List of fatal mining accidents

This is a list of fatal mining accidents in the Birmingham District:

• October 24, 1889: Joseph Barton was killed at the Blocton No. 3 Mine.
• 1891 Pratt No. 1 Mine explosion, May 22, 1891 (11 killed)
• 1895 Sloss Ore Mine explosion, January 5, 1895 (2 killed)
• 1895 Blocton Mine accident, January 5, 1895 (1 killed)
• 1897 Belle Ellen Mine fire, September 20, 1897 (5 killed)
• 1898 Slope No. 2 Mine explosion, March 19, 1898 (6 killed)
• 1899 Blocton No. 2 Mine explosion, February 21, 1899 (5 killed)
• 1905 Virginia City Mine explosion, February 20, 1905 (112 killed)
• 1906 Little Cahaba Mine explosion, February 27, 1906 (12 killed)
• 1907 Yolande Mine explosion, December 16, 1907 (57 killed)
• 1908 No. 3 Mine fire, November 15, 1908 (8 killed)
• 1909 Short Creek Mine explosion, February 2, 1909 (18 killed)
• 1910 Mulga Mine explosion, April 20, 1910 (40 killed)
• 1910 Palos No. 3 Mine explosion, May 5, 1910 (90 killed)
• 1910 Yolande No. 1 Mine explosion, November 3, 1910 (5 killed)
• 1910 Banner Mine explosion, November 25, 1910 (3 killed)
• 1911 Banner Mine explosion, April 8, 1911 (128 killed)
• 1912 Abernant Mine explosion, August 13, 1912 (18 killed)
• 1913 Acton No. 2 Mine explosion, November 18, 1913 (24 killed)
• 1914 Rock Castle Mine explosion, January 10, 1914 (12 killed)
• 1914 Mulga Mine explosion, October 5, 1914 (17 killed)
• 1916 Roden Mine explosion, October 22, 1916 (18 killed)
• 1916 Bessie Mine explosion, November 14, 1916 (30 killed)
• 1918 Lubaco Mine rockslide, July 15, 1918 (2 killed)
• 1919 Majestic Mine explosion, April 29, 1919 (22 killed)
• 1920 Maxine Mine rock fall, April 20, 1920 (1 killed)
• 1920 Parrish Mine explosion, November 23, 1920 (12 killed)
• 1921 Docena Mine explosion, December 31, 1921 (5 killed)
• 1922 Belle Ellen No. 2 Mine explosion, February 2, 1922 (9 killed)
• 1922 Acmar No. 3 Mine explosions, March 25 and May 25, 1922 (22 killed)
• 1922 Dolomite No. 3 Mine explosion, November 22, 1922 (90 killed)
• 1923 Dolomite No. 1 Mine explosion, January 10, 1923 (5 killed)
• 1923 Sloss No. 1 Mine accident, July 12, 1923 (5 killed)
• 1925 Piper No. 2 Mine explosion, May 31, 1925 (7 killed)
• 1925 Overton No. 2 Mine explosion, December 10, 1925 (53 killed)
• 1926 Mossboro Mine explosion, January 29, 1926 (27 killed)
• 1929 Connelsville Mine explosion, May 27, 1929 (10 killed)
• 1930 Peerless Mine explosion, January 13, 1930 (7 killed)
• 1931 Overton No. 1 Mine explosion, December 29, 1931 (5 killed)
• 1937 Mulga Mine explosion, October 15, 1937 (34 killed)
• 1938 Praco No. 7 Mine collapse, July 1, 1938 (6 killed)
• 1941 Docena Mine explosion, June 14, 1941 (5 killed)
• 1941 Acmar No. 6 Mine explosion, July 10, 1941 (11 killed)
• 1943 Praco No. 10 Mine explosion, May 11, 1943 (12 killed)
• 1943 Sayreton No. 2 Mine explosion, August 28, 1943 (28 killed)
• 1948 Edgewater Mine explosion, July 30, 1948 (11 killed)
• 1977 Chetopa Mine accident, July 24, 1977 (3 killed)
• 2001 Jim Walter No. 5 Mine explosion, September 23, 2001 (13 killed)
• 2012 Shoal Creek Mine accident, September 11, 2012 (1 killed)
• 2023 Warrior Met Coal accident, August 30, 2023 (1 killed)
• 2024 Oak Grove Mine explosion, March 8, 2024 (1 killed)
• 2024 Oak Grove Mine accident, September 23, 2024 (1 killed)

References

• United States Mine Rescue Association. Mine Disasters in the United States database - accessed August 8, 2010

External links

• Alabama Mine Accidents: A Bibliography. Birmingham Public Library