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: Fall of Face, Rib, Side or Highwall
Location: Huff Creek No 1 - Kentucky
Mine Controller: Cantenary Coal Holdings
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: MJL Crushing LLC - New York
Mine Controller: Michael J. Lyndaker
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: Amerikohl Strips - Pennsylvania
Mine Controller: John M Stilley
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: Troy Plant - Tennessee
Mine Controller: John H Ford
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Construction Sand and Gravel
Accident Classification: Other
Location: Maple Creek Preparation Plant - 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: Wildcat Hills Mine-Underground - Illinois
Mine Controller: Peabody Energy
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Stevens Creek Quarry - California
Mine Controller: Richard Voss
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Crushed, Broken Stone NEC
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: No 7 Mine - Alabama
Mine Controller: Walter Energy Incorporated
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Exodus - Nevada
Mine Controller: Newmont Mining Corp
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Gold Ore
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Questa Mine & Mill - New Mexico
Mine Controller: Chevron Corporation
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Molybdenum Ore
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: ACG Materials-Shamrock - 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: Cote Blanche Mine - 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: Freeport-McMoRan Bagdad Inc - Arizona
Mine Controller: Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Copper Ore NEC
Accident Classification: Explosives and Breaking Agents
Location: North Stone - Missouri
Mine Controller: Fred Weber, Inc.
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
Accident Classification: Fall of Roof or Back
Location: Castle Valley Mine #4 - Utah
Mine Controller: Rhino Resource Partners LP
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Fall of Roof or Back
Location: Peerless Rachel Mine - West Virginia
Mine Controller: Patriot Coal Corporation
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Affinity Mine - West Virginia
Mine Controller: Metinvest B V
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: Prairie Eagle South Underground Mine - Illinois
Mine Controller: Arch Coal Inc.; Franklin D. Robertson; James O. Bunn
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Loveridge #22 - West Virginia
Mine Controller: CONSOL Energy Inc.
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Hoisting
Location: Affinity Mine - West Virginia
Mine Controller: Metinvest B V
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Exploding Vessels Under Pressure
Location: Begley Resources #1 - Five Mile Prep Plant & Refuse Impoundment/West Virginia
Mine Controller: Patriot Coal Corporation
Mine Type: Facility
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: Begley Resources #1 - Kentucky
Mine Controller: Amy C Hamilton
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: Apex Quarry and Plant - Nevada
Mine Controller: Lhoist Group
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Lime
Accident Classification: Fall of Face, Rib, Side or Highwall
Location: THREE RIVERS QUARRY - Kentucky
Mine Controller: Lafarge S A
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
(Victim Died January 19, 2013)
Accident Classification: Slip or Fall of Person
Location: Choctaw Mine - Alabama
Mine Controller: Walter Energy Incorporated
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Chargeback Date: 7/8/2013
Reason for Amendment: Mr. Key arrived at Baptist Medical Center-Walker on 12/14/2012, at 15:30 and was transferred to U.A.B. Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama by ambulance on 12/15/2012, at 02:30. Mr. Key later died of injuries sustained from a fall from the rock truck.
Accident Classification: Other
Location: Robinson Run No 95 - West Virginia
Mine Controller: CONSOL Energy Inc.
Mine Type: Surface of Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Pocahontas Mine - West Virginia
Mine Controller: Alpha Natural Resources Inc.
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: Willow Lake Portal - Willow Lake Portal, Illinois
Mine Controller: Peabody Energy
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: MT MARION PIT AND MILL - New York
Mine Controller: Northeast Solite Corp
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Common Shale
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Weeping Water Mine - Nebraska
Mine Controller: Martin Marietta Materials Inc
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC