Top 10 worst mining disasters Serious Rankings
Mar 30, 2013· January 1, 1960: Coalbrook, South Africa – 417 workers die in South Africa''s worst mining disaster June 6, 1972: Wankie, Zimbabwe (FKA Rhodesia) – 423 miners die after several gas explosions October 14, 1913: Senghenydd, Wales – 439 lives were lost after an explosion