State:  Michigan   (Display in Date Order)   (Display in Day Order) Planet links and investigation reports will open in a separate window Some investigation reports are very large, visit the page for file size Displays all records in descending fatality order   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   05/14/1893 Red Jacket Shaft  Calumet, MI Copper Hoisting 10   01/07/1902 Negaunee  Negaunee, MI Iron Ore Roof Fall 10   09/20/1907 Rolling Mill  Negaunee, MI Iron Ore Hoisting 10   06/04/1901 Chapin  Iron Mountain, MI Iron Ore Explosives 8   07/07/1887 Sturgeon River  Metropolitan, MI Iron Ore Inundation 8   05/05/1911 Hartford-Cambria No. 2  Negaunee, MI Iron Ore Fire 7   07/14/1914 Balkan  Palatka, MI Iron Ore Inundation 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   02/13/1874 Phoenix  Phoenix, MI Copper Explosives 6   06/01/1959 Sherwood  Iron River, MI Iron Ore Asphyxiation 6   10/30/1952 Herron  Herron, MI Rock Explosion 5   06/02/1952 Penokee  Ironwood, MI Iron Ore Cave-in 2   11/03/2018 O-N Minerals   Cedarville, MI Limestone Pwd Haulage 1

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