Unbolted flange connection to swap out gasket. While aligning flange bolt holes to install bolts the pipe shifted and rolled off dunnage and crushed worker. Which resulted in a fatal head injury
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Same index, other regulatorsOSINERGMIN sanctions, OEFA fines and MINEM's fatal-accident record, company by company.
SERNAGEOMIN's registry of every mining installation, SMA environmental sanctions and Dirección del Trabajo labor fines, joined on the tax id.
ANM's cadastre with every holder's NIT, the agency's per-accident records and its press-reported emergencies, company by company.
ANM's cadastre by titleholder, 900-plus tailings dams with their emergency levels, IBAMA notices, and a press floor on the deaths no agency counts.
22,000-plus current concessions by holder from the Secretaría de Economía's cadastre, and a press floor on the deaths no federal body counts.
SIACAM's project portfolio by controlling company, the provincial cadastres that serve live data, and a press floor on the deaths no level of government counts.
ARCERNNR's cadastre by titleholder, the beneficiation plants with their RUC and the SRI's live status for each, and a press floor on the deaths no agency counts.
The DGM's live cadastre of concessions and claims by titleholder, its 2017-2026 claims change log, the Pueblo Viejo gap, and a press floor on the amber and larimar deaths no agency counts.
GGMC's property register with the TIN on every claim, its tenure map by holder, and a press floor on the backdam deaths no agency counts.
INHGEOMIN's cadastre from a university server, dated back to 1938, with employment by department and a press floor on the deaths no agency counts.
MICI's monthly concession lists read since 2022 with each concession's contract, gazette citation and cancellation, Cobre Panamá's standing, and a press floor on a sector switched off.
MEM's yearly licence register read from the Wayback Machine (the ministry blocks machines), every holder with its NIT where the 2022 base has one, and a press floor on the deaths in sand pits and quarries.
Every filing in AJAM's monthly gazette índice since 2016, the cooperatives behind them, and a press floor on mine deaths that the official series cannot see.
Every concession list MEM published before it stopped in 2024, the cooperatives and plants off the ministry's own map, and a press floor on the deaths of güiriseros.
What each country publishes, what it does not, where its mining deaths are counted and how to ask for the rest.
Recent
Most recent in the official recordsituation still under investigation so far information gathered is startled worker tripped and broke spine, further information still being gathered. Driller died after being struck by falling rocks.
Employee was completing maintenance task and was fatally buried.
Fall from height from 5th floor to 4th floor through open hatch. Employee was Canadian National and does not have social security number.
At roughly 12:30 am on Saturday 7/11/26 employee was overcome by clean coal while shoveling spillage out from bottom of Clean Coal Silo. Employee is currently in hospital. Vitals are stable but final outcome still TBD. ***EE passed away 07/20/2026***
Rear-end collision involving two haul trucks on a haul road.
At the time of filing it is believed the miner was riding on the back of a railcar when the railcar derailed and pinned the miner between the railcar and a nearby structure. The miner was transported to a medical facility where EE died the following day.
Employee was discovered at shield 74. The employee was found caught between the shield resulting in a head crushing injury. Employee was transported to the surface and EMS performed CPR until time of death was called.
Contractor equipment transporter was in process of loading and securing front end loader to trailer for off-site transit. Contractor employee reached under the loader to grad a chain on trailer and was caught between the loader and trailer.
A contract mechanic/welder hired by another contractor was fatally injured when the ammonium nitrate auger EE was attempting to extract from a pipe exploded.
EE and another employee were pulling the engine and removing nose cone on the radiator. EE was on the bottom under the 992g wheel loader. The other employee was on top of the machine. EE was taking the radiator nose off, accidentally took bolts out of counter weights and it fell on EE. Resulting in a fatality.
Employee was setting a post at 24xcut in 7 South #6 track entry, to barricade off an area of concern. While tightening up a post a piece of rock dislodged from the upper portion of the rib and fell striking the employee. The employee suffered fatal injuries as a result of this event.
Frequently asked
Where can I search MSHA mining incident reports?
Mining Incidents (miningincidents.org) indexes every reportable US mining incident on file with the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Search by mine ID, operator, controller, year, severity, occupation, or any keyword in the investigator's narrative.
How far back does the record go?
1983 to present. MSHA's Part 50 rule (30 CFR Part 50) took effect in 1978, but the electronic record begins in 1983; the dataset is refreshed weekly from MSHA's public CSV exports.
Is investigator narrative text searchable?
Yes. The free-text narrative MSHA's investigator records for each incident is keyword-searchable on /search; that field is not exposed in MSHA's own public search UI.
Can I subscribe to alerts when new incidents match a query?
Yes. /follow lets you subscribe by state and by classification (roof fall, machinery, electrical, and the other Part 50 categories) and delivers new fatalities to your inbox as they are ingested.
How do I cite a record from this site?
See /citing for the citation format. Per-incident, per-operator, and dataset-level forms are provided; the underlying records are works of the US government and in the public domain.