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]