Mining Disaster Incidents and Fatalities, 1900-2007 Table of All Mining Disasters, 1839 to present (Last Disaster 8/6/2007 and 8/16/2007)
	Coal Mining Disaster Incidents and Fatalities, 1900-2007 Table of Coal Mining Disasters, 1839 to present (Last Disaster 8/6/2007 and 8/16/2007)
	Metal/Nonmetal Mining Disaster Incidents and Fatalities, 1900-2007 Table of Metal/Nonmetal Mining Disasters, 1839 to present (Last Disaster 2/8/1979)

Data used to create these graphs and tables came from the following publications:

• Bureau of Mines Bulletin 509, Injury Experience in Coal Mining, 1948
• Bureau of Mines Bulletin 616, Historical Documentation of Major Coal-Mine Disasters in the United States Not Classified as Explosions of Gas or Dust: 1846-1962
• Bureau of Mines Bulletin 586; Historical Summary of Coal-Mine Explosions in the United States, 1810-1958
• Bureau of Mines IC 7493, Major Disasters at Metal and Nonmetal Mines and Quarries in the United States (Excluding Coal Mines)
• Historical Summary of Mine Disasters in the United States, Volume I, Coal Mines, 1810-1958
• Historical Summary of Mine Disasters in the United States, Volume II, Coal Mines, 1959-1998
• Historical Summary of Mine Disasters in the United States, Volume III, Metal and Nonmetal Mines, 1885-1998
• 1998-present, MSHA Fatalgrams and Fatality Reports
• Newspaper article citations when available
• Archives at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy Library, Beckley, West Virginia

Historical accident reports are available in the library archives at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy in Beckley, West Virginia. Please contact the MSHA Academy at 304-256-3266 or MSHAlibrary@dol.gov to check on the availability of a particular report.  Visit MSHA's Home Page on the Internet at http://www.msha.gov for recent mine accident reports.

For more information, contact Linda J. McWilliams, Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, 412-386-6116, LMcWilliams@cdc.gov, or Patrick J. Coleman, PhD, Spokane Research Laboratory, 509-354-8065, PColeman@cdc.gov.