Abstract: According to the analysis of several typical water inrush accidents happening in small coal mines of township, it is concluded that main causes for this kind of accident are employees' poor quality, poor internal administration and control of enterprises, weak technical equipment and weak supervision from related government departments. Therefore, control of water inrush accidents must adhere to the idea of "prevention first", meanwhile, countermeasures against water inrush accidents not only include technical ones such as identifying water inrush symptom, setting waterproof coal pillar, regulating the security distance of water surveying and establishing institutions of water surveying, but also include management ones such as strengthening employees' training, compiling disaster prevention and rescue plans and intensifying supervision of related government departments. Finally, 5 comprehensive control measures including preventing, blocking, dispersing, draining and cutting are also proposed.