Fatal mining accidents down to start 2024
The Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) reported two mining fatalities this year through Feb. 15. Through the same date in 2023, seven miners had died in accidents.
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The Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) reported two mining fatalities this year through Feb. 15. Through the same date in 2023, seven miners had died in accidents.
Read MoreThe total was the most in a single year industrywide since 2014, a year in which 46 miners died across the U.S.
Read MoreA fatal accident Aug. 30 was the 30th of 2023, and a Sept. 8 accident at a crushed stone operation pushed the industry’s annual total to 31.
Read MoreFollowing an uptick in fatal mining accidents, the Mine Safety & Health Administration has resumed publishing impact inspection reports for the first time since 2020.
Read MoreThe Mine Safety & Health Administration’s (MSHA) inaugural ‘Stand Down to Save Lives’ day is May 17, with the agency asking operators to address safety areas of concern this week.
Read MoreThe mining industry is on pace this year to exceed 50 fatal accidents for the first time since 2010, the year of the Upper Big Branch mine disaster in West Virginia.
Read MoreThe latest Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) information shows that five more miners died in accidents in March.
Read MoreMining fatalities this year are already approaching 2020’s total, and the year is only three-quarters complete.
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