Major Accidents in the Indian Coal Mines

The major accidents in the Indian Coal Mines
(post Independence period) (1952-2005)

S.N.	Dates of Accident	Name of Mines	Fatalities	Cause
1.	12/07/1952	Dhemomain	12	Roof fall
2.	05/08/1953	Majri	11	Inundation
3.	14/03/1954	Damra	10	Explosion of fire damp.
4.	10/12/1954	Newton Chikli	63	Inundation
5.	05/02/1955	Amlabad	52	Explosion of fire damp.
6.	26/09/1956	Burra Dhemo	28	Inundation
7.	19/02/1958	Chinakuri	175	Explosion of fire damp.
8.	20/02/1958	Central Bhowra	23	Inundation
9.	05/01/1960	Damua	16	Inundation
10.	28/05/1965	Dhori	268	Coal dust explosion
11.	11/04/1968	West Chirmiri	14	Premature collapse of workings
12.	18/03/1973	Jitpur	48	Explosion of fire damp.
13.	08/08/1975	Kessurgarh	11	Roof fall
14.	18/11/1975	Silewara	10	Inundation
15.	27/12/1975	Chasnala	375	Inundation
16.	16/09/1976	Central Saunda	10	Inundation
17.	04/10/1976	Sudamdih	43	Explosion of fire damp.
18.	22/01/1979	Baragolai	16	Ignition of fire damp
19.	24/08/1981	Jagannath	10	Water gas explosion
20.	16/07/1982	Topa	16	Roof fall
21.	14/09/1983	Hurriladih	19	Inundation
22.	13/11/1989	Mahabir	6	Inundation
23.	25/01/1994	New Kenda	55	Fire/suffocation by gases
24.	26/09/1995	Gaslitand	64	Inundation
25.	06/07/1999	Prascole	6	Fall of roof/collapse of workings
26.	24/06/2000	Kawadi	10	Failure of OC bench
27.	02/02/2001	Bagdigi	29	Inundation
28.	05/03/2001	Durgapur Rayatwari	6	Collapse of partings/workings
29.	16/06/2003	Godavari Khani-7LEP	17	Inundation
30.	16/10/2003	GDK-8A	10	Roof fall
31.	15/06/2005	Central Saunda	14	Inundation

(Source: http://www.coal.nic.in )