Mining Incidents

Kinross Gold CorpController

MSHA Controller ID: M10062
Fatalities
3
Total incidents
730
Mines on record
13
Years on record
2000–2026

Safety benchmark

Recorded fatalities relative to other controllers with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 590 controllers with at least one recorded fatality.

Fatality-count percentile
86th

More recorded fatalities than 86% of controllers on file.

Rank
#73of 590

Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
1.5×

Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.

This controller
3
Industry mean
2
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume

Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA controllers with at least one recorded fatality. Industry mean is the average across that same population. Peers are sampled by closest total-incident count, regardless of fatality outcome.

Top causes

  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 fatality · 162 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY1 fatality · 81 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 47 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS245 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)81 non-fatal
  • OTHER27 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026
16
2025
39
2024
25
2023
21
2022
21
2021
32
2020
31 (1f)
2019
25
2018
16
2017
28
2016
23 (1f)
2015
18
2014
32
2013
20
2012
21
2011
30 (1f)
2010
22
2009
33
2008
25
2007
22
2006
34
2005
34
2004
55
2003
57
2002
19
2001
14
2000
17

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

3 recorded
Struck against a moving object

D-10T Dozer was slot dozing un-shot muck to assist a loader in Phase W-A. After working parallel to the pit crest for approximately an hour, the dozer reversed abruptly to the right and backed over the pit edge berm. The dozer fell approximately 300' landing on a catch bench below.

Struck against a moving object

Truck driver was hauling gold ore to the plant. While descending the roadway from the mine, the victim lost control of truck. Went up embankment & over an appox drop 20' drop landing back in the roadway. The victim was transported to the hospital & died of injuries several days later.

Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working without fall protection and fell to his death.