Sativasur
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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 Sativasur (Boyacá), between 2005 and Dec 12, 2023, ANM's emergency register lists 17 mining emergencies with 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 2023 |
La Caldera · LA CUMBRE
Fire · Coal · Expediente 123-92 |
Fire | Legal | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 14, 2023 |
Los Tunjos · CUIBA
Ground failure · Coal · Expediente 01-070-96 |
Ground failure | Legal | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 8, 2023 |
Espino Blanco · LA CALDERA
Other cause · Coal · Expediente 125-92 |
Other cause | Legal | 1 | 0 |
| May 2, 2023 |
Los Tunjos · SANTA BARBARA
Fall from height · Coal · Expediente FF7-082 |
Fall from height | Legal | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 14, 2022 |
Vereda Tunjos · Manais - Bocamina 2
Ground failure · Coal · Expediente EU-099291 |
Ground failure | Illicit | 2 | 0 |
| Jul 12, 2022 |
Vereda Tunjos · Rincon 1
Fire · Coal · Expediente 070-89 |
Fire | Legal | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 16, 2022 |
La Caldera · La Cumbre (Las Acacias)
Ground failure · Coal · Expediente 123-92 |
Ground failure | Legal | 1 | 0 |
| Jun 26, 2021 |
La Caldera
Ground failure · Coal · Expediente DAU-111 |
Ground failure | Legal | 1 | 1 |
| Aug 7, 2019 |
La Caldera · SAN MATEO
Ground failure · Coal |
Ground failure | Illicit | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 9, 2018 |
El triunfo
Contaminated or unbreathable atmosphere · Coal · Expediente 01-070-96 |
Contaminated or unbreathable atmosphere | Legal | 1 | 0 |
| Jul 19, 2018 |
Los Tunjos · FATIMA
Ground failure · Coal · Expediente FF7-082 |
Ground failure | Legal | 1 | 0 |
| Jun 14, 2017 |
La Caldera · ESPINO BLANCO
Other cause · Coal · Expediente 125-92 |
Other cause | Legal | 1 | 0 |
| Apr 6, 2014 |
Los Tunjos · EL AVENAL
Fire · Coal · Expediente NKU-08101 |
Fire | Legal | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 29, 2013 |
Los Tunjos · BUENOS AIRES
Fire · Coal · Expediente 01-070-96 |
Fire | Legal | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 11, 2012 |
Los Tunjos · EL RINCON
Mechanical · Coal · Expediente LCT-15041X |
Mechanical | Legal | 1 | 0 |
| Jan 10, 2006 |
La Caldera
Contaminated or unbreathable atmosphere · Coal · Expediente 123-92 |
Contaminated or unbreathable atmosphere | Legal | 1 | 0 |
| Mar 2, 2005 |
Los Tunjos
Explosion · Coal · Expediente 01-096-96 |
Explosion | Legal | 2 | 7 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
“El Grupo de Seguridad y Salvamento Minero, de la Agencia Nacional de Minería, informó que, tras las acciones de búsqueda y rescate se logró encontrar el cuerpo sin vida de uno de los trabajadores que resultaron atrapados en una mina de carbón, de la vereda La Caldera, en el municipio de Sativasur, Boyacá.”
“Así mismo, el funcionario expresó sus condolencias a la familia del Sr. Gerardo José Patiño, quién lastimosamente perdió la vida en este desafortunado hecho.”
“El Grupo de Seguridad y Salvamento Minero, de la Agencia Nacional de Minería, avanza con las labores de rescate de los dos trabajadores que resultaron atrapados en una mina de carbón, en la vereda La Caldera, del municipio de Sativasur en Boyacá.”
“El Grupo de Seguridad y Salvamento Minero, de la Agencia Nacional de Minería, continua con las labores de rescate de los dos trabajadores que resultaron atrapados en una mina de carbón, en la vereda La Caldera, del municipio de Sativasur en Boyacá.”
“La emergencia reportada en la mañana de hoy, al parecer, por una falla geomecánica generó un derrumbe en una sobre guía de la mina, dejando a dos trabajadores atrapados.”
Grupo de Salvamento Minero atiende emergencia en mina de carbón del municipio de Sativasur, Boyacá
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.