Fairmont Coal Co.: The Worst Mining Disaster in U.S. History [Photo Gallery]
While America is no stranger to fatal mining accidents, it’s been decades since the nation has experienced one on the scale of the Soma, Turkey, disaster.
According to MSHA, the worst mining accident in U.S. history occurred in 1907 at the Fairmont Coal Co.’s Monongah, W.Va., mine, where an explosion killed 362 men and boys.
