Accidents

Accidents in Polish mines 2021-2023

	NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS
	fatal			serious			total
	2021	2022	2023	2021	2022	2023	2021	2022	2023
Hard coal mines	9	29	10	3	12	3	1767	1824	1904
Lignite mines	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	24	30
Copper ore mines	2	2	2	4	0	4	185	174	208
Other	2	6	3	2	0	1	102	70	63
TOTAL	13	37	15	9	12	8	2078	2092	2205

 

Number of dangerous occurrences in underground mines and related to them accidents 2021-2023

	NUMBER OF OCCURENCES			NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS
				FATAL			TOTAL
	2021	2022	2023	2021	2022	2023	2021	2022	2023
Fires	6	162)	12	0	0	0	0	1	0
Rock falls	8	2	2	2	0	0	5	0	0
Rockbursts	3	3	3	1	10	1	9	15	15
Methane explosions and ignitions	3	4	1	0	16	0	0	53	0
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	20	25	18	3	26	1	14	69	15

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

 

FATAL ACCIDENT INDICES 2021-2023

	2021	2022	2023	Remarks
Fatalities per 1 M. t	0,17	0,56	0,21	hard coal mining*
Fatalities per 1 M. t	0,08	0,27	0,11	hard coal*+ lignite mining
Fatalities per 1 M. t	0,06	0,06	0,06	copper ore mining
Fatalities per 1 000 employees	0,09	0,31	0,10	hard coal mining*
Fatalities per 1 000 employees	0,08	0,22	0,09	mining in total

ACCIDENT INDICES IN TOTAL

	2021	2022	2023	Remarks
Fatalities per 1 000 employees	18,3	19,2	19,5	hard coal mining*
Fatalities per 1 000 employees	9,8	8,4	10,2	copper ore mining
Fatalities per 1 000 employee	3,3	2,9	3,5	lignite mining
Fatalities per 1 000 employees	12,4	12,5	12,9	mining in total

*) without Central Drainage Plant (CZOK)