Envis Centre, Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India
Printed Date: Monday, May 6, 2024
Accidents in Non-Coal Mines
Accidents in Non-Coal Mines
| Sl. No. |
Date of accident |
Names of Mines |
Mineral Worked |
No. of persons |
Cause of accident |
| Killed |
Seriously Injured |
| 1 |
02.02.1901 |
A. Subha Naidu & Co. |
Mica |
9 |
– |
Roof-fall |
| 2 |
11.04.1902 |
Redhill |
Ruby |
5 |
4 |
Roof-fall |
| 3 |
26.09.1904 |
Hunnumanoya/41 B |
Mica |
7 |
– |
Side-fall |
| 4 |
29.12.1906 |
Salayakhad |
Mica |
4 |
2 |
Side- fall |
| 5 |
24.01.1907 |
Chirki |
Mica |
5 |
– |
Side-fall |
| 6 |
10.02.1908 |
Murwara |
Limestone |
7 |
2 |
Side-fall |
| 7 |
06.12.1910 |
Shivrajpur |
Manganese |
12 |
– |
Side-fall |
| 8 |
26.04.1911 |
Chirki |
Mica |
4 |
– |
Side-fall |
| 9 |
04.06.1912 |
Make Myebya |
Wolfram |
4 |
– |
Side-fall |
| 10 |
21.10.1913 |
North Anantpur |
Gold |
7 |
– |
Roof-fall |
| 11 |
24.07.1914 |
Maya |
Salt |
5 |
2 |
By Explosives |
| 12 |
05.11.1914 |
Tadaiya |
Mica |
5 |
– |
Inundation |
| 13 |
12.08.1916 |
Wazunchaung |
Wolfram |
9 |
– |
Miscellaneous on surface |
| 14 |
13.05.1919 |
Aulajhari |
Manganese |
4 |
2 |
Side-fall |
| 15 |
28.01.1920 |
Hsaikho |
Limestone |
5 |
– |
Side-fall |
| 16 |
13.09.1920 |
Bhalua |
Mica |
4 |
– |
Suffocation by gases |
| 17 |
18.09.1920 |
Bawdwin |
Lead/silver /zinc |
11 |
– |
Winding in shaft |
| 18 |
19.02.1923 |
Bawdwin |
Silver/ lead /zinc |
6 |
1 |
Winding in shaft |
| 19 |
20.02.1923 |
Cherangcode |
Mica |
7 |
1 |
Side-fall |
| 20 |
01.03.1927 |
Telewadi |
Manganese |
4 |
– |
Side-fall |
| 21 |
26.05.1927 |
Bawdwin |
Silver/lead / zinc |
5 |
|
Suffocation by gases |
| 22 |
10.09.1927 |
Tarki |
Limestone |
4 |
– |
Side-fall |
| 23 |
12.10.1927 |
Kyauktalone |
Limestone |
9 |
18 |
By Explosives |
| 24 |
16.05.1929 |
Bawdwin |
Silver/lead/ zinc |
10 |
– |
Roof- fall |
| 25 |
06.01.1931 |
Kanbank |
Tin
and Wolfram |
4 |
– |
Side- fall |
| 26 |
14.09.1931 |
Taungpila |
Tin |
5 |
– |
Side- fall |
| 27 |
12.04.1932 |
Lady Rangi |
Mica |
19 |
– |
Fire |
| 28 |
24.08.1936 |
Wagon North |
Tin and Wolfram |
7 |
– |
Side-fall |
| 29 |
26.02.1937 |
Salaiya Pahari |
Limestone |
9 |
– |
Roof-fall |
| 30 |
22.12.1938 |
Matauni |
Mica |
4 |
– |
Side- fall |
| 31 |
05.10.1940 |
Porcupine Steatite |
Soap stone |
4 |
2 |
Roof -fall |
| 32 |
15.07.1943 |
Tatahwa |
Mica |
5 |
– |
Falling down the shaft |
| 33 |
07.11.1945 |
Noamundi |
Iron ore |
4 |
– |
Side- fall |
| 34 |
13.05.1946 |
Kaza |
Limestone |
4 |
– |
Side-Fall |
| 35 |
06.12.1946 |
Pattabhirama & Margin |
Mica |
8 |
– |
Inundation |
| 36 |
21.01.1949 |
Kharonia |
Mica |
5 |
– |
By Explosives |
| 37 |
08.07.1950 |
Basorhai |
Diamond |
6 |
– |
Side- fall |
| 38 |
14.06.1951 |
Mysore |
Gold |
4 |
– |
Rock- burst |
| 39 |
11. 10.1951 |
Oorgaum |
Gold |
9 |
9 |
Rock-hurst |
| 40 |
02.11 1951 |
Champion Reef |
Gold |
4 |
– |
Rack-burst |
| 41 |
19.04.1952 |
Champion Reef |
Gold |
20 |
4 |
Rock-burst |
| 42 |
30.06.1952 |
Champion Reef |
Gold |
10 |
5 |
Rock-burst |
| 43 |
01.05.1953 |
Lanjhera |
Manganese |
5 |
2 |
Side-fall |
| 44 |
21.06.1954 |
Kachhidhana |
Manganese |
5 |
1 |
Side-fall |
| 45 |
30.11.1954 |
Mysore |
Gold |
4 |
– |
Side- fall |
| 46 |
23.12.1954 |
Venkajigudda (Vajra) |
Manganese |
3 |
– |
Side-fall |
| 47 |
27.05.1955 |
Champion Reef |
Gold |
10 |
8 |
Rock- burst |
| 48 |
21.04.1956 |
Yeshwant nagar |
Manganese |
5 |
1 |
Side-fall |
| 49 |
18.08.1956 |
Tikuri |
Bauxite |
5 |
– |
Side-fall |
| 50 |
22.01.1957 |
Madadakere |
Manganese |
4 |
– |
Side-fall |
| 51 |
29.09.1957 |
Rajupalem |
Barytes |
11 |
2 |
Side-fall |
| 52 |
19.02.1958 |
Aytemvalasa |
Manganese |
7 |
3 |
Side- fall |
| 53 |
12.05.1959 |
Siddimella |
Steatite soapstone |
8 |
– |
Side- fall |
| 54 |
14,05.1959 |
Serima |
White earth |
4 |
2 |
Roof- fall |
| 55 |
26.06.1961 |
Gua |
Iron Ore |
4 |
1 |
By Explosives |
| 56 |
24.03.1962 |
Champion Reef |
Gold |
4 |
4 |
Rock-burst |
| 57 |
01.06.1963 |
Junawani |
Manganese |
5 |
2 |
Side-tall |
| 58 |
13.08.1963 |
Nundydroog |
Gold |
5 |
2 |
Rock-burst |
| 59 |
16.02.1964 |
Sonnedenhalli |
Iron Ore |
4 |
1 |
Side- fall |
| 60 |
13.10.1964 |
Patnibona (Bakudih) |
Stone |
6 |
– |
Side- fall |
| 61 |
06.02.1966 |
Mysore |
Gold |
7 |
– |
Overwinding in shaft |
| 62 |
02.08.1966 |
Borgafall |
Iron Ore |
5 |
– |
By Explosive |
| 63 |
25.12.1966 |
Venkaleshwara |
Beryl & Mica |
6 |
– |
Side- fall |
| 64 |
06.06.1968 |
Sarvodaya |
Stone |
7 |
– |
By Explosives |
| 65 |
19.11.1969 |
Morija |
Iron Ore |
4 |
3 |
Side-fall |
| 66 |
14.10.1970 |
Bhadrasai |
Manganese |
4 |
– |
Side- fall |
| 67 |
29.01.1971 |
Bhatti Badarpur |
Stone |
4 |
– |
Side- fall |
| 68 |
20.06.1972 |
Balawali |
Mica |
4 |
– |
Roof- fall |
| 69 |
22.08.1978 |
Kukda |
Limestone |
7 |
6 |
Side-fall |
| 70 |
10.05.1980 |
Kaludungri |
Dolomite |
5 |
– |
Side- fall |
| 71 |
17.08.1980 |
Bhatti Badarpur |
Stone |
4 |
– |
Side-fall |
| 72 |
08.09.1983 |
Manoharpur |
Iron Ore |
4 |
1 |
Dumpers and trucks |
| 73 |
04.04.1984 |
Surda |
Copper |
5 |
– |
By Explosives: Suffocation
by gases |
| 74 |
30.05.1984 |
Ahmedabad Project |
Oil |
4 |
– |
Fire |
| 75 |
22.02.1986 |
Rekha |
Flourspar |
8 |
2 |
Side-fall |
| 76 |
15.11.1988 |
Ankleswar |
Oil |
5 |
– |
Fire |
| 77 |
14.07.1989 |
Nundydroog |
Gold |
5 |
– |
Rock burst |
| 78 |
30.05.1990 |
Bhatti Badarpur |
Stone |
7 |
– |
Side-fall |
| 79 |
22.06.1991 |
Bundu Basaria |
Limestone |
6 |
1 |
Side-fall |
| 80 |
11.07.1993 |
Pali/Gangwani |
Silica sand |
4 |
– |
Side- fall |
| 81 |
25.10.1993 |
Pokarna |
Granite |
5 |
1 |
By Explosive |
| 82 |
09.07.1994 |
Maruthi |
Manganese |
4 |
1 |
Side- fall |
| 83 |
28.08.1994 |
Rajpura Dariba |
Lead / zinc |
13 |
– |
Inundation |
| 84 |
16.02.1995 |
Pali |
Silica sand |
4 |
– |
Side- fall |
| 85 |
08.11.1996 |
God |
Granite |
4 |
6 |
By Explosives |
| 86 |
17.04.1999 |
Bharkundi Mine No.l |
Soap stone |
6 |
2 |
Side-fall |
| 87 |
25.05.2000 |
Pandhari |
Fireclay |
1 |
– |
Side-fall |
| 88 |
08.12.2000 |
Ullari |
Marble |
4 |
– |
Side- fall |