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This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll.It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture, planning, construction, design, and more.
The Scofield Mine disaster was a mining explosion that occurred at the Winter Quarters coal mine on May 1, 1900. The mine was located at 39°42′57″N 111°11′17″W / 39.71583°N 111.18806°W / 39.71583; -111.18806 near the town of Scofield ,
A massive fire at the Avondale Colliery caused the death of 110 workers. It was the greatest mine disaster to that point in American history. February 16, 1883: Diamond Mine Disaster in Diamond, Illinois, United States. 74 people died, including 6 children. June 28, 1896: Twin Shaft disaster, Pittston, Pennsylvania. A massive cave-in killed 58 ...
Second-deadliest disaster in United States history. Deadliest drug epidemic in United States history. 700,000 [3] 1981 – present HIV/AIDS in the United States: Pandemic Nationwide Fatalities estimated. Third-deadliest disaster in United States history. 675,000 [4] 1918 – 1920 1918 influenza pandemic: Pandemic Nationwide Fatalities estimated.
The collapse of a coal mining plant in Eastern Kentucky Tuesday has left one worker dead. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. Sign in. Subscriptions; Animals. Business. Elections.
This is the deadliest underground hard rock mining disaster in United States history. January 12, 1918 Minnie Pit disaster in Staffordshire , England was a coal mining accident in which 155 men and boys died (144 from carbon monoxide poisoning and 11 from violence, plus carbon monoxide poisoning).
In the decade 2005–2014, US coal mining fatalities averaged 28 per year. [45] The most fatalities during the 2005–2014 decade were 48 in 2010, the year of the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster in West Virginia, which killed 29 miners. [81] 2016 was the first year in U.S. coal mining history that had no fatalities due to coal mine roof falls. [82]
Coal mining disasters in the United States (13 C) Pages in category "Mining disasters in the United States" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.