List of mining disasters in Poland

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	[1][2]
1875	Bochnia Salt Mine	Bochnia	12	Fire caused by human error	[3]
1880	Ludmiła	Sosnowiec	200	Flood	[4]
1896	Kleofas	Katowice	104	Poisonous gases	[5]

20th century

1900–1949

Date	Mine	Location	Deaths	Cause	Ref.
7 December 1917	Emma	Radlin	17	Fire	[6]
10 January 1923	Donnersmarckhütte	Mikulczyce [pl]	45	Main article: Mining disaster at Donnersmarckhütte mine Fire	[7]
31 January 1923	Heinitz	Bytom	145	Coal dust explosion	[5][8]
20 September 1923	Reden	Dąbrowa Górnicza	38	Fire	[9]
9 July 1930	Wenceslaus	Ludwikowice Kłodzkie	151	Carbon dioxide poisoning	[10]
10 May 1941	Nowa Ruda	Nowa Ruda	187	Carbon dioxide poisoning	[5][11]

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.	[12]
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	[5]
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	[13]
5 May 2018	Zofiówka Coal Mine	Jastrzębie-Zdrój	5	Earthquake	[14][dead link‍]
5 March 2021	Mysłowice-Wesoła Coal Mine	Mysłowice	2	Underground rockfall	[15]
20–21 April 2022	Pniówek Coal Mine	Pniówek	9	Methane explosion	[16]
23 April 2022	Zofiówka Coal Mine	Jastrzębie-Zdrój	10	Mine collapse	[17]

References

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4. Nieć, Tomasz (27 September 2019). "Dwieście ofiar to tylko legenda, ale Ludmiła stała się przeklęta". Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). Retrieved 18 January 2025.
5. "Święta Barbara i górnicze wypadki". Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). 30 September 2009. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
6. Hojka, Piotr (2018). Czas zmian. Wodzisław i ziemia wodzisławska pomiędzy Cesarstwem Niemieckim a II Rzeczpospolitą (in Polish). Wodzisław Śląski: Muzeum w Wodzisławiu Śląskim. p. 23. ISBN 978-83-941590-5-4.
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10. "Tablica poświęcona ofiarom katastrofy górniczej w kopalni "Wenceslaus"". dolny-slask.org.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
11. "Górnicze tragedie". makbet.pl (in Polish). 8 April 2009. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
12. Kulesza, Maciej (4 August 2021). "Wielka katastrofa górnicza w kopalni soli w Wapnie. Partia trzymała ją w tajemnicy". Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). Retrieved 18 January 2025.
13. "State mourning for Poland miners". BBC News. 19 September 2009.
14. "Cause of accident in coal mine announced".
15. "Two miners die in Polish coal mine". Engineering News. Reuters. 5 March 2021.
16. "At least five killed after 'probable methane explosion' at Polish mine". Euronews. 20 April 2022.
17. "Ten people dead in Poland's second mining disaster in a week". Euronews. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2025.