The majority of the mine accidents found on this site meet the definition of “mine disaster” where 5 or more miners were killed.  These include all the disasters listed at the CDC/NIOSH web site which can be viewed here. Search Tips:  This page enables you to return targeted results from our database by entering either a complete or partial mine name.  Upper or lower case can be used. Caution:  Do not include the words “mine” or “colliery.”  This will normally return “No record found” to your query.       Mine Disaster Calendar  Commemorating mine disasters where 10 or more miners were killed Successful Mine Rescues MS Word      Adobe PDF Over 1,350 rescues located Incidents of Rescuer Death MS Word      Adobe PDF Over 135 incidents located

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