973 |
December |
19th |
Orkney |
South
Africa |
Mining |
Falling
rock |
No |
Cardex |
Randfontein
Gold Mine |
1977 |
May |
20th |
Randfontein |
South
Africa |
Mining |
Rush
of mud |
No |
Cardex |
Cave-ins
at Gold Mines |
1977 |
September |
3rd |
Blyvoorvitzicht |
South
Africa |
Mining |
Earth
tremor |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
Mine Explosion:10dd |
1981 |
May |
7th |
Near
Indian Ocean |
South
Africa |
Mining |
Methane
gas |
No |
Cardex |
Acetylene
causes fire |
1986 |
September |
16th |
Kinross
Gold mine |
South
Africa |
Mining |
Ignited |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
miners killed: 34 |
1987 |
April |
9th |
Ermelo,
Transvaal |
South
Africa |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Lift
falls down shaft |
1987 |
August |
31st |
Gold
mine, Welkom |
South
Africa |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Goldminers
killed:10 |
1988 |
May |
13th |
Orange
Free State |
South
Africa |
Mining |
Lift
hits object |
No |
Cardex |
Goldminers
Asphyxiated |
1989 |
March |
9th |
Near
Orkney |
South
Africa |
Mining |
Fire |
No |
Cardex |
Gold
mine: 19 dead |
1990 |
September |
12th |
Near
Johannesburg |
South
Africa |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Gold
miners killed:10 |
1992 |
February |
(early) |
Nr.
Johannesburg |
South
Africa |
Mining |
Rockfalls |
No |
Cardex |
Explosion
in coal mine |
1993 |
May |
13th |
Secunda |
South
Africa |
Mining |
Methane
Gas |
No |
Cardex |
Runaway
Engine Kills 100+ |
1995 |
May |
10th |
Vaal
Reef Gold Mine |
South
Africa |
Mining |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
First
4mnths: 178 dead |
1996 |
Jan-April |
|
|
South
Africa |
Mining |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Diamond
miners: 22 dead |
1996 |
November |
27th |
Free
state province |
South
Africa |
Mining |
Mudslide |
No |
Cardex |
Virginia
Gold Mine: 12 dead |
1965 |
December |
15th |
Welkom |
South
Africa |
Mining |
Rock
fall |
No |
Cardex |
Mine
cars tip over |
1973 |
May |
5th |
Chansong |
South
Korea |
Mining |
Out
of control |
No |
Cardex |
Explosion
in mine shaft |
1979 |
April |
14th |
Chungsun |
South
Korea |
Mining |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Unsong
mine: 42 dead |
1979 |
October |
27th |
Mungyong |
South
Korea |
Mining |
Fire/smoke |
No |
Cardex |
Blast
kills coal miners |
1997 |
October |
21st |
Seoul |
South
Korea |
Mining |
Methane
gas |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
miners killed: 27 |
1975 |
November |
3rd |
Figols |
Spain |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
Miners killed: 14 |
1995 |
August |
31st |
Mieres |
Spain |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Explosion
in coal mine |
1984 |
June |
20th |
Near
Taipei |
Taiwan |
Mining |
Ignited
gas |
No |
Cardex |
Fire
in coal mine |
1984 |
July |
10th |
Northern
Taiwan |
Taiwan |
Mining |
Short
circuit |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
miners killed: 93 |
1984 |
December |
5th |
Near
Taipei |
Taiwan |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Mines
collapsed: 100+ |
1998 |
April |
12th |
Mererani
mine,Mbuguni |
Tanzania |
Mining |
Flash
floods |
Yes |
645 |
Lignite
miners trapped: 68 dead |
1965 |
March |
19th |
Amasya |
Turkey |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Coalmine
gas explosion |
1990 |
February |
7th |
Merzifon |
Turkey |
Mining |
Small
fire |
No |
Cardex |
Explosion
buries 200+ |
1992 |
March |
3rd |
Coal
mine, Kozlu |
Turkey |
Mining |
Methane
gas |
No |
Cardex |
Miners
killed: 40+ |
1995 |
March |
26th |
Sorgun |
Turkey |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Ukraine
Mine: 32 dead |
1991 |
June |
29th |
Donbass |
Ukraine |
Mining |
Belt/Fire |
No |
Cardex |
Carbon
monoxide kills46 |
1992 |
June |
9th |
Coal
mine, Krasnodon |
Ukraine |
Mining |
Methane
gas |
No |
Cardex |
Series
of explosions |
1992 |
August |
21st |
Coal
mine, Nr. Donetsk |
Ukraine |
Mining |
Gas
build up |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
miners killed :24 |
1994 |
September |
(early) |
Slor'yanoserbsk |
Ukraine |
Mining |
Methane
gas |
No |
Cardex |
Miners
Killed |
1997 |
February |
(early) |
Karl
Marx mineEnakiewo |
Ukraine |
Mining |
Tons
of ice fell |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
miners killed:63 |
1998 |
April |
4th |
Donetsk |
Ukraine |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
Yes |
612 |
Coal
mine: 24 dead Inj:4 |
1998 |
August |
16th |
Luhansk |
Ukraine |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex
|
Petrovsky
Mine: 5dead Inj:4 |
1998 |
May |
early |
Donetsk |
Ukraine |
Mining |
Methane
gas explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
miners killed:80 dead S.Injured:5 |
2000 |
March |
11th |
Luhansk |
Ukraine |
Mining |
Coal
dust & gas exploded |
No |
(V)
Cardex |
Methane
gas explosion |
1986 |
December |
24th |
Coal
mine nr. Donetsk |
USSR |
Mining |
Build
up |
No |
Cardex |
Explosion
entombs 13 |
1992 |
November |
25th |
Coal
mine, Stavropol |
USSR |
Mining |
Methane
gas |
No |
Cardex |
Two
separate explosions |
1995 |
March |
30th/31st |
Near
Vorkuta |
USSR |
Mining |
Gas |
No |
Cardex |
Cage
collapsed: 15 dead |
1995 |
September |
4th |
coal
mine, Kemerovo |
USSR |
Mining |
Plan
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Tunnel
collapsed:27miners dead |
1998 |
January |
18th |
coal
mine, Vorkuta |
USSR |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex
|
Vietnam
Ruby Mine: 300 dead |
1991 |
June |
|
Nighe
Tinh province |
Vietnam |
Mining |
Tunnel
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Gold
mine collapsed:25dead |
1998 |
November |
30th |
Northern
Vietnam |
Vietnam |
Mining |
Heavy
rainfall |
No |
Cardex
|
Cymmer
Colliery:114 dead S.Inj:42 |
1856 |
July |
15th |
South
Wales |
Wales |
Mining |
Gas
Explosion |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Abercarn
Mine: 268 dead |
1878 |
September |
11th |
Abercarn |
Wales |
Mining |
Gas
Explosion |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Pit
Disaster: 32 dead |
1905 |
March |
10th |
South
Wales |
Wales |
Mining |
|
No |
(B)Cardex |
Pit
Disaster: 124 dead |
1905 |
July |
11th |
Wattstown,Glamorgan |
Wales |
Mining |
|
No |
(B)Cardex |
Senghenydd
Colliery: 439 dead |
1913 |
October |
14th |
Near
Cardiff |
Wales |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Ebbw
Vale Coal Mine: 50 dead |
1927 |
March |
1st |
Ebbw
Vale |
Wales |
Mining |
Firedamp |
No |
Cardex |
Cambrian
Colliery: 31 dead Inj:12 |
1965 |
May |
17th |
Tonypandy |
Wales |
Mining |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Welsh
Colliery Disaster: 31 dead |
1966 |
May |
17th |
|
Wales |
Mining |
|
No |
Cardex |
Aberfan
Disaster: 144 dead |
1966 |
October |
21st |
Pantglass
Coaltip |
Wales |
Mining |
Heavy
rain |
Yes |
196 |
Coalminers
trapped |
1988 |
June |
1st |
Borken |
West
Germany |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Yugoslavian
Colliery: 125 dead Inj:21 |
1965 |
June |
7th |
Kakanj
mine, Kakanj |
Yugoslavia |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Jarando
Coal Mine: 14 dead |
1965 |
January |
10th |
Air
Compresser,Nr Kaljero |
Yugoslavia |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Miners
killed underground |
1976 |
August |
5th |
Breza |
Yugoslavia |
Mining |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Coal
Mine Explosion:39d |
1982 |
May |
12th |
Zenica |
Yugoslavia |
Mining |
Methane
gas |
No |
Cardex |
Strmosten
Pit explosion |
1984 |
April |
21st |
Resavica
Coal mine |
Yugoslavia |
Mining |
Methane
gas |
No |
Cardex |
Explosion
& Fire |
1989 |
November |
17th |
Aleksinac |
Yugoslavia |
Mining |
Whilst
welding |
No |
Cardex |
Mine
explosion kills178 |
1990 |
August |
26th |
Dobrnja-Jug
mine pit |
Yugoslavia |
Mining |
Methane
gas |
No |
Cardex |
Mine
explosion: 29dead Inj:19 |
1998 |
January |
16th |
Coal
mine,S/Yugoslavia |
Yugoslavia |
Mining |
Methane
gas |
No |
Cardex
|
Diamond
mine shafts |
1989 |
June |
(mid) |
Kasai
Province |
Zaire |
Mining |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Tin
mine: 60 dead |
1990 |
May |
(early) |
Kivu
region |
Zaire |
Mining |
Cave
in |
No |
Cardex |
Mafalira
Copper mine |
1970 |
September |
23rd |
Lusaka |
Zambia |
Mining |
Sand
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Sidney
St. Seige |
1911 |
January |
3rd |
Sidney
St. Seige |
|
Mining |
|
No |
Cardex |