Coal Mining Fatalities
This database contains 2497 known Nova Scotia coal mining fatalities. Names, dates, places, mines, and causes of death have been painstakingly compiled. Despite this, it is by no means a complete list. Fatalities occurred before records were kept; descriptions of incidents and those involved were lost along with coal company records. Official recording of multiple deaths may have missed some names; in some cases, names are misspelled. However, this is likely the most complete list that exists. Please contact us if you know names to add.
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| Surname | Given Name(s) |
Year |
County | Mine | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mills | Wayne | 1979 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed |
| Anderson | James R. | 1979 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed |
| Sharpe | Clifford | 1979 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed |
| Ward | Fabian E. | 1979 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed |
| MacNeil | Reginald A. | 1979 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed |
| Purcell | Paul F. | 1979 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed |
| Hall | Albert | 1979 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed |
| MacNeil | John A. | 1979 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed |
| Higgins | James William | 1980 | Pictou County | Thorburn Mining Ltd, Stellarton | Fell and struck head, died 4 days later; coal dumps reclamation project |
| MacLean | Alexander | 1980 | Cape Breton County | Prince | Crushed by bucket against wall of shaft |
| Banville | Patrick | 1981 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Heart Attack |
| MacDougall | Alphonse | 1982 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Heart Attack |
| Raeshore | Wayne | 1982 | Cape Breton County | Prince | |
| Kerr | Ross | 1983 | Cape Breton County | Prince | Electrocuted |
| Boazan | Ronald | 1983 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Crushed |
| Kelly | Thomas | 1984 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Heart Attack |
| MacDonald | Ronald | 1984 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Fire |
| Power | Lewis | 1985 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Crushed |
| MacRae | Harry | 1985 | Cape Breton County | Prince | Motor vehicle accident |
| Gallant | Sheldon | 1988 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Hit on head |
| Benoit | Bennie Joseph | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| House | Randolph Brian | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Martin | Glenn David | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Munroe | George | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Poplar | Danny | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Dewan | Ferris Todd | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Gillis | Myles Daniel | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Dollimont | Adonis Joseph | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Doyle | Robert Steven | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Halloran | John Philip | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Jahn | Trevor Martin | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Drolet | Remi Joseph | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Vickers | Peter Francis | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| James | Laurence Elwyn | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Conway | Wayne Michael | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| McIsaac | Eric Earl | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Johnson | Eugene William | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Lilley | Stephen Paul | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| McCallum | Harry Alliston | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Bates | John Thomas | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Short | Romeo Andrew | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| MacNeil | Angus Joseph | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Fraser | Charles Robert | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Bell | Larry Arthur | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| MacKay | Michael Frederick | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Feltmate | Roy Edward | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Gilliam | Robert | date unknown | Inverness | Inverness | cause not recorded |