Zipaquirá
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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 Zipaquirá (Cundinamarca), between 2008 and Jun 4, 2025, ANM's emergency register lists 10 mining emergencies with 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2025 |
El Empalizado · EL TEJADITO
Explosion · Coal |
Explosion | Illicit | 3 | 0 |
| Jul 10, 2024 |
CATEDRAL DE SAL
Other cause · Salt · Expediente HIQO-03 |
Other cause | Legal | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 23, 2024 |
CATEDRAL DE SAL
Other cause · Salt · Expediente HIQO-03 |
Other cause | Legal | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 9, 2023 |
Empalizado · EL TEJADITO
Flooding · Coal |
Flooding | Illicit | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 1, 2019 |
El Empalizado · LAS GEMELAS
Explosion · Coal |
Explosion | Illicit | 0 | 3 |
| Oct 19, 2017 |
Empalizado · EL TEJADITO
Contaminated or unbreathable atmosphere · Coal · Expediente 003-91 |
Contaminated or unbreathable atmosphere | Legal | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 12, 2016 |
El Empalizado · SANTA HELENA
Ground failure · Coal · Expediente 003-91 |
Ground failure | Legal | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 24, 2010 |
El Empalizado · HIERBABUENA
Handling explosives and blasting accessories · Coal · Expediente 141 |
Handling explosives and blasting accessories | Legal | 1 | 0 |
| Jul 28, 2009 |
Páramo de Guerrero
Ground failure · Coal · Expediente FGF-131 |
Ground failure | Illicit | 1 | 3 |
| Apr 11, 2008 |
Empalizado
Explosion · Coal · Expediente 003-91 |
Explosion | Legal | 1 | 4 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
“La Agencia Nacional de Minería (ANM), lamenta el fallecimiento de Luis Enrique Sánchez (36 años), Luis Felipe Muchicón (38 años) y Fredy Silva (30 años), trabajadores mineros que perdieron la vida como consecuencia de una explosión ocurrida en la noche del miércoles en la mina El Tejadito, ubicada en la vereda El Empalizado en el municipio de Zipaquirá (Cundinamarca).”
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.