Mining Incidents · Controllers
Controllers by fatality count
CONSOL Energy Inc has the most recorded miner fatalities of any US mining controller in MSHA's accident records, with 73.
Every MSHA-registered controlling entity ranked by recorded fatalities across the operators and mines under its control. Operators frequently shift under controllers; this view rolls those subsidiaries back up.
For the operating-company view, see operators · for individual mines, see mines.
Showing top 50
933 fatalities across these 50 controllers
Most recorded fatalities
CONSOL Energy Inc
20,006 total · 173 mines · 1983–2025
73
fatal
- 02 Massey Energy Company 68fatal 11,211 total 322 mines · 1983–2011
- 03 Alliance Resource Partners LP 37fatal 9,184 total 41 mines · 1996–2026
- 04 Martin Marietta Materials Inc 34fatal 6,146 total 447 mines · 1983–2026
- 05 Walter Energy Incorporated 32fatal 10,331 total 22 mines · 1983–2016
- 06 Ashland Inc 31fatal 6,563 total 103 mines · 1983–2006
- 07 Savage Companies 29fatal 508 total 11 mines · 1983–2025
- 08 Pittston Company 27fatal 6,875 total 187 mines · 1983–2003
- 09 Hanson PLC 25fatal 19,015 total 101 mines · 1983–1998
- 10 Robert E Murray 24fatal 9,856 total 48 mines · 1983–2020
- 11 Arch Resources Inc 23fatal 3,435 total 91 mines · 1997–2025
- 12 Barrick Gold Corp 23fatal 3,083 total 22 mines · 1985–2025
- 13 Costain Group PLC 20fatal 2,710 total 54 mines · 1983–1997
- 14 Cyprus Amax Minerals Company 20fatal 9,135 total 87 mines · 1983–1999
- 15 Hanson PLC 19fatal 5,967 total 320 mines · 1983–2007
- 16 Asarco Inc 19fatal 4,185 total 39 mines · 1983–1999
- 17 Peabody Energy Corporation 19fatal 8,987 total 91 mines · 1989–2026
- 18 Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated 19fatal 2,640 total 155 mines · 1983–2005
- 19 Legacy Vulcan Corp (Form:Vulcan Materials Co) 18fatal 4,147 total 290 mines · 1983–2007
- 20 International Coal Group Inc (ICG) 18fatal 1,267 total 63 mines · 2004–2011
- 21 Newmont Corporation 18fatal 4,933 total 38 mines · 1983–2025
- 22 Phelps Dodge Corp 18fatal 3,459 total 30 mines · 1983–2007
- 23 CRH PLC 17fatal 4,034 total 511 mines · 1986–2026
- 24 James River Coal Company 16fatal 3,932 total 103 mines · 1983–2014
- 25 Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. 16fatal 6,829 total 252 mines · 2002–2016
- 26 Cyprus Amax Minerals Company 15fatal 2,992 total 60 mines · 1983–2000
- 27 Holcim Ltd 13fatal 3,722 total 57 mines · 1983–2015
- 28 Occidental Petroleum Corp 13fatal 4,607 total 54 mines · 1983–1997
- 29 CSR Ltd 13fatal 1,435 total 103 mines · 1983–2003
- 30 Homestake Mining Company 12fatal 2,675 total 14 mines · 1983–2001
- 31 Drummond Company Inc 12fatal 4,085 total 32 mines · 1983–2018
- 32 Sunoco, Inc. 12fatal 2,548 total 79 mines · 1983–2012
- 33 Freeport-McMoRan Inc 12fatal 5,231 total 19 mines · 2007–2026
- 34 MAPCO Inc 12fatal 3,650 total 22 mines · 1983–1998
- 35 Chevron Corporation 11fatal 2,048 total 25 mines · 1983–2026
- 36 Heidelberg Materials AG 11fatal 4,440 total 208 mines · 1983–2026
- 37 Ash Grove Cement Company 11fatal 3,432 total 80 mines · 1983–2018
- 38 American Electric Power Company Inc 11fatal 5,923 total 50 mines · 1983–2023
- 39 TECO Energy Inc 10fatal 1,443 total 49 mines · 1983–2015
- 40 Wesley D. Burke 10fatal 373 total 22 mines · 1983–2011
- 41 Rio Tinto Group 10fatal 3,410 total 51 mines · 1983–2026
- 42 Andalex Resources B V 10fatal 835 total 26 mines · 1983–2006
- 43 British Petroleum Company PLC 9fatal 1,228 total 17 mines · 1983–1992
- 44 Lafarge S A 9fatal 4,319 total 162 mines · 1983–2015
- 45 Echo Bay Mines Ltd 9fatal 1,184 total 18 mines · 1983–2003
- 46 Usx Corp 9fatal 6,477 total 38 mines · 1983–2003
- 47 Zeigler Coal Holding Company 9fatal 7,119 total 50 mines · 1985–1999
- 48 Placer Dome Ltd 9fatal 746 total 7 mines · 1983–2008
- 49 El Paso Energy Corp 9fatal 2,299 total 55 mines · 1983–2003
- 50 Vulcan Materials Company 9fatal 1,687 total 278 mines · 2000–2026
Browse the complete index → This table ranks the top 50 by fatalities; the full record runs to tens of thousands.