Mining Incidents

IMin PartnersController

MSHA Controller ID: 0075071
Fatalities
3
Total incidents
104
Mines on record
9
Period

Top causes

  • ELECTRICAL2 fatalities
  • FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL1 fatality
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS39 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON21 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE16 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY9 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2025
3
2024
6
2023
11 (3f)
2022
6
2021
3
2020
4
2019
2
2018
9
2017
10
2016
6
2015
7
2014
12
2013
2
2012
1
2011
5
2010
5
2009
6
2008
6

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

3 recorded
Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

Investigation is ongoing. *A miner died after being engulfed by a collapsing highwall.

Contact with electrical current

Investigation is still ongoing, and an autopsy is being performed to determine the cause. *Per the prelim: Two contractors were electrocuted when a 14,400-volt overhead power line came in contact with their off-road dump trucks, and the contractors exited their trucks and contacted the ground.

Contact with electrical current

Investigation is still under way and an autopsy is being performed to determine cause. *Per the prelim: Two contractors were electrocuted when a 14,400-volt overhead power line came in contact with their off-road dump trucks, and the contractors exited their trucks and contacted the ground.