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The following mining disasters have occurred in Poland:

Before the 20th century

Year Mine Location Deaths Cause Ref.
1565 Złoty Osioł Złoty Stok 59 or 90 Shaft collapse
1875 Bochnia Salt Mine Bochnia 12 Fire caused by human error
1880 Ludmiła Sosnowiec 200 Flood
1896 Kleofas Katowice 104 Poisonous gases

20th century

1900–1949

Date Mine Location Deaths Cause Ref.
7 December 1917 Emma Radlin 17 Fire
10 January 1923 Donnersmarckhütte Mikulczyce [pl] 45 Main article: Mining disaster at Donnersmarckhütte mine

Fire

31 January 1923 Heinitz Bytom 145 Coal dust explosion
20 September 1923 Reden Dąbrowa Górnicza 38 Fire
9 July 1930 Wenceslaus Ludwikowice Kłodzkie 151 Carbon dioxide poisoning
10 May 1941 Nowa Ruda Nowa Ruda 187 Carbon dioxide poisoning

1950–1969

Date Mine Location Deaths Cause Ref.
21 March 1954 Barbara-Wyzwolenie Chorzów 81–102
28 August 1958 Makoszowy Zabrze 72

1970–1999

Date Mine Location Deaths Cause Ref.
23 March 1971 Rokitnica Zabrze 10
28 June 1974 Silesia Czechowice-Dziedzice 34
4–5 August 1977 Tadeusz Kościuszko salt mine [pl] Wapno 0 Groundwater permeated the mine causing a sinkhole, which destroyed 40 houses in the town, part of the railway station, and some train tracks.
5 July 1978 Staszic Katowice 4
10 October 1979 Dymitrow Bytom 34
30 October 1979 Silesia Czechowice-Dziedzice 22
29–30 November 1982 Dymitrow Bytom 19
22 December 1985 Wałbrzych Wałbrzych 18
4 February 1987 Mysłowice Mysłowice 18
10 January 1990 Halemba Ruda Śląska 19
1990 Śląsk Ruda Śląska 4
7 March 1991 Halemba Ruda Śląska 5
17 September 1993 Miechowice Bytom 6
11 September 1995 Nowy Wirek Ruda Śląska 5
12 December 1996 Bielszowice Zabrze 5
24 February 1998 Niwka-Modrzejów Sosnowiec 6

21st century

Date Mine Location Deaths Cause Ref.
2000 Piekary Śląskie 3
6 February 2002 Jas-Mos Coal Mine Jastrzębie-Zdrój 10 Coal dust explosion 700 metres underground
2005 Pokój Ruda Śląska 2
2005 Zofiówka Coal Mine Jastrzębie-Zdrój 3
27 July 2006 Pokój Ruda Śląska 4
21 November 2006 Halemba Coal Mine Ruda Śląska 23 Main article: 2006 Halemba Coal Mine disaster

Methane explosion

4 June 2008 Borynia Coal Mine Jastrzębie-Zdrój 6 Methane explosion
18 September 2009 Wujek-Śląsk Ruda Śląska 20 Main article: 2009 Wujek-Śląsk mine blast

Methane explosion

5 May 2018 Zofiówka Coal Mine Jastrzębie-Zdrój 5 Earthquake
5 March 2021 Mysłowice-Wesoła Coal Mine Mysłowice 2 Underground rockfall
20–21 April 2022 Pniówek Coal Mine Pniówek 9 Methane explosion
23 April 2022 Zofiówka Coal Mine Jastrzębie-Zdrój 10 Mine collapse

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