Hard Rock Accident Tracker

A rockfall in an underground tunnel at Sukari Gold Mine killed Abdel Rahman Nabil Mahmoud and injured five workers.

• Incident details: The accident...

• Powered haulage collision killed a haul truck operator at Freeport-McMoRan’s Morenci copper mine on July 6
• MSHA stresses traffic controls, safe...

Mine tailings from metal and hard-rock operations are voluminous wastes that are often toxic, radioactive, or corrosive, making their management a critical global safety and sustainability issue.

A worker at the Ghal'eh Zari copper mine in Khusf County died in a workplace accident on Monday, per HRANA reports, yet no details on the cause,...

• A haul truck collision at Freeport-McMoRan's Morenci mine killed 69-year-old operator Charles McCargish.
• SICK developed worker-detection systems...

Critical control failures continue driving mining deaths, with ICMM reporting one-third of 2025 fatalities from fall-of-ground, inrush and outburst...

Globally, an estimated 30 to 40 percent of mining fatalities are linked to failures controlling machine-vehicle-people interactions, directly highlighting the role of proximity awareness and detection systems in addressing this persistent risk.

A new risk assessment method improves water-inrush hazard identification in underground metal mines facing complex hydrogeological conditions, offering practical gains for operational safety.

• Initial four-day suspension from July 24-28 followed three July fatalities, including two rail-bound locomotive collisions at 14 Shaft.
• The reset...

Outlets differed sharply in depth and focus when reporting Implats' Rustenburg suspension after six fatalities.

• Business Insider Africa provided...

After two fatal accidents involving heavy equipment and underground roof falls, MSHA released new best practices stressing task training, secure...

• Strata control tops underground priorities: targeted assessments from early 2027 will check hazard identification, risk assessment, and critical...

A rare winter storm in Chile's Atacama Desert has forced Barrick Gold, Antofagasta Minerals, Teck, and Capstone Copper to suspend northern operations...

A long hole drill rig boom crashed into the passenger side windscreen of a light vehicle at an underground intersection, crushing the LV. The NSW Resources Regulator reported the safety incident on 24 July 2026.

The NSW Resources Regulator's new animation recreates the 2025 Perilya Southern Operations fire triggered by polyurethane foam's exothermic reaction,...

A female employee died in an incident at Harmony Gold's TauTona service shaft near Carletonville on 19 July 2026, underscoring ongoing safety risks in...

Climate change acts as a multiplier that synchronizes traditionally siloed risks in mining, amplifying cascading effects on safety, asset integrity,...

An explosion struck the reclaim tunnel at Cadia Valley minerals mine after workers finished electrofusion welding on HDPE components, with no injuries...

Real-time digital twins create continuously synchronized virtual replicas of underground ventilation networks, moving beyond static models to...

A new open-access study delivers detailed geotechnical characterization of fall-of-ground hazards at Kazakhstan's East Sary-Oba hard-rock mine, directly supporting improved ground control and operational safety practices.