Durham Mining Museum

Fatal accidents at all Mines from 1908 to 1945, distinguishing the principal causes – Total number of Persons Injured, so far as reported.

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

Note :- From 1941 onwards the figures of total number of persons injured relate only to mines under the Coal Mines Act ; previously they included mines under the Metalliferous Mines (Registered) Acts.

In 1924 and subsequent years, accidents which disabled the person injured for more than 3 days were reportable, the limit in 1923 and earlier years being 7 days.

Year	Below Ground						Above ground		Below and Above ground
Year	Explosions of Firedamp or Coal dust	Falls of Ground	Shaft Accidents	Haulage Accidents	Other Miscel- laneous Accidents	Total Below ground	On Railways Sidings, or Tramways	Other Accidents	Total Number of Persons Injured	Number of Persons Injured per 1,000 Persons Employed
1908	139	52,579	1,010	38,299	40,190	132,217	3,878	7,163	143,258	140.8
1909	198	56,262	833	38,874	47,669	143,836	3,606	7,298	154,740	148.4
1910	173	56,215	894	47,278	43,756	148,316	4,371	7,951	160,638	149.0
1911	187	58,771	692	44,513	51,413	155,576	4,423	8,361	168,360	153.6
1912	146	53,401	938	35,768	50,217	140,470	3,948	7,884	152,302	136.3
1913	131	62,341	878	44,152	57,321	164,823	4,159	9,980	178,962	154.9
1914	105	57,476	826	35,126	53,841	147,374	3,876	9,236	160,486	148.4
1915	Particulars are not available
1916
1917
1918
1919	99	42,712	487	26,227	37,880	107,405	3,332	7,792	118,529	97.7
1920	107	41,562	526	29,111	36,300	107,606	2,982	7,902	118,490	93.3
1921	50	31,082	612	17,575	29,701	79,020	2,110	5,758	86,888	75.1
1922	105	63,148	994	46,976	59,645	170,868	4,256	11,264	186,388	158.6
1923	101	70,206	965	54,610	69,590	195,472	4,711	13,516	213,699	172.9
1924	92	65,534	1,223	49,368	63,813	180,030	4,757	12,324	197,111	158.2
1925	141	60,454	1,255	43,771	58,851	164,472	4,126	11,004	179,602	158.5
1926	49	30,092	914	21,323	30,809	83,187	2,384	6,594	92,165	172.2
1927	116	59,847	913	41,050	59,442	161,368	4,004	9,656	175,028	166.2
1928	70	56,370	574	41,902	52,197	151,113	3,586	8,650	163,349	168.9
1929	109	62,117	445	41,906	59,863	164,440	3,772	9,356	177,568	180.2
1930	123	58,239	358	41,318	55,237	155,275	3,526	8,700	167,501	175.1
1931	98	49,176	210	38,064	43,936	131,484	3,598	7,112	142,197	160.3
1932	113	44,937	230	34,694	36,938	116,912	3,179	6,436	126,527	151.2
1933	66	44,156	173	32,312	36,700	113,407	3,134	6,555	123,096	152.5
1934	93	47,473	261	33,881	41,632	123,340	3,197	7,337	133,874	165.4
1935	62	47,344	220	34,481	41,825	123,932	3,695	7,234	134,861	170.4
1936	56	47,768	262	33,831	44,033	125,950	3,617	7,596	137,163	173.6
1937	56	48,436	363	33,883	47,153	129,891	3,685	8,360	141,936	173.9
1938	101	45,513	345	36,963	38,423	121,345	3,880	7,867	133,092	163.3
1939	62	46,261	386	34,234	41,543	122,486	3,668	9,037	135,191	169.4
1940	56	52,164	294	34,198	45,519	132,231	4,576	10,355	147,162	189.1
1941	74	55,423	213	35,322	51,523	142,555	4,834	11,056	158,445	219.3
1942	84	58,985	227	37,003	53,709	150,008	4,763	11,868	166,639	227.4
1943	51	59,626	232	36,858	60,410	157,177	4,648	11,891	173,716	238.0
1944	68	57,120	283	39,293	63,116	159,880	4,704	12,263	176,847	240.3
1945	47	56,617	238	40,243	65,956	163,101	4,963	12,995	181,059	249.4



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