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: Powered Haulage
Location: Lower War Eagle - Cyclone, West Virginia
Mine Controller: Colorado Coal LLC
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Inundation
Location: Rolling Thunder Mine - Swiss, West Virginia
Mine Controller: Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Mountain View Mine - Davis, West Virginia
Mine Controller: Alliance Resource Partners LP
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Hoisting
Location: Marfork Processing - Raleigh, West Virginia
Mine Controller: Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
Mine Type: Facility
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Fall of Face, Rib, Side or Highwall
Location: Black Eagle - Raleigh, West Virginia
Mine Controller: Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: CCU Sexton Strip - Harrison, Ohio
Mine Controller: Charles C Ungurean
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Salado Operations, Florence - Williamson, Texas
Mine Controller: Dos Rios Partners, LP; Dos Rios Partners - A, LP
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Dimension Stone NEC
Accident Classification: Fall of Face, Rib, Side or Highwall
Location: Twilight Mtr Surface Mine - Boone, West Virginia
Mine Controller: Lexington Coal Company LLC
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Acosta Deep Mine - Somerset, Pennsylvania
Mine Controller: Quintana Capital Group GP Ltd
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)