State:  Tennessee   (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 Tennessee: Only Coal Disasters Metal/Nonmetal Disasters   Date Mine Name Location Mineral Disaster Cause Killed Report 05/19/1902 Fraterville  Coal Creek, TN Bituminous Explosion 184 12/09/1911 Cross Mountain  Briceville, TN Bituminous Explosion 84 12/20/1895 Nelson  Dayton, TN Bituminous Explosion 28 10/04/1926 Rockwood  Rockwood, TN Bituminous Explosion 27 05/27/1901 New Richland  Dayton, TN Bituminous Explosion 20 03/31/1902 Nelson  Dayton, TN Bituminous Explosion 16 12/08/1981 Grundy No. 21  Whitewell, TN Bituminous Explosion 13 12/20/1917 Barbour No. 3  Catoosa, TN Bituminous Explosion 11 07/23/1925 Rockwood  Rockwood, TN Bituminous Explosion 10 05/05/1943 Nu Rex  LaFollette, TN Bituminous Explosion 10 06/27/1922 Holston Quarry  Strawplains, TN Marble Explosives 9 03/23/1959 Phillips and West No. 1  Robbins, TN Bituminous Explosion 9 01/05/1943 Boyd  Ducktown, TN Copper Asphyxiation 9 05/24/1965 Kline No. 2-A  Robbins, TN Bituminous Explosion 5 11/04/1951 Calloway  Ducktown, TN Copper Hoisting 4 09/01/1914 Rockwood  Rockwood, TN Iron Ore Explosion 1 02/27/1999 Tiftonia Quarry   Chattanooga, TN Limestone Fall of Highwall 1

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