Ráquira
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A mining emergency reported to ANM and handled by its mine-rescue stations and support points, as listed in the register the agency delivered in answer to a public-information petition. It is not every mining death in the country.ⓘ
ANM classifies each emergency by the legal status of the working where it happened: legal, illicit or other. The classification is ANM's, not ours.ⓘ
Active titles in ANM's cadastre that name this municipality.In Ráquira (Boyacá), between 2009 and May 16, 2025, ANM's emergency register lists 24 mining emergencies with 21 deaths.
From the emergency register ANM delivered to Mining Incidents in answer to a derecho de petición (radicado 20261004896502; answer 20263410388871). ANM register with emergencies through Sep 24, 2026 (extract of Sep 28, 2026, delivered Sep 30, 2026).
| Date | Vereda and mine | Accident type | Legal status | Killed | Injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2025 |
Sirita Peña Arriba · LIDIAR
Ground failure · Coal · Expediente 7240 |
Ground failure | Legal | 1 | 2 |
| Aug 14, 2023 |
Firita Peña Arriba · PROYECTO LAS QUEBRADAS
Mechanical · Coal · Expediente 7240 |
Mechanical | Legal | 1 | 0 |
| Jun 16, 2023 |
Firita Peña Arriba · LA ESMERALDA
Ground failure · Coal |
Ground failure | Illicit | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 22, 2023 |
Firita Peña
Other cause · Coal · Expediente 070-89 |
Other cause | Illicit | 1 | 0 |
| Feb 10, 2023 |
LA PEÑA
Ground failure · Coal · Expediente 3592 |
Ground failure | Legal | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 30, 2022 |
Firita Peña Arriba · El Desierto
Ground failure · Coal · Expediente 7241 |
Ground failure | Legal | 1 | 0 |
| Feb 17, 2022 |
Firita Peña Arriba · Cristales el Volcán manto la Tercera
Mechanical · Coal · Expediente 7241 |
Mechanical | Legal | 1 | 1 |
| Dec 4, 2021 |
Firita Peña Arriba · Mortiño JD
Ground failure · Coal · Expediente 7240 |
Ground failure | Legal | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 9, 2021 |
Firita Peña Arriba · El Mortiño
Ground failure · Coal · Expediente 7240 |
Ground failure | Legal | 1 | 1 |
| Jul 23, 2019 |
Firita Peña Arriba · LA SIERRA
Mechanical · Coal |
Mechanical | Illicit | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 5, 2019 |
Firita Peña Abajo · Encantos BM 2
Mechanical · Coal · Expediente 7240 |
Mechanical | Legal | 0 | 1 |
| Aug 8, 2018 |
Firita Peña Arriba · Bocatoma 1
Mechanical · Coal · Expediente 7240 |
Mechanical | Legal | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 21, 2017 |
Gachaneca · LA CARBÓNERA
Contaminated or unbreathable atmosphere · Coal |
Contaminated or unbreathable atmosphere | Illicit | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 2017 |
Firita
Ground failure · Coal · Expediente OE2-16281 |
Ground failure | Legal | 1 | 0 |
| Aug 25, 2017 |
Firita - Peña Arriba · ORO NEGROMANTO BOCAMINA
Mechanical · Coal · Expediente 7240 |
Mechanical | Legal | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 31, 2016 |
Firita Peña Arriba · PIPO
Contaminated or unbreathable atmosphere · Coal · Expediente 7240 |
Contaminated or unbreathable atmosphere | Legal | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 5, 2015 |
Firita Peña Arriba · EL MORTIÑO
Ground failure · Coal · Expediente 7240 |
Ground failure | Legal | 1 | 0 |
| Aug 28, 2015 |
Firita Peña Arriba · BOCATOMA
Ground failure · Coal · Expediente 7240 |
Ground failure | Legal | 1 | 1 |
| Sep 26, 2014 |
Firita Peña Arriba · EL RUBI 1
Fall from height · Coal · Expediente 7240 |
Fall from height | Legal | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 2014 |
Firita Peña Arriba · LA PEÑA
Ground failure · Coal · Expediente 3592 |
Ground failure | Legal | 1 | 0 |
| Feb 11, 2011 |
Firita Peña Arriba · EL CARDONAL
Flooding · Coal · Expediente 7241 |
Flooding | Legal | 1 | 0 |
| Mar 26, 2010 |
Firita Peña Arriba · BELLA ESTANCIA
Ground failure · Coal |
Ground failure | Illicit | 0 | 0 |
| May 9, 2009 |
Firita Peña Arriba
Mechanical · Coal · Expediente 7240 |
Mechanical | Legal | 2 | 1 |
| May 9, 2009 |
Alto del Trigo
Mechanical · Coal · Expediente 7240 |
Mechanical | Legal | 2 | 1 |
Each row is one emergency as ANM registers it. The mine's name is shown without the name of whoever works it, and the holder the register prints is never shown. The expediente is the one ANM prints. "Reported, not attended" marks emergencies ANM registered without its team attending.
| Year | Emergencies | Killed | Deaths, legal | Deaths, illicit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
The lessons-learned records and the press releases are ANM's own layers, smaller than the register; one emergency can appear in all three.
“El primer ocurrió el sábado 27 de septiembre en el municipio Ráquira – Boyacá, en la Mina El Rubí, como resultado de la caída del trabajador por un inclinado luego de golpearse la cabeza contra el capiz del sostenimiento cuando salía en la vagoneta, que dejó sin vida a un trabajador.”
Emergencias en minas de Boyacá y Santander, reporta la Agencia Nacional de Minería
Each event is what one ANM press release states, with the sentence it rests on quoted verbatim. Tolls in a rescue-in-progress release are provisional; a later release about the same event is a separate entry. The count is a floor.