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: Home Pit and Mill - Chittenden , Vermont
Mine Controller: Timothy Casey
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Construction Sand and Gravel
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: Northeast Aggregate Corporation - Franklin County, VT
Mine Controller: Marie Charbonneau
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Crushed Broken Stone NEC
Accident Classification: Slip or Fall of Person
Location: Tazewell Quarry - Tazewell, Claiborne County, Tennessee
Mine Controller: Vulcan Materials Company
Mine Type: Surface
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: East Sand Plant - Oklahoma County, OK
Mine Controller: Dolese Brothers Company
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Sand, Common
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: River Road Quarry - Davidson County, TN
Mine Controller: Vulcan Materials Company
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Crushed Crushed Broken Limestone NEC
Accident Classification: Fall of Face, Rib, Side or Highwall
Location: CVB No 1 - Harlan County, KY
Mine Controller: Joseph T Bennett
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: West Amarillo Sand & Gravel - Oldham County, Texas
Mine Controller: Rogers Group Inc
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Construction Sand and Gravel
Accident Classification: Other
Location: Gold Bar - Eureka County, NV
Mine Controller: Rob McEwen
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Gold Ore
Rescission Date: June 26, 2019
The Acting Chair of MSHA’s Chargeability Review Committee reviewed the death certificate, autopsy report, and MSHA's accident investigation findings and determined that the miner died from natural causes. The fatality is not chargeable to the mining industry.
The Acting Chair of MSHA’s Chargeability Review Committee reviewed the death certificate, autopsy report, and MSHA's accident investigation findings and determined that the miner died from natural causes. The fatality is not chargeable to the mining industry.
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: MILLSTONE QUARRY - Oglethorpe County, GA
Mine Controller: Robert E Paul
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Dimension Granite
Accident Classification: Slip or Fall of Person
Location: Balcones Quarry - Comal County, TX
Mine Controller: Cemex S A
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: South Fork Coal Co LLC HWM 61 - Greenbrier County, West Virginia
Mine Controller: White Forest Resources Inc
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: TYRONE MINE - Grant County, NM
Mine Controller: Freeport-McMoRan Inc
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Copper Ore NEC
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Toms Fork Mine - Bell County, KY
Mine Controller: Jack Stump; Micheal Runyon
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: Mine No. 1 - Hamilton County, IL
Mine Controller: Alliance Resource Partners LP
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: Centralia Coal Mine - Centralia, Lewis County, WA
Mine Controller: Trans Alta Corp
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: North Fork - Somerset County, PA
Mine Controller: AK Steel Holding Corporation
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Fall of Face, Rib, Side or Highwall
Location: Little Spring Creek Mine - Walker County, AL
Mine Controller: Freddy Hunt; Michael T Costello
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: W M P I - Gilberton, Schuylkill County, PA
Mine Controller: John W Rich Jr
Mine Type: Facility
Mined Material: Coal (Anthracite)
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Pete Bajo - Eureka County, NV
Mine Controller: Newmont Mining Corp
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Gold Ore
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: O-N Minerals, Cedarville Operation - Mackinac County, MI
Mine Controller: Carmeuse Holding SA
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
Accident Classification: Fall of Roof or Back
Location: Lee Smith Mine - Elko County, NV
Mine Controller: Keith Jones
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Gold Ore
Accident Classification: Other
Location: Chino Mines Co Mine - Grant County, NM
Mine Controller: Freeport-McMoRan Inc
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Copper Ore NEC
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: MCGREGOR - Flathead County, MT
Mine Controller: Brad Mercord; Bill Carter
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Dimension Stone NEC
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: No. 1 Surface Mine - Greenbrier County, WV
Mine Controller: Frederick J Taylor
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Falling, Rolling, or Sliding Rock or Material of Any Kind
Location: Jet Mist tm Quarry - Culpeper County, VA
Mine Controller: Antonio C Ramos
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Dimension Granite
Accident Classification: Exploding Vessels Under Pressure
Location: Empire State Mines - St Lawrence Count, NY
Mine Controller: Augusta Group Company
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Lead-Zinc Ore
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Kocjancic - Jefferson County, PA
Mine Controller: J Clifford Forrest III
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Fire
Location: Bear Run Mine - Sullivan County, IN
Mine Controller: Peabody Energy
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Haines & Kibblehouse Inc. - Berks County, Pennsylvania
Mine Controller: John B Haines IV; John R Kibblehouse
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Crushed Broken Traprock
Accident Classification: Other
Location: No Information - No Information
Mine Controller: No Information
MSHA has determined that it does not have jurisdiction on the public road where the previously posted Fatality #8 accident occurred. Accordingly, MSHA has delisted Fatality #8 as chargeable to the mining industry.