Mining Incidents · Mines
Mines by fatality count
Upper Big Branch Mine-South has the most recorded miner fatalities of any individual US mine in MSHA's accident records, with 32.
Individual US mines ranked by recorded fatalities across the full MSHA history of each. Click a mine for its complete incident record, current operator and controller, and recent non-fatal accidents.
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Showing top 50
404 fatalities across these 50 mines
Most recorded fatalities
Upper Big Branch Mine-South
Performance Coal Company
592 total · WV
32
fatal
- 02 Wilberg Utah Power & Light Company-Mining Division 27fatal 178 total UT
- 03 Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. 16fatal 4,496 total AZ
- 04 STILLWATER MINE Stillwater Mining Company 16fatal 2,316 total MT
- 05 Buchanan Mine #1 Buchanan Minerals, LLC 14fatal 1,253 total VA
- 06 Pyro #9 Slope William Station Pyro Mining Company 14fatal 634 total KY
- 07 No 5 Mine Jim Walter Resources Inc 14fatal 1,756 total AL
- 08 Sago Mine Wolf Run Mining Company 12fatal 173 total WV
- 09 Crandall Canyon Mine Genwal Resources Inc 10fatal 241 total UT
- 10 Homestake Mine Lead Homestake Mining Company of California 10fatal 2,225 total SD
- 11 Goldstrike Mine Nevada Gold Mines LLC 10fatal 1,459 total NV
- 12 D-R-1 Dickenson-Russell Coal Co., LLC 9fatal 892 total VA
- 13 Marion County Mine Marion County Coal Resources, Inc. 9fatal 2,282 total WV
- 14 MARSHALL COUNTY MINE MARSHALL COUNTY COAL RESOURCES, INC. 9fatal 2,709 total WV
- 15 Mine No 1 Big Laurel Mining Corp 8fatal 58 total VA
- 16 Meikle Mine Nevada Gold Mines LLC 8fatal 701 total NV
- 17 Oak Grove Mine Crimson Oak Grove Resources LLC 8fatal 1,869 total AL
- 18 Lucky Friday Hecla Limited 7fatal 1,075 total ID
- 19 No 7 Mine Warrior Met Coal Mining, LLC 7fatal 3,469 total AL
- 20 Galena U.S. Silver-Idaho, Inc. 7fatal 1,300 total ID
- 21 Kayenta Mine Peabody Western Coal Company 7fatal 429 total AZ
- 22 No 4 Mine Warrior Met Coal Mining, LLC 7fatal 2,923 total AL
- 23 Gibson Mine Gibson County Coal LLC 6fatal 782 total IN
- 24 Amrize Holly Hill Plant Amrize Cement Inc. 6fatal 404 total SC
- 25 Dotiki Mine Webster County Coal LLC 6fatal 1,937 total KY
- 26 Turquoise Ridge Nevada Gold Mines LLC 6fatal 643 total NV
- 27 San Manuel Mine BHP Copper Inc 6fatal 1,894 total AZ
- 28 Intrepid Potash East Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC 6fatal 502 total NM
- 29 Lone Star Quarry & Mill Buzzi Unicem USA 6fatal 621 total MO
- 30 Bayer Alumina Plant Alcoa World Alumina LLC 5fatal 1,827 total TX
- 31 RAY MINE Asarco LLC 5fatal 1,732 total AZ
- 32 Mettiki Mine Mettiki Coal LLC 5fatal 1,237 total MD
- 33 MC#1 Mine M-Class Mining LLC 5fatal 574 total IL
- 34 Darby Mine No 1 Kentucky Darby Llc 5fatal 28 total KY
- 35 Huff Creek Mine Bluegrass Natural Resources, LLC 5fatal 390 total KY
- 36 Bronzite III Consol of Kentucky Inc 5fatal 764 total WV
- 37 Black Thunder Mine No. 1 Coastal Coal Company, LLC 5fatal 407 total KY
- 38 Boron Operations U S Borax Inc 5fatal 615 total CA
- 39 Sunshine Mine Silver Opportunity Partners LLC 5fatal 1,342 total ID
- 40 Ovenfork Mine Cumberland River Coal Company 5fatal 502 total KY
- 41 Bailey Mine Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC 5fatal 2,158 total PA
- 42 CARDINAL WARRIOR COAL LLC 5fatal 1,370 total KY
- 43 Immel Mine Crucible ETN LLC 5fatal 316 total TN
- 44 Orient No 6 Mine Cheyenne Resources, INC. 5fatal 904 total IL
- 45 Samples Surface Mine Panther Creek Mining LLC 5fatal 332 total WV
- 46 South Area Nevada Gold Mines LLC 5fatal 1,500 total NV
- 47 Resolution Mine Resolution Copper Mining LLC 4fatal 299 total AZ
- 48 Preparation Plant Perry County Resources 4fatal 121 total KY
- 49 MLC - Ste. Genevieve MLC 4fatal 1,828 total MO
- 50 Justice #1 Independence Coal Company Inc 4fatal 607 total WV
Browse the complete index → This table ranks the top 50 by fatalities; the full record runs to tens of thousands.