The following mining disasters have occurred in Poland:
Before the 20th century +YearMineLocationDeathsCause1565Złoty OsiołZłoty Stok59 or 90Shaft collapse1875Bochnia Salt MineBochnia12Fire caused by human error1880LudmiłaSosnowiec200Flood1896KleofasKatowice104Poisonous gases
20th century
1900–1949 +DateMineLocationDeathsCause7 December 1917EmmaRadlin17Fire10 January 1923Donnersmarckhütte45See: Mining disaster at Donnersmarckhütte mine
Fire31 January 1923HeinitzBytom145Coal dust explosion20 September 1923RedenDąbrowa Górnicza38Fire9 July 1930WenceslausLudwikowice Kłodzkie151Carbon dioxide poisoning10 May 1941Nowa RudaNowa Ruda187Carbon dioxide poisoning
1950–1969 +DateMineLocationDeathsCause21 March 1954Barbara-WyzwolenieChorzów81–10228 August 1958MakoszowyZabrze72
1970–1999 +DateMineLocationDeathsCause23 March 1971RokitnicaZabrze1028 June 1974SilesiaCzechowice-Dziedzice344–5 August 1977Wapno0Groundwater permeated the mine causing a sinkhole, which destroyed 40 houses in the town, part of the railway station, and some train tracks.5 July 1978StaszicKatowice410 October 1979DymitrowBytom3430 October 1979SilesiaCzechowice-Dziedzice2229–30 November 1982DymitrowBytom1922 December 1985WałbrzychWałbrzych184 February 1987MysłowiceMysłowice1810 January 1990HalembaRuda Śląska191990ŚląskRuda Śląska47 March 1991HalembaRuda Śląska517 September 1993MiechowiceBytom611 September 1995Nowy WirekRuda Śląska512 December 1996BielszowiceZabrze524 February 1998Niwka-ModrzejówSosnowiec6
21st century +DateMineLocationDeathsCause2000Piekary Śląskie36 February 2002Jas-Mos Coal MineJastrzębie-Zdrój10Coal dust explosion 700 metres underground2005PokójRuda Śląska22005Zofiówka Coal MineJastrzębie-Zdrój327 July 2006PokójRuda Śląska421 November 2006Halemba Coal MineRuda Śląska23See: 2006 Halemba Coal Mine disaster Methane explosion4 June 2008Borynia Coal MineJastrzębie-Zdrój6Methane explosion18 September 2009Wujek-ŚląskRuda Śląska20See: 2009 Wujek-Śląsk mine blast Methane explosion5 May 2018Zofiówka Coal MineJastrzębie-Zdrój5Earthquake5 March 2021Mysłowice-Wesoła Coal MineMysłowice2Underground rockfall20–21 April 2022Pniówek Coal MinePniówek9Methane explosion23 April 2022Zofiówka Coal MineJastrzębie-Zdrój10Mine collapse References