Mining Incidents

Powered Haulage

Every reportable mining accident MSHA has classified under Powered Haulage. Fatalities and serious injuries are the bulk of these records; some categories also include reportable non-injury events.

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Fatalities recorded
361
Total incidents
20,026
Fatal rate
2%

Top operators by fatality count

  1. 01 Stillwater Mining Company 6fatal
  2. 02 Consolidation Coal Company 5fatal
  3. 03 Newmont USA Limited 5fatal
  4. 04 ASARCO LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company 4fatal
  5. 05 Carter Roag Coal Company 4fatal
  6. 06 Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 4fatal
  7. 07 Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc 3fatal
  8. 08 CEMEX Construction Materials Florida, LLC 3fatal
  9. 09 Doe Run Resources Corp dba Doe Run Company 3fatal
  10. 10 Greenbrier Minerals, LLC 3fatal

Recent fatalities

April 3, 2026 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Ohio County Coal Resources, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

An employee was working on a winch rope on a 650 scoop that was loaded with a shield, this shield was hit by another 650 scoop, causing the employee to be caught between the scoop EE was working on and the shield tip.

January 8, 2026 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Third party delivery driver of raw materials was found deceased trapped between the frame and dump bed of EE's I-Bar owned and operated delivery truck. The driver was located on the West edge of the iron ore stockpile.

December 18, 2025 WV · Coal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Greenbrier Minerals, LLC · Struck by powered moving object

The employee stepped out of manhole and onto the slope and was struck by a slope tractor traveling down the slope.

November 6, 2025 WV · Coal scoop tram operator, load/haul/dump operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Mettiki Coal WV, LLC · Struck by powered moving object

The victim was fatally injured when ejected from the operator's compartment of a diesel scoop after the scoop was struck by a locomotive that had lost control of a trip of supplies along the 41 Butt track haulage.

October 28, 2025 FL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
CEMEX Construction Materials Florida, LLC · Struck against a moving object

For unknown reason, haul truck veered over the berm and into quarry lake.

September 29, 2025 NV · Metal/Non-Metal scoop tram operator, load/haul/dump operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Gold Mines LLC · Struck against a moving object

Preliminary investigation finds employee operating loader over-traveled, falling down stope.

September 8, 2025 RI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Lynch Corp. · Struck against a moving object

IDS driver was instructed by Lynch to dump employee's load under unsafe conditions. The berm that the Lynch operator constructed was inadequate/non-existent due to the pile being dug into by Lynch from below. This caused the earth to fall away under back tires. End dump rolled down embankment flipping and landing on its roof. Employee was pronounced dead at the hospital.

August 25, 2025 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Colt Rock and Lime, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Haul truck driver was going to pit to get loaded, traveled over berm, truck landed on cab in water

August 7, 2025 WI · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Highpoint Sand and Gravel LLC · Struck against a moving object

UNKNOWN AT TIME OF REPORT. A miner died when the front-end loader EE was operating went over a highwall and fell approximately 70 feet.

July 12, 2025 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
GCC Rio Grande Inc · Struck against a moving object

A delivery driver employed by a water supply vendor was in route to the facility when the tanker truck overturned and slid off the road. Investigation ongoing

March 28, 2025 KS · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Midwest Materials By Mueller Inc · Struck against a moving object

Victim was removing sand from the sand wall with a Volvo L120E loader and the wall sloughed off covering the loader and victim with sand.

March 5, 2025 NC · Metal/Non-Metal welder (non-shop) Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was found entangled in conveyor 12 tail pulley. Responding authorities pronounced the employee deceased. Incident is still under investigation.

February 22, 2025 SD · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
GCC Dacotah Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A miner received fatal injuries. After a bridge collapsed that the miner was operating a skid steer loader on. The miner was clearing refractory brick form a rotary kiln. The bridge that was installed by the property owner collapsed. The skid steer fell approximately 10 feet into a hopper, causing the payload of brick to engulf the operator causing fatal wounds.

January 30, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Salado Operations · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee in the thin veneer area was crushed by a pallet of stone that was placed on them by another employee in a wheel loader.

January 10, 2025 PA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Wilson Creek Energy LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

An employee was crushed between a mobile bridge carrier (MBC) and the coal rib.

November 27, 2024 OH · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Cargill Deicing Solutions · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A loader bucket on a CAT R3000H came down and crushed an employee while in use, resulting in a fatality. The injured employee was operating a UTV (gator) in Unit 43 near the feeder breaker (Stamler) when the incident occurred. This incident is still under investigation.

November 5, 2024 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
DelHur Industries, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

At this time unknown dump point failure causing haul truck operated by the deceased to back and roll down the dump point.

September 18, 2024 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
American Asphalt Paving Company · Struck by powered moving object

Truck Driver in TDW060 pulled over and stopped at a curve in the road, partially off the road, which created a blind spot. Loader Operator in 3LV025 was driving in the same direction of the truck. As the Loader Operator passed the truck the Truck Driver was struck and killed.

September 6, 2024 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Bosket Brothers Bluestone, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Truck ascending down hill

August 11, 2024 CO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C. · Fall from machine

Employee was shoveling coal off a conveyor belt, belt moved forward causing miner to fall down transfer chute onto belt conveyor that transferred EE to stacker tube where EE fell onto coal pile.