Mining Incidents
MSHA fatality alerts

MSHA
Fatalgrams

A fatalgram is the one-page report MSHA files after a mining fatality, summarizing the cause, conditions, and the worker involved. This is the complete index: every recorded US mining death since 1983, with 416 official MSHA documents linked.

19 US mining fatalities have been recorded in 2026 to date.

Based on MSHA-confirmed records. Official data lags the accident by weeks to months, so the current year fills in over time.

416 official MSHA fatality reports indexed, each linked to the source document and the complete incident record.

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Common questions

What is an MSHA fatalgram?

An MSHA fatalgram is a one-page alert MSHA publishes after a mining fatality, summarizing what happened and the conditions involved. Mining Incidents indexes these alongside the full accident record for every reportable US mining death since 1983.

Where can I find official MSHA fatality reports?

Each fatality above links to MSHA’s official document where one exists, plus the complete incident record: mine, operator, cause, occupation, and the investigator’s narrative, drawn from MSHA’s public accident file.

How current is this list?

New fatalities appear within about a week of being filed in MSHA’s accident file. MSHA’s preliminary alerts often appear within days of the accident and are surfaced on the recent-fatalities feed first.