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Mining incidents by state

Kentucky has recorded more mining fatalities than any other US state, with 454 of 3,120 on file with MSHA nationwide.

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

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%!s(int=49) states on the record 3,120 fatalities tracked across all states
  1. Kentucky 454fatal 85,888 total
  2. West Virginia 428fatal 103,117 total
  3. Pennsylvania 199fatal 68,407 total
  4. Virginia 166fatal 36,749 total
  5. Texas 130fatal 27,942 total
  6. Nevada 110fatal 20,679 total
  7. Utah 110fatal 13,761 total
  8. Alabama 107fatal 27,893 total
  9. Illinois 106fatal 44,031 total
  10. Arizona 89fatal 21,664 total
  11. California 84fatal 24,267 total
  12. Tennessee 83fatal 10,992 total
  13. Ohio 68fatal 22,499 total
  14. Colorado 61fatal 16,050 total
  15. Missouri 58fatal 15,701 total
  16. Indiana 57fatal 16,032 total
  17. Florida 52fatal 10,854 total
  18. Georgia 52fatal 10,707 total
  19. New Mexico 51fatal 11,108 total
  20. Montana 43fatal 9,054 total
  21. Wyoming 39fatal 15,837 total
  22. Idaho 38fatal 7,303 total
  23. New York 37fatal 8,372 total
  24. Oklahoma 33fatal 6,672 total
  25. Michigan 32fatal 12,033 total
  26. Minnesota 32fatal 11,530 total
  27. North Carolina 32fatal 5,964 total
  28. Iowa 30fatal 4,809 total
  29. Kansas 27fatal 5,941 total
  30. Washington 27fatal 6,595 total
  31. Arkansas 26fatal 6,364 total
  32. South Carolina 26fatal 3,837 total
  33. Louisiana 24fatal 4,336 total
  34. Wisconsin 24fatal 7,003 total
  35. Maryland 23fatal 5,578 total
  36. Oregon 23fatal 2,805 total
  37. Alaska 18fatal 3,752 total
  38. Nebraska 17fatal 1,811 total
  39. South Dakota 16fatal 5,508 total
  40. Puerto Rico 15fatal 2,471 total
  41. Mississippi 14fatal 1,582 total
  42. New Jersey 13fatal 3,063 total
  43. Massachusetts 10fatal 1,708 total
  44. Vermont 10fatal 2,086 total
  45. North Dakota 9fatal 1,546 total
  46. New Hampshire 6fatal 1,099 total
  47. Connecticut 5fatal 1,225 total
  48. Hawaii 4fatal 1,069 total
  49. Rhode Island 2fatal 168 total
  50. Delaware 0fatal 120 total
  51. Guam 0fatal 3 total
  52. Maine 0fatal 706 total
  53. Northern Mariana Islands 0fatal 1 total
  54. U.S. Virgin Islands 0fatal 162 total