Mining Incidents
Independent index · 1983–present · MSHA data updated October 9, 2026

Every MSHA mining incident, searchable.

Look up any mine or operator, filter by year and severity, or search any word in the investigator's narrative. Free, no login, refreshed every week.

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Every mine with a recorded fatality

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Other countries

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Peru · Five public records
Peru

OSINERGMIN sanctions, OEFA fines and MINEM's fatal-accident record, company by company.

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Chile · Country record
Chile

SERNAGEOMIN's registry of every mining installation, SMA environmental sanctions and Dirección del Trabajo labor fines, joined on the tax id.

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Colombia · Country record
Colombia

ANM's cadastre with every holder's NIT, the agency's per-accident records and its press-reported emergencies, company by company.

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Brazil · Country record
Brazil

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.

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Mexico · Country record
Mexico

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.

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Argentina · Country record
Argentina

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.

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Ecuador · Country record
Ecuador

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.

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Dominican Republic · Country record
Dominican Republic

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.

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Guyana · Country record
Guyana

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.

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Honduras · Country record
Honduras

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.

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Panama · Country record
Panama

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.

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Guatemala · Country record
Guatemala

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.

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Bolivia · Country record
Bolivia

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.

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Nicaragua · Country record
Nicaragua

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.

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Eight countries · Country notes
Where the record cannot be built

What each country publishes, what it does not, where its mining deaths are counted and how to ask for the rest.

Preliminary reports

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Fatalities MSHA has reported but not yet filed in the official record. We surface them here within a day; the investigated record follows later.

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Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
Speed Mine · Underground · Coal (Bituminous)

Preliminary MSHA notice — under investigation; the official record follows later.

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Blount Holdings Inc; Forward Air Control LLC
Cyber Square · Surface · Sand, Common
Haul Truck Driver · age 30 · 13.8 mo at this mine

A contractor died after he was struck by a front-end loader.

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Recent

Most recent in the official record
September 23, 2026 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Zack Burkett Co. · Fall from machine

Rock 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.

September 3, 2026 NV · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor Fatality · HANDLING OF MATERIALS
KG Mining (Bald Mountain) Inc. · Struck by falling object

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

September 3, 2026 NV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (non-shop) Fatality · HANDLING OF MATERIALS
KG Mining (Bald Mountain) Inc. · Struck by flying object

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.

August 24, 2026 CT · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Haynes Materials Company · Struck by falling object

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.

July 29, 2026 WY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tata Chemicals Soda Ash Partners LLC · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Fall from height from 5th floor to 4th floor through open hatch. Employee was Canadian National and does not have social security number.

July 11, 2026 PA · Coal outside foreman, leadman Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC · Struck by rolling or sliding object

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***

July 6, 2026 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Rear-end collision involving two haul trucks on a haul road.

July 6, 2026 OK · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
U.S. Lime Company-St. Clair · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

July 1, 2026 AL · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · MACHINERY
Warrior Met Coal BC, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

June 26, 2026 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Le Claire Investments Inc · Struck by powered moving object

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.

May 21, 2026 NV · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor Fatality · EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Nevada Ready Mix Corporation · Struck by flying object

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

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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.