Mining Incidents

Redpath USA Corporation contractor

Metal / nonmetal
MSHA contractor ID: R83
Safety record
2
Fatalities
403
Citations
10,661,945
Employee-hours (2000+)
Rates use contractor-reported employee-hours as the denominator. About 2% of reported hours are dropped as duplicate filings, so the hours total runs slightly low and any per-hour rate reads slightly high. Quarters filed with zero hours are excluded, and hours are reported only from 2000 on.
0.19
Fatalities / million hrs
37.8 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.
Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.

Top causes

  • MACHINERY 1 fatality · 56 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 21 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS 50 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 30 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 25 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE 11 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026
15 (1f)
2025
12
2024
7
2023
3
2022
3
2021
4
2020
4
2018
3
2017
2
2016
2
2015
1
2014
1
2013
4
2012
6
2011
4
2010
2
2009
2
2008
3
2007
8 (1f)
2006
9
2005
15
2004
3
2003
3
2002
9
2001
3
2000
8
1999
6
1998
3
1997
5
1996
8
1995
2
1994
4
1993
1
1992
6
1991
5
1990
4
1989
5
1988
3
1987
6
1985
16
1984
3
1983
12

Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

2 recorded
March 12, 2026 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY
Kennecott Utah Copper LLC · Struck by powered moving object

At approximately 05.12am on the 12th March 2026, a mechanic was struck by a drill boom in a surface workshop, causing fatal injuries.

January 25, 2007 WA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Teck Cominco American Inc · Struck by falling object

Still under investigation. Fall of ground occurred during bolting cycle in which two employees were involved. One was struck by slab/ground fall, and resulted in fatality.