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Operators by fatality count

Consolidation Coal Company has the most recorded miner fatalities of any US mining operator in MSHA's accident records, with 51.

Every MSHA-registered mining operator ranked by recorded fatalities across all the mines they have operated. Click an operator for a full breakdown of incidents, top causes, and affected mines.

For parent-company rollups, see controllers · for individual mines, see mines · See also operators ranked by total MSHA violations.

Showing top 50 596 fatalities across these 50 operators

Most recorded fatalities

Consolidation Coal Company

13,110 total · 74 mines · 1983–2015

51
fatal
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  1. 02 Performance Coal Company 32fatal
  2. 03 Jim Walter Resources Inc 30fatal
  3. 04 Emery Mining Corp 28fatal
  4. 05 Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 24fatal
  5. 06 Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc 20fatal
  6. 07 Asarco Inc 18fatal
  7. 08 Martin Marietta Aggregates 16fatal
  8. 09 Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. 16fatal
  9. 10 Peabody Coal Company 15fatal
  10. 11 Wolf Run Mining LLC 15fatal
  11. 12 Drummond Company Inc 14fatal
  12. 13 Pyro Mining Company 14fatal
  13. 14 Newmont USA Limited 13fatal
  14. 15 Clinchfield Coal Company 13fatal
  15. 16 Homestake Mining Company Of California 12fatal
  16. 17 Martin Marietta Materials Inc 11fatal
  17. 18 Chevron Mining Inc 11fatal
  18. 19 Genwal Resources Inc 10fatal
  19. 20 Stillwater Mining Company 10fatal
  20. 21 Ash Grove Cement Company 10fatal
  21. 22 Amrize Cement Inc. 9fatal
  22. 23 Island Creek Coal Company 9fatal
  23. 24 Elk Run Coal Company, LLC 9fatal
  24. 25 Andalex Resources Inc. 9fatal
  25. 26 Marfork Coal Company, LLC 8fatal
  26. 27 Peabody Western Coal Company 8fatal
  27. 28 Hecla Limited 8fatal
  28. 29 Freeman United Coal Mining Company 8fatal
  29. 30 McElroy Coal Company 8fatal
  30. 31 Southmountain Coal Company Inc 8fatal
  31. 32 Lone Mountain Processing LLC 8fatal
  32. 33 Mingo Logan Coal LLC 8fatal
  33. 34 Hanson Material Service 8fatal
  34. 35 Magma Copper Company 7fatal
  35. 36 Hobet Mining Inc 7fatal
  36. 37 The Doe Run Company 7fatal
  37. 38 Manalapan Mining Co., Inc. 7fatal
  38. 39 Gibson County Coal, LLC 7fatal
  39. 40 Dominion Coal Corporation 7fatal
  40. 41 Luminant Mining Company LLC 7fatal
  41. 42 Warrior Coal LLC 7fatal
  42. 43 Asarco LLC 7fatal
  43. 44 U S Steel Mining Company Llc 6fatal
  44. 45 TXI (A/K/A Texas Industries Inc) 6fatal
  45. 46 Stillwater Mining Company 6fatal
  46. 47 Florida Rock Industries Inc 6fatal
  47. 48 Arch Of Illinois 6fatal
  48. 49 South-East Coal Company Inc 6fatal
  49. 50 Catenary Coal Company LLC 6fatal

Browse the complete index → This table ranks the top 50 by fatalities; the full record runs to tens of thousands.