Mining Disasters
Here's a look at notable U.S. coal mining disasters over the years.
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The deadliest coal mining disaster in U.S. history was an explosion in Monongah, W.Va., that killed 362 people.
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A fire at the Cherry Mine in Cherry, Ill., kills 259 people.
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An explosion at the Stag Canon No. 2 mine in Dawson, N.M., kills 263 people.
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An explosion at the Pond Creek No. 1 mine in Bartley, W. Va., kills 91 people.
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An explosion at Willow Grove No. 10 mine in St. Clairsville, Ohio, kills 72 people.
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An explosion at the Centralia No. 5 mine in Centralia, Ill., kills 111 people.
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An explosion at the Orient No. 2 mine in West Frankfort, Ill., kills 119 people.
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An explosion at the Consol No. 9 mine in Farmington, W. Va., kills 78 people.
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An explosion at Finley Coal Company's mines 15 and 16, in Hyden, Ky., kills 38 people.
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An explosion at the Blue Diamond Coal Company's Scotia Mine in Oven Fork, Ky., kills 26 people.
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A fire at Emery Mining Corp.'s mine in Orangeville, Utah, kills 27.
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A coal pile collapses at Consolidation Coal Co.'s mine in Fairview, W.Va., killing five.
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An explosion at a Pyro Mining Co. mine in Wheatcroft, Ky., kills 10.
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A blast at a Southmountain Coal Co. mine in Norton, Va., kills eight.
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Explosions at a Jim Walter Resources Inc. mine in Brookwood, Ala., kill 13 people.
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An early morning explosion traps 13 miners underground in Tallmansville, W.Va. Twelve eventually die.
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A coal mine explosion kills a Pennsylvania miner, but four others were able to escape, authorities said. The blast happened at the R&D Coal Co. anthracite mine in Schuylkill County, about 80 miles northwest of Philadelphia. Four other miners who were underground at the time were able to get out, said a spokeswoman for the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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Six miners are trapped in a cave-in at a coal mine in Huntington, Utah. Rescue workers were sent to the Genwal mine and were trying to locate the unaccounted for miners. The cave-in generated 3.9 magnitude seismic waves.
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An accident at an air shaft being built in a southern Indiana coal mine killed three people, police said. The victims died in a basket used to transport people up and down a 600-foot air shaft at the mine near Princeton, Ind., but authorities could not say whether they fell. Authorities did not believe there had been a cave-in or an explosion. No one else was believed to be injured or trapped.
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A second cave-in kills three rescue workers and injures at least six others trying to tunnel through rubble to reach six miners missing deep underground at the Crandall Canyon mine near Huntington, Utah. The setback came on the 11th day of the effort to find six miners who have been confined at least 1,500 feet below ground since an initial cave-in. It was unknown if the six were alive.
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Credits:
CBS/U.S. Dept. of Labor/Associated Press
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