Yes. Coal is one of the most dangerous forms of energy, but most of that danger is either born by miners (the other kind), or by the general populace in the form of cancer and lung disease, where it is impossible to attribute individual deaths to it, although you can see it in the statistics. It may actually be safer to live fairly close by, because then the exhaust gasses from the tall chimney will pass over you.
And nuclear accidents are usually the result of poor safety standards, or at Chernobyl, an intentional attempt to see if the plant can recover from two simultaneous serious problems, while messing up the recovery procedure. And even then it only went wrong due to a design flaw.