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Other countries
Same index, other regulatorsOSINERGMIN sanctions, OEFA fines and MINEM's fatal-accident record, company by company.
SERNAGEOMIN's registry of every mining installation, SMA environmental sanctions and Dirección del Trabajo labor fines, joined on the tax id.
ANM's cadastre with every holder's NIT, the agency's per-accident records and its press-reported emergencies, company by company.
ANM's cadastre by titleholder, 900-plus tailings dams with their emergency levels, IBAMA notices, and a press floor on the deaths no agency counts.
22,000-plus current concessions by holder from the Secretaría de Economía's cadastre, and a press floor on the deaths no federal body counts.
SIACAM's project portfolio by controlling company, the provincial cadastres that serve live data, and a press floor on the deaths no level of government counts.
ARCERNNR's cadastre by titleholder, the beneficiation plants with their RUC and the SRI's live status for each, and a press floor on the deaths no agency counts.
The DGM's live cadastre of concessions and claims by titleholder, its 2017-2026 claims change log, the Pueblo Viejo gap, and a press floor on the amber and larimar deaths no agency counts.
GGMC's property register with the TIN on every claim, its tenure map by holder, and a press floor on the backdam deaths no agency counts.
INHGEOMIN's cadastre from a university server, dated back to 1938, with employment by department and a press floor on the deaths no agency counts.
MICI's monthly concession lists read since 2022 with each concession's contract, gazette citation and cancellation, Cobre Panamá's standing, and a press floor on a sector switched off.
The mining ministry's yearly licence register read from archived copies of the ministry's site, every holder with its NIT where the 2022 base has one, and a press floor on the deaths in sand pits and quarries.
Every filing in AJAM's monthly gazette índice since 2016, the cooperatives behind them, and a press floor on mine deaths that the official series cannot see.
Every concession list MEM published before it stopped in 2024, the cooperatives and plants off the ministry's own map, and a press floor on the deaths of güiriseros.
What each country publishes, what it does not, where its mining deaths are counted and how to ask for the rest.
Preliminary reports
More & methodologyFatalities MSHA has reported but not yet filed in the official record. We surface them here within a day; the investigated record follows later.
MSHA's listing last checked 1 h ago.
A contractor died after he was struck by a front-end loader.
Recent
Most recent in the official recordRock was stuck in grizzle bars. Loader Operator feed large rock to dislodge. Rock did not dislodge. EE got into the feeder with a sledgehammer to dislodge the jammed rock has EE swung the hammer EE missed the rock and struck the grizzle bars which caused the hammer to ricochet causing EE to lose EE's balance and falling approximately 18 to 20 ft.
Unbolted flange connection to swap out gasket. While aligning flange bolt holes to install bolts the pipe shifted and rolled off dunnage and crushed worker. Which resulted in a fatal head injury
Employee was cutting out the parent steel floor from a haul truck bed. While Standing underneath the section of plate being cut out the strap pulling on the plate broke and plate sprung back striking them. Resulting in loss of arm and multiple back injures.
situation still under investigation so far information gathered is startled worker tripped and broke spine, further information still being gathered. Driller died after being struck by falling rocks.
Employee was completing maintenance task and was fatally buried.
Fall from height from 5th floor to 4th floor through open hatch. Employee was Canadian National and does not have social security number.
At roughly 12:30 am on Saturday 7/11/26 employee was overcome by clean coal while shoveling spillage out from bottom of Clean Coal Silo. Employee is currently in hospital. Vitals are stable but final outcome still TBD. ***EE passed away 07/20/2026***
Rear-end collision involving two haul trucks on a haul road.
At the time of filing it is believed the miner was riding on the back of a railcar when the railcar derailed and pinned the miner between the railcar and a nearby structure. The miner was transported to a medical facility where EE died the following day.
Employee was discovered at shield 74. The employee was found caught between the shield resulting in a head crushing injury. Employee was transported to the surface and EMS performed CPR until time of death was called.
Contractor equipment transporter was in process of loading and securing front end loader to trailer for off-site transit. Contractor employee reached under the loader to grad a chain on trailer and was caught between the loader and trailer.
A contract mechanic/welder hired by another contractor was fatally injured when the ammonium nitrate auger EE was attempting to extract from a pipe exploded.
US mining deaths by year, since 1983
Chart →- 2026 24
- 2025 33
- 2024 28
- 2023 40
- 2022 30
- 2021 38
- 2020 29
- 2019 27
- 2018 28
- 2017 28
- 2016 25
- 2015 29
- 2014 46
- 2013 42
- 2012 36
- 2011 36
- 2010 72
- 2009 35
- 2008 53
- 2007 67
- 2006 73
- 2005 58
- 2004 55
- 2003 56
- 2002 70
- 2001 72
- 2000 85
- 1999 90
- 1998 80
- 1997 91
- 1996 86
- 1995 100
- 1994 84
- 1993 98
- 1992 97
- 1991 114
- 1990 122
- 1989 116
- 1988 101
- 1987 130
- 1986 136
- 1985 124
- 1984 206
- 1983 132
Deaths per accident year in MSHA's accident file. Each year opens the full list of records.
Frequently asked
Where can I search MSHA mining incident reports?
Mining Incidents (miningincidents.org) indexes every reportable US mining incident on file with the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Search by mine ID, operator, controller, year, severity, occupation, or any keyword in the investigator's narrative.
How far back does the record go?
1983 to present. MSHA's Part 50 rule (30 CFR Part 50) took effect in 1978, but the electronic record begins in 1983; the dataset is refreshed weekly from MSHA's public CSV exports.
Is investigator narrative text searchable?
Yes. The free-text narrative MSHA's investigator records for each incident is keyword-searchable on /search; that field is not exposed in MSHA's own public search UI.
Can I get email alerts when new incidents match a query?
Yes. /follow lets you turn on free email alerts by state and by classification (roof fall, machinery, electrical, and the other Part 50 categories) and delivers new fatalities to your inbox as they are ingested.
How do I cite a record from this site?
See /citing for the citation format. Per-incident, per-operator, and dataset-level forms are provided; the underlying records are works of the US government and in the public domain.