Mining Incidents

Mining incidents by state

Every US state ranked by recorded mining fatalities. Click a state for its full incident record, top operators, and recent fatalities.

6 states on the record9 fatalities tracked across all states
  1. Pennsylvania3fatal328 total
  2. Texas2fatal186 total
  3. Ohio1fatal39 total
  4. Oklahoma1fatal44 total
  5. South Dakota1fatal25 total
  6. Tennessee1fatal48 total
  7. Delaware0fatal0 total
  8. Florida0fatal0 total
  9. Georgia0fatal0 total
  10. Hawaii0fatal0 total
  11. Idaho0fatal0 total
  12. Illinois0fatal0 total
  13. Indiana0fatal0 total
  14. Iowa0fatal0 total
  15. Kansas0fatal0 total
  16. Kentucky0fatal5 total
  17. Louisiana0fatal0 total
  18. Maine0fatal0 total
  19. Maryland0fatal0 total
  20. Massachusetts0fatal0 total
  21. Michigan0fatal0 total
  22. Minnesota0fatal0 total
  23. Mississippi0fatal0 total
  24. Missouri0fatal0 total
  25. Montana0fatal0 total
  26. Nebraska0fatal0 total
  27. Nevada0fatal0 total
  28. New Hampshire0fatal0 total
  29. New Jersey0fatal0 total
  30. New Mexico0fatal0 total
  31. New York0fatal0 total
  32. North Carolina0fatal0 total
  33. North Dakota0fatal1 total
  34. Oregon0fatal15 total
  35. Rhode Island0fatal2 total
  36. South Carolina0fatal36 total
  37. Utah0fatal65 total
  38. Vermont0fatal13 total
  39. Virginia0fatal155 total
  40. Washington0fatal37 total
  41. West Virginia0fatal1 total
  42. Wisconsin0fatal0 total
  43. Wyoming0fatal0 total
  44. Alabama0fatal0 total
  45. Alaska0fatal0 total
  46. Arizona0fatal0 total
  47. Arkansas0fatal0 total
  48. California0fatal0 total
  49. Colorado0fatal0 total
  50. Connecticut0fatal0 total
Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. State assignment uses MSHA's FIPS state code.