Mining Incidents

Controllers by fatality count

Every MSHA-registered controlling entity ranked by recorded fatalities across the operators and mines under its control. Operators frequently shift under controllers; this view rolls those subsidiaries back up.

For the operating-company view, see operators · for individual mines, see mines.

Showing top 50516 fatalities across these 50 controllers
  1. 01Massey Energy Company55fatal
  2. 02Alliance Resource Partners LP34fatal
  3. 03CONSOL Energy Inc32fatal
  4. 04Walter Energy Incorporated23fatal
  5. 05Arch Resources Inc21fatal
  6. 06Robert E Murray19fatal
  7. 07Martin Marietta Materials Inc19fatal
  8. 08International Coal Group Inc (ICG)18fatal
  9. 09Peabody Energy Corporation18fatal
  10. 10Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.16fatal
  11. 11James River Coal Company12fatal
  12. 12CRH PLC11fatal
  13. 13Ashland Inc11fatal
  14. 14Barrick Gold Corp11fatal
  15. 15Freeport-McMoRan Inc11fatal
  16. 16Heidelberg Materials AG10fatal
  17. 17Newmont Corporation10fatal
  18. 18Holcim Ltd9fatal
  19. 19Vulcan Materials Company9fatal
  20. 20Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated8fatal
  21. 21Cemex S A8fatal
  22. 22Metinvest B V8fatal
  23. 23Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc7fatal
  24. 24Summit Materials LLC7fatal
  25. 25Patriot Coal Corporation7fatal
  26. 26Grupo Mexico S A B de C V7fatal
  27. 27TECO Energy Inc6fatal
  28. 28Rag Aktiengesellschaft6fatal
  29. 29Stillwater Mining Company6fatal
  30. 30J Clifford Forrest III6fatal
  31. 31Texas Industries Inc6fatal
  32. 32Lhoist Group6fatal
  33. 33Legacy Vulcan Corp (Form:Vulcan Materials Co)6fatal
  34. 34John D North; Ralph Napier5fatal
  35. 35Cumberland Resources Corporation5fatal
  36. 36Margaret J Heckman5fatal
  37. 37Ash Grove Cement Company5fatal
  38. 38Coalfield Transport Inc; Foresight Energy/ Murray Energy5fatal
  39. 39MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company; IDACORP4fatal
  40. 40American Electric Power Company Inc4fatal
  41. 41Renco Group4fatal
  42. 42Taiheiyo Cement Corp4fatal
  43. 43Sibanye Stillwater Limited4fatal
  44. 44Carmeuse Holding SA4fatal
  45. 45Vicat S A4fatal
  46. 46Coronado Coal LLC4fatal
  47. 47Charles C Ungurean4fatal
  48. 48Lafarge S A4fatal
  49. 49Cargill Inc4fatal
  50. 50Buzzi S p A4fatal
Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Controller identity is the accident-time controller when present, falling back to the mine's current controller. Counts cover all severities; the headline number is fatalities only.