Worst Mining Disasters In Human History - WorldAtlas
6. Mitsui Miike Coal Mine, Fukuoka, Japan, November 1963 (458 deaths) Another serious coal mine disaster that struck Japan was at the Mitsui Miike Coal mine in Fukuoka. A coal dust explosion ocurred underground, and led to a series of massive explosions that crumbled the coal mine at successive points throughout its tunnels on the 9th of November, 1963, killing 458 people in its wake.