| Rank | State | Total Disasters | Total Killed | Deadliest Accident |
| 1 | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 199 | 3,411 | Darr (239) |
| 2 | State of West Virginia | 106 | 2,694 | Monongah Nos. 6 and 8 (362) |
| 3 | State of Colorado | 54 | 1,021 | Hastings (121) |
| 4 | State of Alabama | 41 | 999 | Banner (128) |
| State of llinois | 41 | 1,095 | St. Paul No. 2 (259) | |
| 6 | Commonwealth of Kentucky | 39 | 495 | West Kentucky No. 7 (62) |
| 7 | Commonwealth of Virginia | 33 | 696 | Laurel (112) |
| 8 | State of Oklahoma | 27 | 604 | Osage No. 11 (100) |
| 9 | State of Montana | 22 | 455 | Granite Mountain (163) |
| 10 | State of Utah | 20 | 605 | Winter Quarters No. 1, 2 (200) |
| Ten State Totals | 582 | 12,075 | ||
| A mining disaster is defined as an incident with 5 or more fatalities. Unofficially, the USMRA database includes 78 accidents, each resulting in four fatalities, which can be found listed here. We make no claim that these are the only accidents having 4 deaths that have occurred. Source: MSHA Fatality Archive Database. | ||||
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