![The MSHA Digital Library features materials related to the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s mission of ensuring the health and safety of the nation’s miners](/sites/default/files/images/banner_2.png)
The MSHA Digital Library features materials related to the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s mission of ensuring the health and safety of the nation’s miners. These collections include historical and modern mining photographs, research materials, videos, and mine fatality reports for both Coal and Metal/Nonmetal dating back to the 1840s.
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![This MSHA Digital Library mine fatality report collection includes full text reports of over 30,000 Agency investigations of Coal and Metal/Nonmetal mining fatalities dating back to 1840](/sites/default/files/images/Image.png)
![The MSHA Digital Library Research Materials collection includes full text documents produced by the Bureau of Mines, MESA, and MSHA since 1910](/sites/default/files/images/Plans.png)
![The MSHA Digital Library photograph collection includes thousands of historical and current mining photographs from the collections of the Bureau of Mines, MESA and MSHA](/sites/default/files/images/Mine.png)
![The MSHA Digital Library Video photograph collection includes thousands of examples of historical and current mining footage from the collections of the Bureau of Mines, MESA and MSHA.](/sites/default/files/images/Helmets.png)