Mines by fatality count
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.
For corporate-level rollups, see operators and controllers.
Showing top 50
249 fatalities across these 50 mines
- 01 Upper Big Branch Mine-South Performance Coal Company 31fatal 369 total WV
- 02 No 5 Mine Jim Walter Resources Inc 13fatal 331 total AL
- 03 Sago Mine Wolf Run Mining Company 12fatal 173 total WV
- 04 STILLWATER MINE Stillwater Mining Company 10fatal 1,320 total MT
- 05 Crandall Canyon Mine Genwal Resources Inc 9fatal 73 total UT
- 06 MARSHALL COUNTY MINE MARSHALL COUNTY COAL RESOURCES, INC. 9fatal 2,312 total WV
- 07 Buchanan Mine #1 Buchanan Minerals, LLC 8fatal 707 total VA
- 08 Gibson Mine Gibson County Coal LLC 6fatal 782 total IN
- 09 Meikle Mine Nevada Gold Mines LLC 5fatal 479 total NV
- 10 MC#1 Mine M-Class Mining LLC 5fatal 567 total IL
- 11 Huff Creek Mine Bluegrass Natural Resources, LLC 5fatal 273 total KY
- 12 Darby Mine No 1 Kentucky Darby Llc 5fatal 28 total KY
- 13 No 7 Mine Warrior Met Coal Mining, LLC 5fatal 1,422 total AL
- 14 CARDINAL WARRIOR COAL LLC 5fatal 1,023 total KY
- 15 Amrize Holly Hill Plant Amrize Cement Inc. 5fatal 228 total SC
- 16 LEBEC CEMENT PLANT NATIONAL CEMENT COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA INC 4fatal 224 total CA
- 17 Oak Grove Mine Crimson Oak Grove Resources LLC 4fatal 1,015 total AL
- 18 Twilight Mtr Surface Mine Lexington Coal Company, LLC 4fatal 219 total WV
- 19 Samples Surface Mine Panther Creek Mining LLC 4fatal 225 total WV
- 20 Mountaineer II Mine Mingo Logan Coal LLC 4fatal 361 total WV
- 21 MLC - Ste. Genevieve MLC 4fatal 424 total MO
- 22 Black Thunder Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC 4fatal 572 total WY
- 23 OHIO COUNTY MINE OHIO COUNTY COAL RESOURCES, INC. 4fatal 874 total WV
- 24 Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. 4fatal 2,881 total AZ
- 25 Galena U.S. Silver-Idaho, Inc. 4fatal 771 total ID
- 26 RAY MINE Asarco LLC 4fatal 775 total AZ
- 27 Goldstrike Mine Nevada Gold Mines LLC 3fatal 460 total NV
- 28 Immel Mine Crucible ETN LLC 3fatal 143 total TN
- 29 LEER MINE ICG Tygart Valley 3fatal 131 total WV
- 30 Mine No. 1 Hamilton County Coal, LLC 3fatal 314 total IL
- 31 Lone Star Quarry & Mill Buzzi Unicem USA 3fatal 244 total MO
- 32 South Area Nevada Gold Mines LLC 3fatal 571 total NV
- 33 Shoal Creek Mine Peabody Southeast Mining, LLC 3fatal 1,537 total AL
- 34 GETCHELL MINE Barrick Turquoise Ridge Incorporated 3fatal 22 total NV
- 35 Midlothian Quarry and Plant Continental Cement Company, LLC 3fatal 293 total TX
- 36 North Antelope Rochelle Mine Peabody Powder River Mining LLC 3fatal 653 total WY
- 37 Republic Energy Republic Energy LLC 3fatal 125 total WV
- 38 Speed Mine Panther Creek Mining LLC 3fatal 658 total WV
- 39 Calvary No. 80 Blue Diamond Coal Company 3fatal 34 total KY
- 40 Aracoma Alma Mine #1 Aracoma Coal Company, LLC 3fatal 334 total WV
- 41 Justice #1 Independence Coal Company Inc 3fatal 373 total WV
- 42 Mountain View Mine Mettiki Coal WV, LLC 3fatal 424 total WV
- 43 No 4 Mine Warrior Met Coal Mining, LLC 3fatal 822 total AL
- 44 Mine #1 Rockhouse Energy Mining 3fatal 288 total KY
- 45 Midas Mine Klondex Midas Operations, Inc. 3fatal 277 total NV
- 46 Sherwin Alumina, L.P. Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC 3fatal 802 total TX
- 47 Wrens Plant KaMin LLC 3fatal 67 total GA
- 48 Marion County Mine Marion County Coal Resources, Inc. 3fatal 1,337 total WV
- 49 Mid-Coast Aggregates LLC-Mazak Mine MID Coast Aggregates LLC 3fatal 16 total FL
- 50 FEC QUARRY CEMEX Construction Materials Florida, LLC 3fatal 114 total FL