Fatality Reports
MSHA investigates each mining fatality and prepares the following documents to alert the mining community and prevent similar occurrences.
- Fatality Alert - describes the accident and lists best practices that may have prevented it
- Preliminary Report - initial report with brief description
- Final Report - investigative findings, including root causes and enforcement actions
Related Fatality Information
Some deaths on mining property are determined to be unrelated to mining activity and are not included in MSHA’s fatality statistics - See recent “non-chargeable” fatalities:
Accident Classification: Explosives and Breaking Agents
Location: Colorado
Mine Controller: Fortune Minerals Limited
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Silver Ore
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Georgia
Mine Controller: Vulcan Materials Company
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Crushed, Broken Granite
Accident Classification: Fall of Face, Rib, Side or Highwall
Location: Illinois
Mine Controller: Coalfield Transport Inc
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Slip or Fall of Person
Location: California
Mine Controller: Vicat S A
Mine Type: Facility
Mined Material: Cement
(Victim Died October 19, 2013)
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Indiana
Mine Controller: Donald Blankenberger
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: Wyoming
Mine Controller: MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company; IDACORP
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Illinois
Mine Controller: Alliance Resource Partners LP
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: West Virginia
Mine Controller: CONSOL Energy Inc.
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Pennsylvania
Mine Controller: Jan M God
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Dimension Slate
Accident Classification: Falling, Rolling, or Sliding Rock or Material of Any Kind
Location: Kentucky
Mine Controller: Roy Beard
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Missouri
Mine Controller: Summit Materials LLC
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: Wyoming
Mine Controller: Arch Coal Inc
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Fall of Face, Rib, Side or Highwall
Location: Kentucky
Mine Controller: Cantenary Coal Holdings
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: New York
Mine Controller: Michael J. Lyndaker
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: Pennsylvania
Mine Controller: John M Stilley
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: Tennessee
Mine Controller: John H Ford
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Construction Sand and Gravel
Accident Classification: Other
Location: Pennsylvania
Mine Controller: Robert E Murray
Mine Type: Facility
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Chargeback Date: 9/4/2013
(Determined to be Chargeable September 4, 2013)
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: Illinois
Mine Controller: Peabody Energy
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: California
Mine Controller: Richard Voss
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Crushed, Broken Stone NEC
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Alabama
Mine Controller: Walter Energy Incorporated
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Nevada
Mine Controller: Newmont Mining Corp
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Gold Ore
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: New Mexico
Mine Controller: Chevron Corporation
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Molybdenum Ore
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Texas
Mine Controller: Charles W Harrison Jr
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Gypsum
Accident Classification: Falling, Rolling, or Sliding Rock or Material of Any Kind
Location: Louisiana
Mine Controller: Compass Minerals International, Inc.
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Salt
Accident Classification: Falling, Rolling, or Sliding Rock or Material of Any Kind
Location: Arizona
Mine Controller: Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Copper Ore NEC
Accident Classification: Explosives and Breaking Agents
Location: Missouri
Mine Controller: Fred Weber, Inc.
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
Accident Classification: Fall of Roof or Back
Location: Utah
Mine Controller: Rhino Resource Partners LP
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Fall of Roof or Back
Location: West Virginia
Mine Controller: Patriot Coal Corporation
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: West Virginia
Mine Controller: Metinvest B V
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: Illinois
Mine Controller: Arch Coal Inc.; Franklin D. Robertson; James O. Bunn
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)