Disasters

Explosions, floods, collapses and other major incidents at UK mines — including significant post-closure incidents in abandoned workings. Each record is researched to the same standard as a mine or terminology entry, not just a casualty count.

The 100 disasters most recently added, of 1582, newest first.

Disaster	Date	Type	Region	Fatalities
Ravenhead Colliery roof fall, 1904 Roof gave way on two young daywagemen ripping down roof in a roadway at the St Helens Collieries Company's Ravenhead Colliery on 18 February 1904; the inquiry suggested better supervision of such work.	18 February 1904	Collapse / Roof Fall	Merseyside	2
Auldhouseburn Colliery haulage accident, 1907 A race of empty hutches that had not been coupled to the rope ran away down the dook at the Cairntable Gas Coal Company's Auldhouseburn Colliery on 11 January 1907, killing two seventeen-year-olds on their way home.	11 January 1907	Haulage / Transport	East Ayrshire	2
Peel Hall Colliery roof fall, 1920 A fall of roof killed two colliers at James Roscoe and Sons' Peel Hall Colliery, Little Hulton, on 11 March 1920.	11 March 1920	Collapse / Roof Fall	Greater Manchester	2
Ouston Colliery roof fall, 1913 A large fall of stone buried a timber drawer and his assistant as they drew props from a loose end lift in the E Pit at Ouston on 6 May 1913.	6 May 1913	Collapse / Roof Fall	County Durham	2
Kiveton Park Colliery shotfiring accident, 1933 A deputy firing shots at the face of Kiveton Park Colliery on 1 February 1933 and the young assistant charging a hole eight yards away were both fatally injured by a loud concussion.	1 February 1933	Explosion	South Yorkshire	2
Lochgelly Colliery haulage accident, 1910 A runaway hutch caught two wheelers travelling up a brae in the Nellie Pit of the Lochgelly Iron and Coal Company on 14 January 1910, fatally injuring both.	14 January 1910	Haulage / Transport	Fife	2
Onllwyn Colliery haulage accident, 1902 A journey of trams broke loose on an engine plane rising one in three at Sir Griffith Thomas's Onllwyn Colliery on 14 January 1902 and killed two colliers.	14 January 1902	Haulage / Transport	Neath Port Talbot	2
Pemberton Colliery screens accident, 1910 Two boys were dragged into an unguarded revolving shaft at the surface screens of Pemberton Colliery, Wigan, on 2 February 1910.	2 February 1910	Machinery	Greater Manchester	2
Pemberton Colliery explosion, 1902 A shot fired at the Pemberton Colliery Company's pit at Wigan on 3 March 1902 ignited firedamp, and the explosion killed the shotlighter and his seventeen-year-old assistant.	3 March 1902	Explosion	Greater Manchester	2
Seaton Delaval Colliery shaft accident, 1924 A clutch on the crab-engine drum broke as a walling scaffold was being raised in the Melton sinking at the Seaton Delaval Coal Company's Hastings Colliery on 19 September 1924, dropping three sinkers into the flooded sump.	19 September 1924	Winding / Shaft Accident	Northumberland	3
Ashton's Field Colliery roof fall, 1901 Two colliers at the Bridgewater Trustees' Ashton's Field Colliery, Little Hulton, were killed on 21 March 1901 by a fall from two slips, after an hour's talk about putting up a prop.	21 March 1901	Collapse / Roof Fall	Greater Manchester	2
Wallsend Colliery gassing, 1907 An overman and his back overman went forward in the dark to clear firedamp from two places in the Yard seam at Wallsend Colliery on 28 January 1907 and were overcome when the gas backed on them.	28 January 1907	Gas / Asphyxiation	Tyne and Wear	2
Scremerston Colliery inrush, 1931 Two men sent to look for a blockage in an old water level at Scremerston Colliery on 24 June 1931 were trapped and drowned when dammed-up water broke loose; their bodies were reached 32 hours later.	24 June 1931	Flooding / Inundation	Northumberland	2
Westminster Colliery roof fall, 1904 Two repairers cutting bottom in a downbrow at Westminster Colliery, Gwersyllt, on 27 July 1904 weakened the props and the roof came in on them.	27 July 1904	Collapse / Roof Fall	Wrexham	2
Whitwood Colliery roof fall, 1911 Two men driving an untimbered road through the goaf at the Whitwood Silkstone pit on 31 March 1911 were killed when the roof fell; the inspector called it gross carelessness.	31 March 1911	Collapse / Roof Fall	West Yorkshire	2
Ushaw Moor Colliery explosion, 1932 Firedamp exploded in No. 6 West Gate of the Victoria seam at Ushaw Moor Colliery at 5.40 on the morning of 14 November 1932, killing a hewer clearing a fall and a putter fetching a drill.	14 November 1932	Explosion	County Durham	2
Teversal Colliery roof fall, 1901 A large fall pushed out the new timber on a roadway being heightened in the Top Hard at Teversal Colliery on 27 August 1901, killing a horse driver and a dataller.	27 August 1901	Collapse / Roof Fall	Nottinghamshire	2
St Helen's Colliery explosions, 1904 A shot fired in the Main Band at St Helen's Colliery, near Workington, on 7 January 1904 set the coal on fire, and two explosions of firedamp followed while officials were sealing off the fire; the second killed two deputies.	7 January 1904	Explosion	Cumbria	2
Mountain Colliery explosion, 1910 A charge that had misfired in an earlier volley went off in the drift at Mountain Colliery, Gorseinon, on the morning of 31 May 1910, killing two men filling a tram and injuring four.	31 May 1910	Explosion	Swansea	2
Rhos Llantwit Colliery explosion, 1891 Gas fired as the fireman inspected the workings of Rhos Llantwit Colliery, Caerphilly, early on 25 August 1891, killing him and a collier and injuring seven; the pit had always been worked with naked lights.	25 August 1891	Explosion	Caerphilly	2
Sherwood Colliery roof fall, 1912 A fall of about a hundred tons covered a newly widened passbye 150 yards from the pit bottom at Sherwood Colliery, Mansfield, on 12 December 1912, killing two stallmen.	12 December 1912	Collapse / Roof Fall	Nottinghamshire	2
Cwmbran Colliery roof fall, 1905 A fall of roof in an old stall being stowed with rubbish killed two young men knocking out timber at Cwmbran Colliery in March 1905; the rescuers carried the first body to the wrong house.	7 March 1905	Collapse / Roof Fall	Torfaen	2
Lowca Colliery roof fall, 1911 A fall of roof on an engine plane at the Workington Iron and Steel Company's Harrington pit at Lowca killed two young stonemen from Distington on 15 January 1911.	15 January 1911	Collapse / Roof Fall	Cumbria	2
Hickleton Main Colliery roof fall, 1909 A sharp bump threw out the props in a faulty, over-wide place at Hickleton Main Colliery on 25 November 1909 and brought down a large area of roof on two colliers.	25 November 1909	Collapse / Roof Fall	South Yorkshire	2
Houghton Colliery fall of coal, 1913 Coal and stone came away over thirteen feet of face on two hewers kirving under a pillar at Houghton Colliery on 2 June 1913, killing both.	2 June 1913	Collapse / Roof Fall	Tyne and Wear	2
Sherdley Colliery roof fall, 1925 A fall of roof buried a contractor and his man at Sherdley Colliery, St Helens, on 2 March 1925.	2 March 1925	Collapse / Roof Fall	Merseyside	2
Bridgeness Colliery explosion, 1915 A shot fired at the face set off an explosion of firedamp in a stone mine at Bridgeness No. 2 pit, Grangepans, on 17 February 1915, burning five men; the fireman died two days later and a miner with a broken spine seven months later.	17 February 1915	Explosion	Falkirk	2
Backworth Colliery explosion, 1928 A shot fired by a deputy in a ripping canch at Backworth's Eccles pit on 23 November 1928, after he had found gas there, ignited firedamp that burned the men on the tailgate and the face; four died.	23 November 1928	Explosion	Tyne and Wear	4
Elemore Colliery roof fall, 1906 A single mass of post stone fell on two brothers hewing in the Main Coal at Elemore Colliery on 22 January 1906, moments after the deputy had set a prop and remarked he could have gone to sleep in the place.	22 January 1906	Collapse / Roof Fall	County Durham	2
Felling Colliery breathing apparatus accident, 1911 Two men exploring unventilated old workings at Felling Colliery in Draeger breathing apparatus on 31 October 1911 were suffocated, one after collapsing and the other while going for help; the colliery surveyor got out.	31 October 1911	Gas / Asphyxiation	Tyne and Wear	2
South Kirkby Colliery roof fall, 1906 A bump knocked out the temporary props under a great slab of stone on a horse road in the Haigh Moor seam at South Kirkby Colliery on 16 August 1906, ten minutes after a deputy had judged the place safe; two datallers were killed.	16 August 1906	Collapse / Roof Fall	South Yorkshire	2
Ty Trist Colliery roof fall, 1913 A fall of roof at the entrance to a stall road in Ty Trist No. 1 pit, Tredegar, on 15 March 1913 killed the collier repairing it and a friend who had stopped to talk to him.	15 March 1913	Collapse / Roof Fall	Blaenau Gwent	2
Warsop Main Colliery outburst, 1902 Gas under great pressure burst coal out of the face of a heading approaching a fault at Warsop Main Colliery on 7 March 1902, burying and suffocating the header and his loader.	7 March 1902	Gas / Asphyxiation	Nottinghamshire	2
Talk o' th' Hill Colliery roof fall, 1908 Eight yards of roof fell without warning on three colliers at a breasting face in the Ten Feet seam of Talk o' th' Hill Colliery on 21 October 1908; all were dug out alive after up to seventeen hours, but two died of shock and exhaustion.	21 October 1908	Collapse / Roof Fall	Staffordshire	2
Wallyford Colliery inrush, 1908 An irruption of water killed two miners, John Dickson and George Scott, at the Edinburgh Collieries Company's Wallyford Colliery, near Musselburgh, on 27 May 1908.	27 May 1908	Flooding / Inundation	East Lothian	2
Sneyd Colliery manriding accident, 1949 Two men were killed in a manriding accident at Sneyd Colliery, Burslem, on 4 October 1949, in the National Coal Board's third year.	4 October 1949	Haulage / Transport	Staffordshire	2
Snowdown Colliery boiler explosion, 1910 A boiler exploded at the pit top of Snowdown Colliery, Kent, on 22 August 1910, bringing down a wall that crushed the boiler fireman and his assistant.	22 August 1910	Other	Kent	2
Graig Fawr Colliery roof fall, 1903 A fall of stone from slips killed two colliers, William Shorthouse and Richard Battle, at the Red Ash colliery at Graig Fawr, Cwm, on the evening of 16 April 1903, after they had worked six and a half hours in the wrong place unvisited.	16 April 1903	Collapse / Roof Fall	Blaenau Gwent	2
Wednesbury Oak Colliery roof fall, 1900 A fall of roof at the working face in the New Mine coal at Wednesbury Oak Colliery, Tipton, on 10 November 1900 killed two pikemen and a loader.	10 November 1900	Collapse / Roof Fall	West Midlands	3
Talk o' th' Hill Colliery explosion, 1901 A gob fire at Talk o' th' Hill Colliery, near Kidsgrove, set off an explosion of firedamp and coal dust on 27 May 1901, killing a fireman, a shaftman, a pump attendant and a carpenter.	27 May 1901	Explosion	Staffordshire	4
Sacriston Colliery roof fall, 1940 A fall of stone at Sacriston Colliery on 4 December 1940 killed five officials and workmen who were clearing the debris of an earlier fall.	4 December 1940	Collapse / Roof Fall	County Durham	5
Sherburn Hill Colliery explosion, 1948 A firedamp explosion on No. 5 face in the Busty seam at Sherburn Hill Colliery on the evening of 11 June 1948 killed a shotfirer and three cutters by carbon monoxide; the inquest could not find what ignited the gas.	11 June 1948	Explosion	County Durham	4
Pelton Colliery cage fall, 1932 A cage carrying four men caught on a girder in the second-outlet shaft of Pelton Colliery on 28 June 1932, hung for up to a quarter of an hour, then fell to the sump, killing three; the fourth climbed out.	28 June 1932	Winding / Shaft Accident	County Durham	3
Lea Green Colliery cabin fall, 1911 A wooden cabin at the pit top of the Queen Pit, Lea Green Colliery, toppled fifteen and a half feet to the ground on 17 June 1911 as three labourers went in for their dinner, killing all three.	17 June 1911	Other	Lancashire	3
Elemore Colliery duff heap fall, 1943 Two falls of duff coal at the surface heap of Elemore Colliery, Easington Lane, on 15 April 1943 buried three workers, two of whom had run to dig out the first.	15 April 1943	Other	County Durham	3
Moorfield Colliery roof fall, 1909 A stone twelve feet long fell from the roof of a roadway in the Mountain seam at Moorfield Colliery, Altham, on 12 November 1909, killing a fireman and a dataller who were heightening it.	12 November 1909	Collapse / Roof Fall	Lancashire	2
Carnarvon Colliery explosion, 1868 An explosion of firedamp at Carnarvon Colliery, Bynea, near Llanelli, early on 13 May 1868 filled the lower level with afterdamp; sixty or seventy men got out, but four who stopped to dress were overcome.	13 May 1868	Explosion	Carmarthenshire	4
Abernant No. 9 Pit explosion, 1890 An explosion of gas at the No. 9 Pit of Abernant Colliery, Aberdare, in May 1890 killed a ripper and a haulier.	16 May 1890	Explosion	Rhondda Cynon Taf	2
Deaf Hill Colliery roof fall, 1934 A large fall of shale roof over a pack at a longwall conveyor face in Deaf Hill Colliery, County Durham, killed two men sitting at the roadhead on 16 May 1934.	16 May 1934	Collapse / Roof Fall	County Durham	2
Agecroft Colliery riding accident, 1920 Five men riding in tubs at Andrew Knowles and Sons' Agecroft Colliery, Pendlebury, were thrown out on 11 March 1920; three died and two were injured.	11 March 1920	Haulage / Transport	Greater Manchester	3
Blaenclydach Colliery roof fall, 1901 A slab of roof nearly thirteen feet long fell at the face in the No. 2 Rhondda seam at Blaenclydach Colliery on 11 July 1901, killing two colliers.	11 July 1901	Collapse / Roof Fall	Rhondda Cynon Taf	2
Babbington Colliery roof fall, 1901 Two men died in successive falls of roof in a stall at Babbington Colliery, Cinderhill, Nottingham, on 11 September 1901: the loader Tom Hickman Langham, and the stallman Isaac Hickman, who went to help him.	11 September 1901	Collapse / Roof Fall	Nottinghamshire	2
Auchinraith Colliery inset collapse, 1912 The brick-arched inset at the pit bottom of Auchinraith Colliery, Blantyre, collapsed on 15 April 1912 while two men were repairing a broken haulage wheel there, burying and killing both.	15 April 1912	Collapse / Roof Fall	South Lanarkshire	2
Bettisfield Colliery haulage accident, 1909 A full journey of tubs broke loose from a self-acting jig at Bettisfield Colliery, Bagillt, on 11 December 1909 and struck the endless rope in the main haulage level, killing two men working there.	11 December 1909	Haulage / Transport	Flintshire	2
Cadzow Colliery explosion, 1928 An explosion of gas in the Kiltongue seam of No. 1 Pit at Cadzow Colliery, Hamilton, on the evening of Sunday 7 October 1928 injured four men, two of whom, Thomas Paton and James Rodden, died.	7 October 1928	Explosion	South Lanarkshire	2
Clifton Hall Colliery runaway tubs, 1929 Runaway tubs killed two colliers at Clifton Hall Colliery, near Manchester, on 13 September 1929, eight weeks before the pit closed.	13 September 1929	Haulage / Transport	Greater Manchester	2
Chilton Colliery gassing, 1947 Two men were gassed and killed together at Chilton Colliery, County Durham, on 28 May 1947, in the National Coal Board's first year of running the pit.	28 May 1947	Gas / Asphyxiation	County Durham	2
Parc Colliery roof fall, 1959 A fall of roof without warning trapped twelve men on a coalface at Parc Colliery, Cwmparc, on 10 April 1959; eight were freed, and four died, one of them after a twelve-hour rescue.	10 April 1959	Collapse / Roof Fall	Rhondda Cynon Taf	4
Parc Colliery shaft collapse, 1882 About nine feet of the side of a ventilation shaft being sunk at Parc, Cwmpark, fell in on six sinkers on the evening of 21 February 1882; two got out, and four were buried and drowned, their bodies recovered ten days later.	21 February 1882	Winding / Shaft Accident	Rhondda Cynon Taf	4
New Duffryn Colliery explosion, 1883 A heavy fall of roof at the Rhymney Iron Company's New Duffryn Colliery, Rhymney, released gas that was fired at the men's naked lights on 25 June 1883; six died, the youngest a 13-year-old collier, and eight were injured.	25 June 1883	Explosion	Caerphilly	6
Black Prince Colliery roof fall, 1911 A slab of stone 19 feet long fell without warning on a driving road at the Weardale company's Black Prince Colliery, Tow Law, on 16 November 1911, killing the deputy and the back-overman.	16 November 1911	Collapse / Roof Fall	County Durham	2
Auchinraith cage accident, 1901 The cage carrying eight men down No. 1 Pit at Merry and Cunninghame's Auchinraith Colliery, Blantyre, left its slides on 24 July 1901, and two of the men fell out and were killed.	24 July 1901	Winding / Shaft Accident	South Lanarkshire	2
Agecroft Colliery roof fall, 1903 A 'great crump' in a bad roof at Andrew Knowles and Sons' Agecroft Colliery, Pendlebury, on the morning of 30 June 1903 brought down a roadway nine yards from the face, killing two colliers.	30 June 1903	Collapse / Roof Fall	Greater Manchester	2
Cribbwr Fawr roof fall, 1925 Two assistant repairers at Cribbwr Fawr Colliery, near Pyle, were buried by a fall of roof on 13 November 1925 while repairing a double parting.	13 November 1925	Collapse / Roof Fall	Bridgend	2
Bamfurlong Colliery roof fall, 1928 A fall of roof at Cross, Tetley and Company's Bamfurlong Colliery, near Wigan, on 16 June 1928 killed two colliers, Peter and William Grundy.	16 June 1928	Collapse / Roof Fall	Greater Manchester	2
Cadeby Main haulage accident, 1909 Two Cadeby Main colliers inspecting the pit on behalf of their fellow workmen in 1909 were killed by tubs that ran away on an endless rope haulage.	1909	Haulage / Transport	South Yorkshire	2
Eccles Pit explosion, 1933 An explosion of firedamp at the Eccles Pit of Backworth Collieries on 22 April 1933 killed three coal-cutting machinemen.	22 April 1933	Explosion	Tyne and Wear	3
Eccles Pit roof fall, 1943 A fall of roof at the Eccles Pit of Backworth Collieries, Northumberland, on 21 May 1943 killed three men preparing a conveyor and injured two more.	21 May 1943	Collapse / Roof Fall	Tyne and Wear	3
Benwell Colliery explosion, 1907 An explosion of firedamp at W. Cochrane Carr's Benwell Colliery, on the west side of Newcastle, at 5.40 in the evening of 19 March 1907 killed two deputies and two boys.	19 March 1907	Explosion	Tyne and Wear	4
Loscoe Colliery rope accident, 1852 An iron splicing-plate in the hemp winding rope at E. F. Whittingstall's Loscoe Colliery, near Heanor, snapped over the pulley on 5 October 1852, dropping the cage and two men down the shaft; the safety catch failed to hold it.	5 October 1852	Winding / Shaft Accident	Derbyshire	2
Boldon Colliery overwind, 1906 An overwind at the Harton Coal Company's Boldon Colliery, County Durham, on 24 June 1906 killed two shaftmen and a boiler fireman.	24 June 1906	Winding / Shaft Accident	Tyne and Wear	3
Clough Hall Colliery roof fall, 1901 A great fall from an unsecured cavity above the main haulage crut of No. 18 Pit, Clough Hall Colliery, Kidsgrove, on 12 September 1901 buried the shifters finishing its repair, killing four and injuring the under-manager and an overman.	12 September 1901	Collapse / Roof Fall	Staffordshire	4
Bebside Colliery roof fall, 1905 Two deputies and a fitter watching the first trial run on a newly extended rope haulage in the Bensham seam at Bebside Colliery, Northumberland, on 15 July 1905 were killed when a snagged tail rope tore out a sheave frame, drew the props and brought down the roof.	15 July 1905	Collapse / Roof Fall	Northumberland	3
Aldwarke Main Colliery inrush, 1933 Water bursting through from old workings at John Brown and Company's Aldwarke Main Colliery, Rawmarsh, near Rotherham, on 10 March 1933 overwhelmed and drowned two miners.	10 March 1933	Flooding / Inundation	South Yorkshire	2
Algernon Pit roof fall, 1901 A fall of stone in a gateway at the Algernon Pit of the Backworth Collieries, Northumberland, in 1901 killed a shifter and a stoneman who were preparing to timber the face, in a roof full of slips that the chargeman had already examined.	1901	Collapse / Roof Fall	Tyne and Wear	2
Low Hall Colliery shaft accident, 1914 Three young men riding up the No. 5 shaft at Low Hall Colliery, near Wigan, on 16 February 1914 were killed when a tub fell down the shaft onto their cage.	16 February 1914	Winding / Shaft Accident	Greater Manchester	3
Low Hall Colliery cage collision, 1903 The manager and undermanager of the Moss Hall Coal Company's Low Hall Colliery were killed on 8 April 1903 when the cage they were riding down No. 7 shaft struck timber left projecting from the ascending cage and they fell to the pit bottom.	8 April 1903	Winding / Shaft Accident	Greater Manchester	2
Cinder Hill Colliery arching fall, 1858 Two masons at Thomas North's Cinder Hill Colliery, Nottingham, were killed on 6 August 1858 when they took the centering from under newly built arching without authority and it fell on them.	6 August 1858	Collapse / Roof Fall	Nottinghamshire	2
Low Hall Colliery explosion, 1859 Two men repairing a pump on an engine plane in the Pemberton Five Feet mine at the Moss Hall Coal Company's Low Hall Colliery, near Wigan, on 19 January 1859 fired gas with their naked lights, weeks after the inspector had warned in writing that the ventilation was inadequate.	19 January 1859	Explosion	Greater Manchester	2
Yniscedwyn Colliery roof fall, 1931 Two men ripping the roof at Amalgamated Anthracite's Yniscedwyn Colliery, Ystradgynlais, in May 1931 were buried when it collapsed; they were missed at the end of the afternoon shift and found by the night shift.	May 1931	Collapse / Roof Fall	Powys	2
Ammanford Colliery explosion, 1935 Two repairers boring in the stone of a cross-measure heading at Ammanford Colliery on 18 September 1935 were killed by an unexplained explosion and found dead by the fireman.	18 September 1935	Explosion	Carmarthenshire	2
Penllwyngwent Colliery roof fall, 1933 Three men moving a heavy stone into the gob at Penllwyngwent Colliery, Ogmore Vale, in June 1933 knocked out a post, and a stone of about two tons fell from the roof, killing two of them.	June 1933	Collapse / Roof Fall	Bridgend	2
Tirbach Colliery explosion, 1932 A shot fired at Henderson's Welsh Anthracite Collieries' Tirbach Colliery, Ystalyfera, on 30 September 1932 ignited gas and burned three men, who died over the next three days.	30 September 1932	Explosion	Neath Port Talbot	3
Great Mountain Colliery gas accident, 1925 A fireman at Great Mountain Colliery, Tumble, was overcome by gas on 27 April 1925, and a second fireman who went in to rescue him was suffocated too.	27 April 1925	Gas / Asphyxiation	Carmarthenshire	2
Ponthenry Colliery runaway tram, 1911 A tram that broke away from a descending journey on the steep slant at Ponthenry Colliery, in the Gwendraeth Valley, in 1911 ran wild into men waiting to be drawn up, killing two and injuring several more.	6 June 1911	Haulage / Transport	Carmarthenshire	2
Vivian Colliery roof fall, 1906 The roof of the Elled seam engine plane at Powell's Tillery Steam Coal Company's Vivian Pit, Abertillery, fell on a night overman and a repairer on 1 August 1906 as they stood discussing what to do about some low timbers.	1 August 1906	Collapse / Roof Fall	Blaenau Gwent	2
Gelli Colliery roof fall, 1905 A slab of rock fell on a road at Cory Brothers' Gelli Colliery in March 1905 as a repairer and his labourer were barring down loose stone after a small fall; one died at once and the other two months later.	March 1905	Collapse / Roof Fall	Rhondda Cynon Taf	2
Castle Pit roof fall, 1904 A fall of rock on an old parting at Crawshay Brothers' Castle Pit, Troedyrhiw, in November 1904 buried a repairer and a fireman who had just made the place safe after taking out a cracked pair of timbers.	17 November 1904	Collapse / Roof Fall	Merthyr Tydfil	2
Garw Colliery shaft accident, 1901 Two men taking a water tank out of the upcast shaft at the Ocean Coal Company's Garw Colliery, Blaengarw, on 4 October 1901 fell from the six-feet landing to the bottom when the two trolleys they stood on came apart.	4 October 1901	Winding / Shaft Accident	Bridgend	2
Parkfield Colliery blackdamp deaths, 1856 A collier who went into a stopped district at Parkfield Colliery, Pucklechurch, on 14 May 1856 to fetch a sledgehammer was suffocated by blackdamp, and so was the man who ran in to save him.	14 May 1856	Gas / Asphyxiation	Bristol	2
Cwmbach Colliery explosion, 1853 Two eleven-year-old door boys were killed by an explosion of gas at Cwmbach Colliery, near Aberdare, on 12 September 1853; the colliery was said to be unsafe and its lamps were not locked.	12 September 1853	Explosion	Rhondda Cynon Taf	2
Cwmbach Colliery explosion, 1852 A shot fired in gas exploded the firedamp at the Aberdare Coal Company's Cwmbach Colliery, near Aberdare, on 8 October 1852, killing two colliers; one list records that the shot was fired knowing the gas would explode.	8 October 1852	Explosion	Rhondda Cynon Taf	2
Barrow Colliery shaft accident, 1907 A cage carrying men up No. 3 shaft at Barrow Colliery, Worsbrough, was held for a moment at the Thorncliffe landing on 15 November 1907, swung violently and struck the shaft girders; seven men were thrown out and fell to their deaths.	15 November 1907	Winding / Shaft Accident	South Yorkshire	7
Rotherham Main Colliery roof fall, 1910 A ripper and his fifteen-year-old assistant were killed in December 1910 by a heavy fall of roof in a haulage road at Rotherham Main Colliery, where rock was being blasted out to make room for tension gear.	December 1910	Collapse / Roof Fall	South Yorkshire	2
Rotherham Main Colliery explosion, 1910 A stone falling from a cavity in the goaf at a longwall face in Rotherham Main Colliery on 21 July 1910 knocked out a prop and smashed a safety lamp, and the firedamp it brought down exploded, fatally burning three men.	21 July 1910	Explosion	South Yorkshire	3
Rotherham Main Colliery shaft accident, 1891 Sinkers working from a suspended scaffold in a shaft being sunk for John Brown and Company's Rotherham Main Colliery fell when a stay holding one of the scaffold chains broke on 7 July 1891.	7 July 1891	Winding / Shaft Accident	South Yorkshire	4
Pencoed Colliery dynamite explosion, 1888 Two men were killed by an explosion of dynamite at Pencoed Colliery, near Llanelli, on 17 December 1888; the accounts differ on whether it was being thawed at a fire or used to blow up an old engine house.	17 December 1888	Explosion	Carmarthenshire	2
Pencoed Colliery explosion, 1854 Firedamp being brushed out of the workings at Pencoed Colliery, near Llanelli, exploded on 11 July 1854 and killed a collier and his two sons; the inspector put it down to neglect of his cautions.	11 July 1854	Explosion	Carmarthenshire	3
Homer Hill Colliery explosion, 1867 A fall of two to three hundred tons of roof in a stall at Samuel Evers and Sons' Homer Hill Colliery, Cradley, released gas that exploded in the Thick Coal workings on 12 November 1867, killing twelve men over the following fortnight.	12 November 1867	Explosion	West Midlands	12
Mells Colliery fall of stone, 1920 Two men named Dowling were buried by a fall of stone in a heading at Mells Colliery, Vobster, on 16 July 1920; the manager stayed underground for twelve hours until both bodies had been recovered.	16 July 1920	Collapse / Roof Fall	Somerset	2