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27 mine disasters of 5 or more fatalities have occurred in Oklahoma.
This is the 8th highest for any state.

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Date Mine Name Location Mineral Disaster Cause Killed Report
01/07/1892 Osage No. 11 View the planets for this day Krebs, OK Bituminous Explosion 100 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/13/1926 Wilburton No. 21 View the planets for this day Wilburton, OK Bituminous Explosion 91 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/20/1912 San Bois No. 2 View the planets for this day McCurtain, OK Bituminous Explosion 73 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/17/1929 Old Town View the planets for this day McAlester, OK Bituminous Explosion 61 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/27/1930 Wheatley No. 4 View the planets for this day McAlester, OK Bituminous Explosion 30 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/26/1908 Hailey-Okla No. 1 View the planets for this day Haileyville, OK Bituminous Fire 29 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
04/04/1887 Old Savanna No. 2 View the planets for this day Savanna, OK Bituminous Explosion 18 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
09/03/1926 Tahona No. 29 View the planets for this day Tahona, OK Bituminous Explosion 16 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
06/30/1919 Alderson No. 5 View the planets for this day Alderson, OK Bituminous Explosion 15
11/29/1930 Lutie No. 5 View the planets for this day Lutie, OK Bituminous Explosion 15
11/28/1910 Jumbo View the planets for this day Jumbo, OK Asphalt Explosion 14 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/24/1906 Poteau No. 6 View the planets for this day Witteville, OK Bituminous Explosives 14
09/04/1914 Union No. 1 View the planets for this day Adamson, OK Bituminous Roof Fall 13
04/30/1905 Wilburton No. 19 View the planets for this day Wilburton, OK Bituminous Explosion 13
10/21/1909 Rock Island No. 8 View the planets for this day Hartshorne, OK Bituminous Explosion 10 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/13/1902 Milby and Dow View the planets for this day Dow, OK Bituminous Fire 10
08/21/1920 Degnan-McConnel No. 19 View the planets for this day Degnan, OK Bituminous Explosion 10
03/13/1893 Choctaw View the planets for this day Alderson, OK Bituminous Explosion 9
02/22/1912 Western No. 5 View the planets for this day Lehigh, OK Bituminous Fire 9
01/17/1945 Bond Valley View the planets for this day Haileyville, OK Bituminous Explosion 9
10/20/1922 Progressive No. 11 View the planets for this day McCurtain, OK Bituminous Explosion 8
09/27/1929 Covington No. 7 View the planets for this day Tahona, OK Bituminous Explosion 8
04/12/1903 Central Slope No. 77 View the planets for this day Carbon, OK Bituminous Explosion 6
12/28/1901 McAlester No. 1 View the planets for this day Hartshorne, OK Bituminous Hoisting 6
04/29/1901 McAlester No. 5 View the planets for this day Alderson, OK Bituminous Explosives 6
03/31/1910 Busby No. 2 View the planets for this day Wilburton, OK Bituminous Explosion 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/04/1897 Alderson No. 1 View the planets for this day Alderson, OK Bituminous Explosion 5
 

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