cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If you use this dataset, please cite it as: Probative Growth, Mine accidents, injuries and illnesses by state, county and degree of injury (MSHA), 2000 to 2026, 2026, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23963820. Source: Probative, Mine accidents, injuries and illnesses by state, county and degree of injury (MSHA), 2000 to 2026, version 2.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23963820, licensed CC BY 4.0."
type: dataset
title: "Mine accidents, injuries and illnesses by state, county and degree of injury (MSHA), 2000 to 2026"
authors:
  - name: "Probative Growth"
    website: "https://probativegrowth.com"
version: "2.0.0"
date-released: 2026-11-04
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.23963820
url: "https://probativegrowth.com/data/mine-accidents/"
license: CC-BY-4.0
abstract: "Accident, injury and illness reports that U.S. mine operators and contractors file with the Mine Safety and Health Administration, counted for the nation and for each state and calendar year from 2000 to October 2026, and for each county over the last ten full years (2016 to 2025), by degree of injury: deaths, permanent disabilities, lost-time injuries, restricted-activity injuries, injuries with no lost time and all other reports. State and national records also split reports and deaths between coal and metal/nonmetal mines. Counts only: no narratives, names of operators, occupations or ages are kept."
keywords:
  - "mine accidents by county"
  - "MSHA mine injury statistics"
  - "mining fatalities by state"
  - "coal mine injuries by state"
  - "mine injury lawyer market data"
  - "MSHA accident injuries data set"