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MSHA fatality data

Mine fatals

Every mining fatality MSHA has recorded so far this year, with the preliminary report for each one. We track it so crews can train to what is actually killing miners, not to what a slide deck says.

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One miner has died every ten days this year.

MSHA has recorded 30 mining fatalities in 2026 through November 3, 2026 — already 91% of the 33 miners lost in all of 2025. Every preliminary report is public, and every one of them is linked below. Read them, and train to what they describe.

30

miners killed

through November 3, 2026

8

Coal

22

Metal & nonmetal

Year over year

Metal/nonmetal Coal
40
2023
28
2024
33
2025
30
2026*

*2026 is year to date

2026 fatality reports

30 reports

  1. Pit #1 - Plainfield, IlliniosOctober 23, 2026 · Powered Haulage · Crushed Broken Stone NECReport
  2. Mountain Cement Company - Laramie, WyomingOctober 22, 2026 · Handling Material · CementReport
  3. Moorhead Wet Plant - Conroe, TexasOctober 17, 2026 · Slip or Fall of Person · Construction Sand and GravelReport
  4. Speed Mine - Cabin Creek, West VirginiaOctober 8, 2026 · Powered Haulage · Coal (Bituminous)Report
  5. Cyber Square - Shreveport, LouisianaOctober 5, 2026 · Powered Haulage · Sand, CommonReport
  6. Springfield Pit - Graham, TXSeptember 23, 2026 · Slip or Fall of Person · Crushed Broken Limestone NECReport
  7. Bald Mountain Mine - Spring Creek, NevadaSeptember 3, 2026 · Handling Material · Gold OreReport
  8. Bald Mountain Mine - Spring Creek, NevadaSeptember 3, 2026 · Handling Material · Gold OreReport
  9. Plant #3 - Kimberly, IdahoSeptember 2, 2026 · Powered Haulage · Construction Sand and GravelReport
  10. Haynes Aggregates- Seymour LLC - Seymour, ConnecticutAugust 24, 2026 · Fall of Face, Rib, Side or Highwall · Crushed Broken Stone NECReport
  11. Perry - Senatobia, MississippiAugust 13, 2026 · Slip or Fall of Person · Sand, CommonReport
  12. Tata Chemicals Mine - Green River, WyomingJuly 29, 2026 · Slip or Fall of Person · TronaReport
  13. Bailey Mine - Wind Ridge, PennsylvaniaJuly 11, 2026 · Falling, Rolling, or Sliding Rock or Material of Any Kind · Coal (Bituminous)Report
  14. Freeport-McMoran Morenci Inc. - Morenci, ArizonaJuly 6, 2026 · Powered Haulage · Copper Ore NECReport
  15. US Lime Company St Clair - Marble City, OklahomaJuly 6, 2026 · Powered Haulage · LimeReport
  16. Blue Creek Mine #1 - Berry, AlabamaJuly 1, 2026 · Machinery · Coal (Bituminous)Report
  17. Leclaire Portable Crusher #2 - LeClaire, IowaJune 26, 2026 · Powered Haulage · Crushed Broken Stone NECReport
  18. Lone Mountain Pit - Las Vegas, NevadaMay 21, 2026 · Explosives and Breaking Agents · Construction Sand and GravelReport
  19. Combs Branch Job - Hazard, KentuckyMay 20, 2026 · Machinery · Coal (Bituminous)Report
  20. Bailey Mine - Wind Ridge,PennsylvaniaMay 19, 2026 · Fall of Face, Rib, Side or Highwall · Coal (Bituminous)Report
  21. Portable Crusher #1 - Ontario, OregonApril 30, 2026 · Non-Powered Haulage · Crushed Broken Stone NECReport
  22. Ohio County Mine - Dallas West VirginiaApril 3, 2026 · Powered Haulage · Coal (Bituminous)Report
  23. Panther Eagle Mine - Whitesville, West VirginiaApril 2, 2026 · Fall of Roof or Back · Coal (Bituminous)Report
  24. Alpine Silica-San Antonio - San Antonio, TexasMarch 28, 2026 · Slip or Fall of Person · Sand industrial NECReport
  25. Kennecott Keystone Underground - Salt Lake, UtahMarch 12, 2026 · Machinery · Copper Ore NECReport
  26. Deer Run Mine - Hillsboro, IllinoisMarch 5, 2026 · Machinery · Coal (Bituminous)Report
  27. North American Silica Sand, LLC - San Antonio, TexasMarch 3, 2026 · Falling, Rolling, or Sliding Rock or Material of Any Kind · Sand industrial NECReport
  28. Danby Quarry - Danby, VermontJanuary 19, 2026 · Falling, Rolling, or Sliding Rock or Material of Any Kind · Dimension MarbleReport
  29. Hunter Cement Plant - New Braunfels, TXJanuary 8, 2026 · Powered Haulage · CementReport
  30. Lebec Cement Plant - Lebec, CaliforniaJanuary 6, 2026 · Machinery · CementReport
All MSHA fatality reports

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