Below you will find a chart of coal mine disasters that occurred during the month of May. This document shows a list of the coal mine disasters with the information of the state where the disaster happened, the date of the disaster, the type of disaster, the mine name of where the disaster happened, the city the disaster occurred in, and the number of workers killed in the disaster.
| By-Specific-Month-Qry | |||||
| Date | State | Type | Mine Name | Location | Killed |
| 5/11/1854 | VA | Explosion | Chesterfield | Richmond, VA | 19 |
| 5/27/1871 | PA | Smoke from Fire | West Pittston | West Pittston, PA | 20 |
| 5/20/1876 | VA | Mine Fire | Midlothian | Coalfield, VA | 8 |
| 5/9/1877 | PA | Mine Fire | Wadesville | Wadesville, PA | 7 |
| 5/6/1879 | PA | Explosion | Audenried | Audenried, PA | 6 |
| 5/3/1880 | PA | Explosion | Lykens Valley | Shamokin, PA | 5 |
| 5/24/1882 | PA | Explosion | Kohinoor | Shenandoah, PA | 5 |
| 5/9/1889 | PA | Cage Fell | Kaska William | Middleport, PA | 10 |
| 5/15/1890 | PA | Explosion | Jersey # 8 | Ashley, PA | 26 |
| 5/22/1891 | AL | Explosion | Pratt # 1 Shaft | Pratt City, AL | 11 |
| 5/10/1892 | WA | Explosion | Roslyn | Roslyn, WA | 45 |
| 5/28/1898 | PA | Water Inundation | Kaska William | Middleport, PA | 6 |
| 5/23/1899 | NC | Explosion | Cumnock | Cumnock, NC | 23 |
| 5/1/1900 | UT | Explosion | Winter Quarters # 1 & 2 | Scofield, UT | 200 |
| 5/23/1900 | NC | Explosion | Cumnock Mine | Cumnock, NC | 23 |
| 5/15/1901 | WV | Explosion | Chatham | Farmington, WV | 10 |
| 5/27/1901 | TN | Explosion | Richland | Dayton, TN | 20 |
| 5/19/1902 | TN | Explosion | Fraterville | Coal Creek, TN | 184 |
| 5/5/1904 | PA | Dynamite Explosion | Lance | Plymouth, PA | 5 |
| 5/5/1904 | PA | Mine Fire | Locust Gap | Locust Gap, PA | 5 |
| 5/11/1904 | IL | Powder Explosion | Big Muddy | Herrin, IL | 10 |
| 5/25/1904 | PA | Suffocation | Williamstown | Williamstown, PA | 10 |
| 5/15/1906 | PA | Dynamite Explosion | Shenandoah City | Shenandoah, PA | 7 |
| 5/11/1907 | WV | Explosion | Whipple | Scarbro, WV | 16 |
| 5/19/1907 | CO | Mine Fire | Engleville | Engleville, CO | 5 |
| 5/12/1908 | PA | Explosion | Mount Lookout | Wyoming, PA | 12 |
| 5/13/1908 | PA | Roof Fall | Prospect | Midvale, PA | 5 |
| 5/5/1910 | AL | Explosion | Palos # 3 | Palos, AL | 90 |
| 5/10/1911 | PA | Suffocation from Fire | Plymouth # 5 | Larksville, PA | 5 |
| 5/10/1911 | PA | Fire | Boston | Larksville, PA | 5 |
| 5/27/1911 | PA | Suffocation from Fire | Cameron | Shamokin, PA | 5 |
| 5/6/1913 | KY | Overcome by Gas | Taylor | Hartford, KY | 5 |
| 5/17/1913 | OH | Explosion | Imperial | Belle Valley, OH | 15 |
| 5/29/1914 | PA | Cage | Maryd | Maryd, PA | 6 |
| 5/24/1915 | PA | Explosion | Smokeless valley # 1 | Johnstown, PA | 9 |
| 5/20/1918 | WV | Mine Fire | Villa | Charleston, WV | 13 |
| 5/3/1920 | IN | Explosion | Submarine | Clinton, IN | 5 |
| 5/21/1920 | WV | Roof Fall | Mallory # 3 | Mallory, WV | 5 |
| 5/25/1922 | AL | Explosion | Acmar # 3 | Acmar, AL | 11 |
| 5/5/1923 | CO | Explosion | Southwestern | Aguilar, CO | 10 |
| 5/26/1925 | PA | Explosion | Woodward | Edwardsville, PA | 7 |
| 5/27/1925 | NC | Explosion | Farmville | Coal Glenn, NC | 53 |
| 5/31/1925 | AL | Explosion | No. 2 | Piper, AL | 7 |
| 5/6/1926 | PA | Explosion | Randolph Colliery | Port Carbon, PA | 5 |
| 5/13/1927 | WV | Explosion | Shannon Branch # 3 | Capels, WV | 8 |
| 5/26/1927 | PA | Explosion | Woodward | Edwardsville, PA | 7 |
| 5/27/1927 | CO | Explosion | Delagua | Delagua, CO | 7 |
| 5/19/1928 | PA | Explosion | Mather # 1 | Mather, PA | 195 |
| 5/22/1928 | WV | Explosion | No. 1 | Yukon, WV | 17 |
| 5/22/1928 | KY | Explosion | No. 30 | Kenvir, KY | 8 |
| 5/25/1928 | PA | Explosion | Baltimore # 5 | Parsons, PA | 10 |
| 5/27/1929 | AL | Explosion | Connelsville | Yolande, AL | 10 |
| 5/29/1931 | PA | Explosion | Richards Colliery | Mount Carmel, PA | 5 |
| 5/7/1935 | PA | Rock Fall on Cage | South Wilkes-Barre | Wilkes-Barre, PA | 7 |
| 5/11/1935 | WV | Fire in Shaft | Barrackville | Barrackville, WV | 6 |
| 5/22/1941 | IN | Explosion | Panhandle # 2 | Bicknell, IN | 14 |
| 5/11/1942 | AR | Explosion | Peerless | Greenwood, AR | 6 |
| 5/12/1942 | WV | Explosion | Christopher # 3 | Osage, WV | 56 |
| 5/18/1942 | WV | Explosion | Hitchman | Benwood, WV | 5 |
| 5/5/1943 | TN | Explosion | NuRex | LaFollette, TN | 10 |
| 5/11/1943 | AL | Explosion | Praco # 10 | Praco, AL | 12 |
| 5/19/1945 | UT | Explosion | No. 1 | Sunnyside, UT | 23 |
| 5/20/1948 | VA | Roof Fall | No. 2 | Dante, VA | 6 |
| 5/24/1965 | TN | Explosion | No. 2A | Robbins, TN | 5 |
| 5/17/1967 | VA | Roof Fall | No. 3 | Oakwood, VA | 3 |
| 5/23/1967 | KY | Roof Fall | No. 22 | Deane, KY | 3 |
| 5/6/1968 | WV | Water Inundation | Saxsewell # 8 | Leivasy, WV | 4 |
| 5/12/1975 | UT | Roof Fall | Deer Creek | Huntington, UT | 3 |
| 5/20/2006 | KY | Explosion | Darby # 1 | Holmes Mill, KY | 5 |
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