Accidents

Accidents in Polish mines 2020-2022

	NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS
	fatal			serious			total
	2020	2021	2022	2020	2021	2022	2020	2021	2022
Hard coal mines	8	9	22	7	3	12	1668	1767	1817
Lignite mines	1	0	0	0	0	0	27	24	24
Copper ore mines	3	2	2	4	4	0	251	185	174
Other	2	4	6	2	2	0	83	102	70
TOTAL	16	13	30	13	9	12	2029	2078	2085

 

Number of dangerous occurrences in underground mines and related to them accidents 2020-2022

	NUMBER OF OCCURENCES			NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS
				FATAL			TOTAL
	2020	2021	2022	2020	2021	2022	2020	2021	2022
Fires	121)	62)	162)	0	0	0	0	0	1
Rock falls	3	8	2	1	2	0	3	5	0
Rockbursts	3	3	3	0	1	10	15	9	15
Methane explosions and ignitions	1	3	4	0	0	9	3	0	46
Coal dust explosions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Outbursts of gases and rocks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Water inrushes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	19	20	25	1	3	19	21	14	62

1) including 1 fire connected to methane ignition; people injured are reported under the "Methane explosions and ignitions" category.

 

2) including 2 fires connected to methane ignition; people injured are reported under the "Methane explosions and ignitions" category.

 

FATAL ACCIDENT INDICES 2020-2022

	2020	2021	2022	Remarks
Fatalities per 1 M. t	0,15	0,17	0,43	hard coal mining*
Fatalities per 1 M. t	0,09	0,08	0,21	hard coal*+ lignite mining
Fatalities per 1 M. t	0,10	0,06	0,06	copper ore mining
Fatalities per 1 000 employees	0,08	0,09	0,23	hard coal mining*
Fatalities per 1 000 employees	0,09	0,08	0,18	mining in total

ACCIDENT INDICES IN TOTAL

	2020	2021	2022	Remarks
Fatalities per 1 000 employees	16,1	18,3	19,1	hard coal mining*
Fatalities per 1 000 employees	12,1	9,8	8,4	copper ore mining
Fatalities per 1 000 employee	3,0	3,3	2,9	lignite mining
Fatalities per 1 000 employees	11,3	12,4	12,5	mining in total

*) without Central Drainage Plant (CZOK)