Statistics		Statistics

Fatal accidents at all Mines from 1873 to 1953, distinguishing the principal causes.

(Based on the Annual Reports of H.M. Chief Inspector of Mines and NCB Annual Reports).

Year	Below Ground						Above ground	Total No. killed Below and Above ground	Employment	Total Nos. of Persons Killed per 1,000 Persons Employed Below & Above ground
	Explosions of Firedamp or Coal dust	Falls of Ground	Shaft Accidents	Haulage Accidents	Other Accidents	Total Below ground
1873	100	518	201	141	105	1,065	108	1,173	576,832	2.03
1874	166	453	188	139	90	1,036	123	1,159	595,190	1.95
1875	288	490	207	126	134	1,245	118	1,363	593,918	2.29
1876	95	474	145	113	59	886	117	1,003	572,029	1.75
1877	345	489	150	123	88	1,195	110	1,305	551,786	2.37
1878	586	496	130	97	87	1,396	94	1,490	526,787	2.83
1879	184	450	136	133	55	958	79	1,037	523,870	1.98
1880	499	493	112	130	67	1,301	101	1,402	537,841	2.61
1881	116	486	132	132	90	956	97	1,053	550,419	1.91
1882	250	498	143	153	72	1,116	102	1,218	559,493	2.18
1883	134	500	124	164	103	1,025	115	1,140	565,168	2.02
1884	65	504	100	141	88	898	100	998	564,496	1.77
1885	341	470	84	159	79	1,133	81	1,214	581,676	2.09
1885	55	447	110	183	175	970	126	1,096	581,676	1.88
1886	129	482	97	136	75	919	99	1,018	561,092	1.81
1887	154	493	97	140	87	971	80	1,051	568,026	1.85
1888	50	496	89	140	94	869	109	978	592,656	1.65
1889	138	493	86	157	150	1,024	152	1,176	625,229	1.88
1890	290	448	98	167	92	1,095	145	1,240	674,434	1.84
1891	51	500	132	161	84	928	128	1,056	707,411	1.49
1892	123	454	103	157	111	948	120	1,068	721,808	1.48
1893	160	435	115	131	161	1,002	123	1,125	718,747	1.57
1894	317	457	93	122	66	1,055	118	1,173	739,097	1.59
1895	55	447	110	183	175	970	126	1,096	733,657	1.49
1896	173	439	79	156	88	935	130	1,065	725,803	1.47
1897	19	490	59	184	123	875	104	979	728,713	1.34
1898	27	451	66	156	106	806	135	941	741,125	1.27
1899	54	456	83	170	88	851	121	972	764,166	1.27
1900	45	509	86	184	107	931	119	1,050	814,517	1.29
1901	125	494	79	192	88	978	153	1,131	839,178	1.35
1902	63	467	105	205	93	933	120	1,053	855,603	1.23
1903	14	578	71	176	99	938	159	1,097	871,889	1.26
1904	22	526	88	218	88	942	148	1,090	877,057	1.24
1905	178	537	75	194	92	1,076	129	1,205	887,524	1.36
1906	55	562	76	235	108	1,036	142	1,178	912,576	1.29
1907	44	586	103	246	151	1,130	149	1,279	972,220	1.32
1908	128	603	90	223	150	1,194	151	1,345	1,017,740	1.32
1909	227	615	90	275	147	1,354	139	1,493	1,042,435	1.43
1910	501	658	96	286	118	1,659	159	1,818	1,078,083	1.69
1911	36	635	109	265	107	1,152	156	1,308	1,096,238	1.19
1912	124	589	80	240	107	1,140	179	1,319	1,117,148	1.18
1913	462	632	104	251	159	1,608	177	1,785	1,155,302	1.55
1914	26	604	69	289	116	1,104	139	1,243	1,081,214	1.15
1915	41	681	63	265	134	1,184	134	1,318	973,473	1.35
1916	22	719	45	266	130	1,182	154	1,336	1,017,518	1.31
1917	20	733	66	309	108	1,236	159	1,395	1,041,840	1.34
1918	160	694	49	266	125	1,294	126	1,420	1,029,688	1.38
1919	27	607	78	239	112	1,063	120	1,183	1,212,974	0.98
1920	26	559	42	237	126	990	140	1,130	1,269,547	0.89
1921	19	386	27	170	88	690	78	768	1,156,938	0.66
1922	73	553	40	212	128	1,006	108	1,114	1,175,280	0.95
1923	60	590	60	314	165	1,189	119	1,308	1,236,185	1.06
1924	35	614	63	262	128	1,102	116	1,218	1,246,135	0.98
1925	29	559	37	260	164	1,049	110	1,159	1,133,421	1.02
1926	5	336	32	132	84	589	73	662	1,143,769	0.58
1927	72	572	55	232	115	1,046	95	1,141	1,053,275	1.08
1928	36	508	31	232	106	913	101	1,014	967,283	1.05
1929	34	584	42	221	130	1,011	84	1,095	985,422	1.11
1930	70	521	34	241	84	950	75	1,025	956,859	1.07
1931	107	423	20	176	73	799	70	869	886,914	0.98
1932	77	446	40	174	82	819	74	893	836,744	1.07
1933	35	456	28	159	87	765	66	831	807,101	1.03
1934	296	449	16	159	94	1,014	75	1,089	809,475	1.35
1935	37	473	19	187	80	796	90	886	791,295	1.12
1936	71	386	20	165	102	744	58	802	789,993	1.02
1937	63	445	31	179	89	807	70	877	816,076	1.07
1938*	90	415	16	194	77	792	80	872	814,900	1.07
1939	51	413	27	172	74	737	63	800	797,991	1.00
1940	31	520	22	193	81	847	90	937	778,042	1.20
1941	72	507	19	191	61	850	87	937	730,595	1.28
1942	99	457	22	168	70	816	80	896	740,796	1.21
1943	21	386	27	160	71	665	58	723	738,318	0.98
1944	19	338	22	147	55	581	51	632	743,919	0.85
1945	13	306	21	116	52	508	44	552	733,218	0.75
1946	24	277		136	56	493	50	543
1947	168	235		111	70	584	34	618	711,400	0.87
1948	9	243		109	73	434	34	468	724,000	0.65
1949	4	238		109	59	410	50	460	719,500	0.64
1950	6	186		92	163	447	46	493	697,000	0.71
1951	99	198		88	63	448	39	487	698,600	0.70
1952	1	187		110	78	376	44	420	715,800	0.59
1953	15	181		93	55	344	48	392	716,900	0.55