Durham Mining Museum

Fatal accidents at all Mines from 1908 to 1945, distinguishing the principal causes – Number of persons seriously injured.

(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.

The following classes of accidents which are reported at the time of their occurrence to H.M. Divisional Inspectots of Mines, are included, viz., (a) accidents causing fracture of head or limb, or dislocation of limb or any other serious personal injury ; (b) accidents caused by explosion of gas or dust, or any explosive, or by electricity, or by overwinding, and causing any personal injury whatever. The majority of these accidents involve a period of disablement extending to at least one week, and are included in the other non-fatal table.

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	176	2,404	202	1,351	1,129	5,262	227	630	6,119	6.0
1909	230	2,409	234	1,436	1,053	5,362	175	593	6,130	5.9
1910	200	2,303	212	1,554	950	5,219	202	614	6,035	5.6
1911	220	2,265	218	1,578	1,038	5,319	204	565	6,088	5.6
1912	178	2,089	188	1,368	915	4,738	204	613	5,555	5.0
1913	150	2,271	200	1,480	973	5,074	172	654	5,900	5.1
1914	138	2,029	187	1,448	789	4,591	189	478	5,258	4.9
1915	123	1,937	135	1,289	723	4,207	177	487	4,871	5.0
1916	175	1,888	72	1,256	686	3,977	189	453	4,619	4.5
1917	111	1,978	119	1,184	668	4,060	179	517	4,756	4.6
1918	137	1,798	61	1,199	624	3,819	182	399	4,400	4.3
1919	125	1,635	139	1,083	799	3,781	155	442	4,378	3.6
1920	130	1,643	120	1,076	831	3,800	167	447	4,414	3.5
1921	65	1,216	83	721	570	2,655	119	327	3,101	2.7
1922	123	1,910	102	1,127	965	4,227	165	430	4,822	4.1
1923	112	2,096	148	1,321	1,019	4,696	161	471	5,328	4.3
1924	113	1,853	96	1,295	948	4,305	186	442	4,933	4.0
1925	154	1,741	105	1,158	770	3,928	174	353	4,455	3.9
1926	56	997	118	682	484	2,337	88	254	2,679	4.3
1927	126	1,942	132	1,231	880	4,311	142	367	4,820	4.6
1928	79	1,811	99	1,087	740	3,816	138	295	4,249	4.4
1929	121	1,850	96	1,063	758	3,888	130	285	4,303	4.4
1930	128	1,637	31	1,003	707	3,506	125	225	3,856	4.0
1931	101	1,462	66	878	531	3,038	115	202	3,355	3.8
1932	114	1,387	36	827	538	2,902	123	219	3,244	3.9
1933	75	1,325	48	717	495	2,660	99	196	2,955	3.7
1934	99	1,384	112	734	624	2,953	105	205	3,263	4.0
1935	72	1,455	80	765	649	3,021	106	196	3,323	4.2
1936	63	1,366	62	746	622	2,859	135	186	3,180	4.0
1937	60	1,526	44	809	661	3,100	119	209	3,428	4.2
1938	110	1,408	39	831	542	2,930	110	181	3,221	4.0
1939	66	1,323	114	894	504	2,901	127	187	3,215	4.0
1940	65	1,483	34	830	484	2,896	161	210	3,267	4.2
1941	90	1,369	42	736	481	2,718	150	165	3,033	4.2
1942	91	1,259	36	688	486	2,560	121	164	2,845	3.8
1943	71	1,214	43	616	444	2,388	99	145	2,632	3.6
1944	74	1,096	43	615	490	2,318	91	144	2,553	3.5
1945	52	1,018	33	572	469	2,144	79	130	2,353	3.2



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