Mining Incidents

Mining Incidents in Missouri

Every reportable accident on file with MSHA at a Missouri mine. Operators below are ranked by recorded fatality count in this state.

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Fatalities recorded
28
Total incidents
6,283
Fatal rate
0%
Years on record
2000–2025

Year-over-year fatalities

  1. 2000 1
  2. 2002 3
  3. 2004 2
  4. 2005 1
  5. 2007 2
  6. 2008 2
  7. 2009 2
  8. 2013 2
  9. 2014 2
  10. 2015 2
  11. 2020 1
  12. 2021 2
  13. 2022 1
  14. 2023 2
  15. 2025 3

Top mines in Missouri by fatality count

  1. 01 MLC - Ste. Genevieve 4fatal
  2. 02 Lone Star Quarry & Mill 3fatal
  3. 03 MLC - Bonne Terre 2fatal
  4. 04 Marshall Quarry 1fatal
  5. 05 Amrize Ste Genevieve Plant 1fatal

Top operators by fatality count

  1. 01 MLC 5fatal
  2. 02 Doe Run Resources Corp dba Doe Run Company 4fatal
  3. 03 Buzzi Unicem USA 3fatal
  4. 04 Holcim (US) Incorporated 2fatal
  5. 05 Martin Marietta Kansas City, LLC 2fatal
  6. 06 Apac-Missouri, Inc 1fatal
  7. 07 Central Stone Company 1fatal
  8. 08 Colt Rock and Lime, LLC 1fatal
  9. 09 Con-Agg Companies, LLC 1fatal
  10. 10 Fox Creek Aggregates 1fatal

Recent fatalities

October 16, 2025 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
MLC · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

Employee was performing cleaning and maintenance. They began work around 7 pm and was discovered by coworkers on the ground below the area of work. It is believed they fell.

September 13, 2025 MO · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Tower Rock Stone Company · Contact with electrical current

Miner was on first floor of "New Office" working on a ladder changing a light. Miners co-worker went to basement to retrieve another new light. Co-worker heard a thump and a bang on the ceiling. Co-worker found miner sitting slumped on the floor unresponsive. Started CPR, called 911, deployed AED but the miner could never be revived.

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

May 22, 2023 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Central Stone Company · Struck against a moving object

Employee received fatal injuries while operating haul truck which over-turned backwards off a stockpile.

January 30, 2023 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Kansas City, LLC · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

An employee was fatally injured when they fell from an opening in an elevated catwalk.

December 6, 2022 MO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Doe Run Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

APPROXIMATELY 1:35 PM ON 12/06/2022, EE WAS FOUND ON THE GROUND AFTER BEING STRUCK BY REAR OPPOSITE OPERATOR SIDE TIRE. INVESTIGATION IN ONGOING AT THIS TIME.

March 12, 2021 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
Gateway Dredging and Contracting · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was trying to insert a spud pin into a spud before the spud stopped moving. Pin struck victim in the head.

July 29, 2020 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Fox Creek Aggregates · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

A front-end loader operator was attempting to clear a buildup of sand from a stacker conveyor belt's tailpiece when the operator's arm became entangled. The victim was air lifted to a trauma center where the victim died a week later.

May 18, 2015 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buzzi Unicem USA · Fall from machine

A delivery truck driver for Stericycle Environmental Solutions arrived at Alternate Fuels to deliver drums. After opening trailer doors, the driver walked back to the cab of his truck and proceeded to climb the steps to get back in the cab when he suddenly fell backwards onto the ground striking the back of his head.

January 21, 2015 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
The Doe Run Company · Struck by falling object

EE was fatally injured while performing the standard practice of scaling loose material using a mechanical scaler. Loose material fell from the back contacting the scaler and employee.

April 11, 2014 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
MLC · Fall from machine

Employee was scaling from a man basket on a boom truck when large slabs of rock struck the boom causing it to separate from the boom.

April 11, 2014 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
MLC · Fall from machine

The employees were scaling from a man basket on a boom truck when large slabs struck the boom causing it to separate from the truck.

September 16, 2013 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Con-Agg Companies, LLC · Struck against a moving object

On Monday 9/16/13 at 09:25a.m. a pit/haul truck driver, in truck number 22-2012, with 25 years, 42 weeks experience turned left and crashed through the protection berm and fell 80 feet to the pit floor

March 27, 2013 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Fred Weber Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was operating a loader near the highwall when a shot was initiated.

June 11, 2009 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Doe Run Resources Corp dba Doe Run Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was looking for hydraulic leak and was struck in head by eject all plate. Employee received a massive head trauma and later became a fatality.

April 14, 2009 MO · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Amrize Cement Inc. · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

Employee fell approximately 100 feet while dismantling a suspended Safway Systems scaffold. The accident is still under investigation.

October 11, 2008 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buzzi Unicem USA · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The Employee was on the surface of a clean dry barge in daylight hours with no movement and light wind. The Ee passed through the #2 port hatch opening and made contact with the empty hopper floor. Cause is unknown. Ee was installing a dust prevention tarp across the port hatch opening before the incident. The operator contests MSHA jurisdiction.

January 25, 2008 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Lime LLC · Struck by falling object

Two men were working atop an 80 ft silo attempting to reset the chain on a bucket elevator. One man was below and in phone contact with one of the two mechanics atop. As the call was ending, the assisting mechanic atop knocked a 'miner's bar' off the platform. The bar fell and hit the man below on the back of the head. The man died approx. three hours later in the hospital.

June 13, 2007 MO · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) Fatality · MACHINERY
MLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE and other co-workers were trying to connect a 42-in. inlet duct to a top reversal box through an opening in the building. The EE was inside the building between the inlet duct and reversal box. When the inlet duct unexpectedly came through the opening, it struck the injured employee in the head causing severe head injury resulting in death on 6/19/2007.

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