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: Silver Lake Mine - San Bernardino, California
Mine Controller: Scott R Descher
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Iron Ore
Accident Classification: Falling, Rolling, or Sliding Rock or Material of Any Kind
Location: Signal Peak Silica of Atascosa - Atascosa, Texas
Mine Controller: Orchard Global Asset Management, LLP
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Sand industrial NEC
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: South Plant - Washington, Kansas
Mine Controller: Manetha Holle; Jay Holle
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Construction Sand and Gravel
Accident Classification: Explosives and Breaking Agents
Location: Calhoun Quarry #1 - Jersey, Illinois
Mine Controller: Jerome Sievers
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Crushed Broken Limestone NEC
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: ARROWOOD - Mecklenburg, North Carolina
Mine Controller: Martin Marietta Materials Inc
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Crushed Broken Granite
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: Powered Haulage
Location: GCC Dacotah Inc - Pennington, South Dakota
Mine Controller: GCC SAB de CV
Mine Type: Facility
Mined Material: Cement
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: Machinery
Location: Ellinger Sand & Gravel - Fayette, Texas
Mine Controller: Ruben Salinas Jr
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Construction Sand and Gravel
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)
Accident Classification: Falling, Rolling, or Sliding Rock or Material of Any Kind
Location: Borger Pit - Hutchinson, Texas
Mine Controller: JW Thomas, Travis Thomas, John Thomas
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Construction Sand and Gravel
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Cargill Deicing Technology-Cleveland Mn - Cuyahoga, Ohio
Mine Controller: Cargill Inc
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Salt
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: Ervin Hill Enterprises Inc - Highland, Ohio
Mine Controller: Mark A Edenfield
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Construction Sand and Gravel
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Cactus - Crane, Texas
Mine Controller: Samuel G Hurworth
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Crushed Broken Stone NEC
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: Leer Mine - Taylor, West Virginia
Mine Controller: Arch Resources Inc
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Fall of Roof or Back
Location: Oak Grove Mine - Jefferson, Alabama
Mine Controller: Alabama Kanu Holdings LLC
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Slip or Fall of Person
Location: I-75 Quarry - Knox, Tennessee
Mine Controller: Martin Marietta Materials Inc
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Crushed Broken Stone NEC
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: American Asphalt - Chase Quarry - Luzerne, Pennsylvania
Mine Controller: Bernard C (aka Jr) Banks
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Crushed Broken Sandstone
Accident Classification: Fall of Roof or Back
Location: Mountaineer II Mine - Logan, West Virginia
Mine Controller: Arch Resources Inc
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Bosket Mountain - Broome, New York
Mine Controller: Bosket Brothers Bluestone, LLC
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Dimension Stone NEC
Accident Classification: Slip or Fall of Person
Location: East Quarry - Tulsa, Oklahoma
Mine Controller: CRH PLC
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Crushed Broken Limestone NEC
Accident Classification: Drowning
Location: Paguay Stone Quarries - Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
Mine Controller: Luis A Paguay
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Dimension Limestone
Accident Classification: Fall of Face, Rib, Side or Highwall
Location: Onyx Sterling Pit - Worcester, Massachusettes
Mine Controller: John D Durkin
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Construction Sand and Gravel
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: West Elk Mine - Gunnison, Colorado
Mine Controller: Arch Resources Inc
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Electrical
Location: Maryneal Quarry and Mill - Nolan, Texas
Mine Controller: Buzzi Unicem S P A
Mine Type: Facility
Mined Material: Cement
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Leer Mine - Taylor, West Virginia
Mine Controller: Arch Resources Inc
Mine Type: Underground
Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)
Accident Classification: Slip or Fall of Person
Location: Gramercy Operation - St. James, Louisiana
Mine Controller: DADA Holidings LLC, Concord Resources Ltd
Mine Type: Facility
Mined Material: Alumina
Accident Classification: Powered Haulage
Location: Hazleton Shaft - Luzerne, Pennsylvania
Mine Controller: American Anthracite SPV I, LLC
Mine Type: Facility
Mined Material: Coal (Anthracite)