State:  Michigan   (Display in Date Order)   (Display in Day Order) Planet links and investigation reports will open in a separate window indicates a female fatality Displays all records in descending fatality order Display all accidents accompanied by an investigation report Or View From These Lists For Michigan: Only Coal Disasters Metal/Nonmetal Disasters   Date Mine Name Location Mineral Disaster Cause Killed Report 11/03/1926 Barnes-Hecker  Ishpeming, MI Iron Ore Inundation 51 09/07/1895 Osceola  Calumet, MI Copper Fire 30 09/28/1893 Mansfield  Crystal Falls, MI Iron Ore Inundation 28 02/21/1918 Amasa-Porter  Crystal Falls, MI Iron Ore Cave-in 17 01/07/1902 Negaunee  Negaunee, MI Iron Ore Roof Fall 10 05/14/1893 Red Jacket Shaft  Calumet, MI Copper Hoisting 10 09/29/1892 Norrie  Ironwood, MI Iron Ore Cave-in 10 09/20/1907 Rolling Mill  Negaunee, MI Iron Ore Hoisting 10 06/04/1901 Chapin  Iron Mountain, MI Iron Ore Explosives 8 04/10/1883 Keel Ridge  Iron Mountain, MI Iron Ore Fall of Ground 8 07/07/1887 Sturgeon River  Metropolitan, MI Iron Ore Inundation 8 07/14/1914 Balkan  Palatka, MI Iron Ore Inundation 7 05/05/1911 Hartford-Cambria No. 2  Negaunee, MI Iron Ore Fire 7 10/29/1927 Quincy Shaft No. 2  Hancock, MI Copper Rock Fall 7 05/13/1912 Norrie  Ironwood, MI Iron Ore Cave-in 7 06/01/1959 Sherwood  Iron River, MI Iron Ore Asphyxiation 6 02/13/1874 Phoenix  Phoenix, MI Copper Explosives 6 10/30/1952 Herron  Herron, MI Rock Explosion 5 09/24/1926 Pabst  Ironwood, MI Iron Ore Pwd Haulage 3 06/02/1952 Penokee  Ironwood, MI Iron Ore Cave-in 2 11/03/2018 Cedarville   Cedarville, MI Limestone Pwd Haulage 1

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