MSHA reports that 34 miners have been killed in 2021, with the last three occurring in November:

Since October 2020, four massive pillar collapses have occurred in limestone mines. Each was accompanied by a powerful air blast and the formation of a large surface sinkhole.

Fortunately, they did not result in any injuries.  Another massive pillar collapse occurred in 2015, and in that instance, three miners were seriously injured by the air blast.

All of these collapses occurred where floor mining, or benching, had substantially increased the height of the pillars.  Three of them occurred in “legacy” areas where mining was completed many years ago.

In 2020 there were five occupational fatalities in the U.S. coal mining industry, among 63,612 U.S. coal miners. In 1910, this figure was much higher, with 2,821 coal mining deaths reported in the U.S. that year.

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