The mining industry completed the month of April without a single fatal incident. Unfortunately, a miner was killed in an accident on the first day of May.
The Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) indicates that the 12th mining fatality of the year occurred May 1 at an industrial sand operation in Texas. The agency attributes the accident to machinery.
Into the first week of May, MSHA had reported on three fatal accidents in 2025 involving machinery. Powered haulage is the leading cause of this year’s fatal mining accidents with five such incidents.
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