Accidents

Accidents in Polish mines 2023-2025

	NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS
	fatal			serious			total
	2023	2024	2025	2023	2024	2025	2023	2024	2025
Hard coal mines	10	10	11	3	3	10	1904	1956	1728
Lignite mines	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	24	20
Copper ore mines	2	4	2	4	0	0	208	213	212
Other	3	2	3	1	0	4	63	91	74
TOTAL	15	16	16	8	3	14	2205	2284	2034

 

Number of dangerous occurrences in underground mines and related to them accidents 2023-2025

	NUMBER OF OCCURENCES			NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS
				FATAL			TOTAL
	2023	2024	2025	2023	2024	2025	2023	2024	2025
Fires	12	13	101)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rock falls	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Rockbursts	3	3	4	1	5	2	15	48	23
Methane explosions and ignitions	1	1	2	0	0	5	0	0	20
Coal dust explosions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Outbursts of gases and rocks	0	1	4	0	0	2	0	0	3
Water inrushes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	18	23	21	1	5	9	15	49	47

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

 

FATAL ACCIDENT INDICES 2023-2025

	2023	2024	2025	Remarks
Fatalities per 1 M. t	0,21	0,23	0,28	hard coal mining*
Fatalities per 1 M. t	0,11	0,12	0,15	hard coal*+ lignite mining
Fatalities per 1 M. t	0,06	0,12	0,06	copper ore mining
Fatalities per 1 000 employees	0,10	0,11	0,13	hard coal mining*
Fatalities per 1 000 employees	0,09	0,10	0,10	mining in total

ACCIDENT INDICES IN TOTAL

	2023	2024	2025	Remarks
Fatalities per 1 000 employees	19,5	21,2	19,4	hard coal mining*
Fatalities per 1 000 employees	10,2	11,1	10,6	copper ore mining
Fatalities per 1 000 employee	3,5	2,9	2,8	lignite mining
Fatalities per 1 000 employees	12,9	13,9	12,6	mining in total

*) without Central Drainage Plant (CZOK)