Mine Disasters, 1900-2019

Keywords: Disasters
Mine Disasters, 1900-2019
1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Fatalities 281 177 435 236 266 321 222 934 356 516 585 491 280 486 349 281 188 469 89 212 87 35 349 306 502 276 399 181 326 163 244 56 145 14 31 35 62 107 89 33 276 73 171 196 94 74 27 179 49 0 5 157 21 5 21 0 0 64 42 27 18 22 48 49 0 21 12 0 108 0 38 7 219 0 0 0 26 9 5 5 5 36 7 7 27 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 17 6 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Incidents 5 12 12 9 9 20 15 19 12 22 25 23 16 11 16 12 13 15 6 11 12 5 17 12 11 15 17 12 14 9 15 6 6 2 3 4 8 7 7 2 6 8 9 11 4 6 2 6 6 0 1 5 4 1 2 0 0 5 3 3 1 1 2 3 0 3 2 0 3 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fatalities per incident 56 15 36 26 30 16 15 49 30 23 23 21 18 44 22 23 14 31 15 19 7 7 21 26 46 18 23 15 23 18 16 9 24 7 10 9 8 15 13 17 46 9 19 18 24 12 14 30 8 0 5 31 5 5 11 0 0 13 14 9 18 22 24 16 0 7 6 0 36 0 38 7 55 0 0 0 13 9 5 5 5 12 7 7 27 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 9 6 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Note: A mining disaster is defined as an incident with 5 or more fatalities. Sources
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  • Explosion - includes explosives, blast, powder fumes
  • Fire - includes smoke
  • Water - includes flood, dam failure, inundation
  • Ground fall - includes cave-in, roof fall/bump, fall of rock/face/rib, collapse, slide of bank, snowslide
  • Machinery/Equipment fall - includes cage fall, fall of skip, mine car fall, hoisting accident, crosshead fall, breaking drawbar
  • Suffocation - includes gas inhalation
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program