To study safe mining methods at an isolated island face, rock movement and stress conditions that could easily induce dynamic disasters under such conditions are analyzed theoretically, and criteria for safe mining in such locations are suggested. It was found that rational design of mining parameters can avoid dynamic disasters at isolated island faces. The results show that abutment pressure cannot be superposed and the working face is relatively safe if the length of the island face is larger than the sum of the abutment pressure ranges on adjacent faces. If the length of the adjacent face is larger than the fracture length of a key stratum, the overlying key stratum will fully collapse, and there will be no danger of dynamic pressure impact on the island face. Moreover, if a drifting roadway is located in a stable internal stress field, it has no danger of rock burst.