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 STILLWATER MINE Stillwater Mining Company 16fatal 2,315 total MT
- 04 Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. 16fatal 4,475 total AZ
- 05 No 5 Mine Jim Walter Resources Inc 14fatal 1,756 total AL
- 06 Buchanan Mine #1 Buchanan Minerals, LLC 14fatal 1,247 total VA
- 07 Pyro #9 Slope William Station Pyro Mining Company 14fatal 634 total KY
- 08 Sago Mine Wolf Run Mining Company 12fatal 173 total WV
- 09 Goldstrike Mine Nevada Gold Mines LLC 10fatal 1,458 total NV
- 10 Crandall Canyon Mine Genwal Resources Inc 10fatal 241 total UT
- 11 Homestake Mine Lead Homestake Mining Company of California 10fatal 2,225 total SD
- 12 MARSHALL COUNTY MINE MARSHALL COUNTY COAL RESOURCES, INC. 9fatal 2,676 total WV
- 13 D-R-1 Dickenson-Russell Coal Co., LLC 9fatal 892 total VA
- 14 Marion County Mine Marion County Coal Resources, Inc. 9fatal 2,260 total WV
- 15 Meikle Mine Nevada Gold Mines LLC 8fatal 700 total NV
- 16 Mine No 1 Big Laurel Mining Corp 8fatal 58 total VA
- 17 Oak Grove Mine Crimson Oak Grove Resources LLC 8fatal 1,866 total AL
- 18 No 4 Mine Warrior Met Coal Mining, LLC 7fatal 2,922 total AL
- 19 No 7 Mine Warrior Met Coal Mining, LLC 7fatal 3,468 total AL
- 20 Galena U.S. Silver-Idaho, Inc. 7fatal 1,294 total ID
- 21 Kayenta Mine Peabody Western Coal Company 7fatal 429 total AZ
- 22 Lucky Friday Hecla Limited 7fatal 1,073 total ID
- 23 Intrepid Potash East Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC 6fatal 502 total NM
- 24 Gibson Mine Gibson County Coal LLC 6fatal 782 total IN
- 25 Turquoise Ridge Nevada Gold Mines LLC 6fatal 642 total NV
- 26 Dotiki Mine Webster County Coal LLC 6fatal 1,937 total KY
- 27 Lone Star Quarry & Mill Buzzi Unicem USA 6fatal 621 total MO
- 28 San Manuel Mine BHP Copper Inc 6fatal 1,894 total AZ
- 29 Amrize Holly Hill Plant Amrize Cement Inc. 6fatal 400 total SC
- 30 CARDINAL WARRIOR COAL LLC 5fatal 1,364 total KY
- 31 Samples Surface Mine Panther Creek Mining LLC 5fatal 332 total WV
- 32 MC#1 Mine M-Class Mining LLC 5fatal 570 total IL
- 33 South Area Nevada Gold Mines LLC 5fatal 1,498 total NV
- 34 Bronzite III Consol of Kentucky Inc 5fatal 764 total WV
- 35 Boron Operations U S Borax Inc 5fatal 614 total CA
- 36 Mettiki Mine Mettiki Coal LLC 5fatal 1,237 total MD
- 37 Orient No 6 Mine Cheyenne Resources, INC. 5fatal 904 total IL
- 38 Sunshine Mine Silver Opportunity Partners LLC 5fatal 1,342 total ID
- 39 Bayer Alumina Plant Alcoa World Alumina LLC 5fatal 1,827 total TX
- 40 RAY MINE Asarco LLC 5fatal 1,731 total AZ
- 41 Darby Mine No 1 Kentucky Darby Llc 5fatal 28 total KY
- 42 Ovenfork Mine Cumberland River Coal Company 5fatal 502 total KY
- 43 Black Thunder Mine No. 1 Coastal Coal Company, LLC 5fatal 407 total KY
- 44 Huff Creek Mine Bluegrass Natural Resources, LLC 5fatal 390 total KY
- 45 Bailey Mine Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC 5fatal 2,151 total PA
- 46 Immel Mine Crucible ETN LLC 5fatal 316 total TN
- 47 Shoal Creek Mine Peabody Southeast Mining, LLC 4fatal 2,403 total AL
- 48 Choctaw Mine Iron Eagle Land Rehabilitation, LLC 4fatal 236 total AL
- 49 Deserado Mine Blue Mountain Energy Inc 4fatal 869 total CO
- 50 Midas Mine Klondex Midas Operations, Inc. 4fatal 321 total NV
Browse the complete index → This table ranks the top 50 by fatalities; the full record runs to tens of thousands.