Fatality statistics in the Western Australian mining industry

The department lists the fatality statistics categorised by commodity, date, fiscal year, occupation, causes, report status and type of mining (underground or surface). Records up until 1967 are not categorised by commodity and instead appear as "not categorised" in the listing. Categorisation began in 1967 and almost all fatalities are categorised after 1968.

The statistics do not include the 2000 Australia Beechcraft King Air crash, when a flight to the Gwalia Gold Mine, with seven Sons of Gwalia employees onboard failed to land, instead continuing on to Burketown, where it eventually crashed, having run out of fuel. The pilot and the plane's seven passengers were all killed.[http://www.asx.com.au/asx/statistics/displayAnnouncement.do?display=text&issuerId=1167&announcementId=202941 Media Release re: Aircraft Accident] SGW ASX announcement, published: 5 September 2000, accessed: 8 February 2010

The most recent fatalities in the Western Australian mining industry are:

• 6 December 2024: Peter Groves (29), a drilling contractor died at a remote mineral exploration site in the state. He had worked for Challenge Drilling as a contractor on the Apollo Hill Gold Project.{{cite news |last1=Jarrod |first1=Lucas |title=Worksafe investigates death of drilling contractor at mineral exploration site in WA's northern Goldfields |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-06/drilling-contractor-dies-wa-northern-goldfields/104694006 |access-date=16 December 2024 |work=ABC Goldfields |date=6 December 2024 |location=}}{{cite news |last1=Preston |first1=Potts |title='Taken a toll on everyone': Tributes flow for Western Australian mine worker Peter Groves after dying in freak accident |url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/crime/taken-a-toll-on-everyone-tributes-flow-for-western-australian-mine-worker-peter-groves-after-dying-in-freak-accident/news-story/6f44265e3ba2054b507da59d921880bb |access-date=16 December 2024 |work=Sky News Australia |date=10 December 2024 |location=}}
• 23 April 2024: Eli Kelly (21) died from crush injuries sustained in a tailings paste plant at Gold Fields' St Ives gold mine, near Kambalda.{{cite news |last1=Szabo |first1=Richard |title=New mine site death reported in less than two years |url=https://www.amsj.com.au/new-mine-site-death-reported-in-less-than-two-years/ |access-date=30 April 2024 |work=Australasian Mine Safety Journal |date=26 April 2024 |location=Bowen Hills QLD}}
• 12 June 2023: Kieren McDowall (20), an employee of AAA Asphalt Surfaces, was killed at Mineral Resources Ken's Bore site of its Onslow Iron project.{{cite news |last1=Searson |last2=Robinson |first1=Amelia |first2=Tom |title=Worker dies at Mineral Resources mine site in Pilbara region |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-13/worker-dies-after-incident-at-pilbara-mine-site/102471616 |accessdate=16 June 2023 |work=ABC Pilbara |date=13 June 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Cheong |last2=Robinson |first1=Jesmine |first2=Tom |title=Man killed in Pilbara mine accident identified as AAA Asphalt Surfaces' worker Kieren McDowall |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-14/worked-killed-in-pilbara-mine-accident-identified/102478778 |accessdate=16 June 2023 |work=ABC Pilbara |date=14 June 2023}}
• 7 February 2023: Jody Byrne (51) was killed at BHP's Boodarie rail yard, near Port Hedland, having been struck by a locomotive.{{cite news |last1=McNeill |first1=Heather |title=BHP worker fatally hit by train in Port Hedland identified |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/bhp-worker-fatally-hit-by-train-in-port-hedland-identified-20230209-p5cj4z.html |accessdate=9 February 2023 |work=WAtoday |date=9 February 2023}}
• 13 October 2022: Gary Mitchell (59), a machine operator at Capricorn Metals' Karlawinda Gold Mine, was killed when his vehicle was crushed by a large dump truck.{{cite news |last1=Rintoul |first1=Caitlyn |title=WA mine death: Tributes for Ellenbrook father Gary Mitchell killed in truck crash in Pilbara region |url=https://thewest.com.au/business/mining/wa-mine-death-tributes-for-ellenbrook-father-gary-mitchell-killed-in-the-truck-crash-in-pilbara-region-c-8603424 |access-date=24 November 2022 |work=The West Australian |date=20 October 2022 |location=Perth, WA}}{{cite news |last1=Raphael |first1=Angie |title=Mining deaths: Investigations continue into two incidents within days in Western Australia |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/business/tragic-investigations-continue-into-two-mining-deaths-within-days-in-western-australia-c-8544484 |accessdate=15 October 2022 |work=Perth Now |date=14 October 2022}}
• 11 October 2022: Airleg miner Terry Hogan (37) was killed by a rock fall near a vent rise in Gold Fields' Hamlet underground mine at St Ives, near Kambalda.{{cite news |last1=Szabo |first1=Richard |title=Mining activity partly resumes after 'tragic' FIFO worker death |url=https://www.amsj.com.au/mining-activity-partly-resumes-after-tragic-fifo-worker-death/ |access-date=12 November 2022 |work=Australasian Mine Safety Journal |date=14 October 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Lilley |first1=Amber |title='Hardworking and devoted' father of six Terry Hogan killed at Gold Fields' St Ives mine commemorated |url=https://www.kalminer.com.au/news/kalgoorlie-miner/hardworking-and-devoted-father-of-six-terry-hogan-killed-at-gold-fields-st-ives-mine-commemorated-c-9036539 |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=Kalgoorlie Miner |date=2 December 2022}}{{subscription required}}
• 30 September 2021: David Armstrong (25), a shotfirer, was killed in a ground collapse during open pit mine blasting operations at Fortescue Metals Group’s Solomon iron ore hub.{{cite news |last1=Weber |first1=David |last2=Birch |first2=Laura |title=FMG suspends operations at its Solomon Hub iron ore mine in WA's Pilbara after employee death |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-30/fmg-suspends-solomon-mine-operations-after-minesite-death/100503096 |accessdate=2 October 2021 |work=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=30 September 2021}}
• 17 September 2021: Scaffolder Eugene Tata (52) fell to his death from a conveyor walkway at CITIC Pacific Mining's Cape Preston project.{{cite news |last1=Dugan |first1=Brianna |title=Miner falls to his death at Sino Iron mine site in WA's North West |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/business/mining/man-dies-at-sino-iron-mine-site-in-was-north-west-ng-b882009591z |accessdate=2 October 2021 |work=Perth Now] |date=17 September 2021}}
• 10 June 2021: Paul Tamati Ereka Martin (36) died after becoming unconscious through heat exhaustion in Silver Lake Resources' Daisy Milano underground mine at Mount Monger.{{cite news |last1=Lucas |first1=Jarrod |last2=Richards |first2=Abby |title=Worker dies at underground mine in Western Australia's Goldfields |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-10/mt-monger-mining-death/100204242 |accessdate=2 October 2021 |work=ABC Goldfields |date=10 June 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Lucas |first1=Jarrod |title=Investigation into death of contractor Paul Martin at Kalgoorlie's Daisy Milano gold mine drags on |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-17/investigation-into-death-of-paul-tamati-ereka-martin-drags-on/101160658 |access-date=12 November 2022 |work=ABC News |date=17 June 2022}}
• 9 December 2020: Paige Counsell (25), underground truck driver, was struck by a haul truck in the decline of the Big Bell Gold Mine, but died while being transported to a Perth hospital by the Royal Flying Doctor Service.{{cite web |title=Safety performance in the Western Australian mineral industry — accident and injury statistics 2020-21 |url=http://dmp.wa.gov.au/Documents/Safety/Safety%20performance%20in%20the%20Western%20Australian%20mineral%20industry%202020-21%20-%20report.pdf |publisher=Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, Western Australia |access-date=14 July 2023 |location=East Perth |page=4 |date=2022}}
• 13 July 2020: Michael Johnson (38), bogger operator at Saracen Minerals' Dervish underground mine at Carosue Dam, died when his machine fell 25 metres down an open stope.{{cite news |last1=Lucas |first1=Jarrod |last2=Moussalli |first2=Isabel |title=Tributes and funds flow for family of WA mine worker killed in underground accident |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-15/fundraiser-for-mine-worker-killed-in-underground-accident/12457658 |accessdate=10 August 2020 |work=ABC Goldfields |date=15 July 2020}}
• 7 January 2020: Howard Prosser (64), died from injuries sustained in the accident at the Roy Hill iron ore mine.{{cite news |last1=Payne |first1=Mark |title=The family of a well-known Hartlepool man who died in a tragic mining accident in Australia have paid tribute to him. |url=https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/people/family-well-known-hartlepool-man-pay-tribute-after-tragic-death-australian-mine-accident-1385854 |accessdate=10 August 2020 |work=Hartlepool Mail |date=6 February 2020}}
• 18 September 2019: Ricky Hanson (57), a truck driver, received fatal head injuries on 11 September while operating the trailer covering system on the second trailer of a road train at Independence Group's Nova nickel-copper mine, 160 km east of Norseman.{{cite news |last1=Lucas |first1=Jarrod |title=Truck driver's fatal injuries likely caused by tarpaulin mechanism failure, report says|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-25/truck-driver-death-caused-by-mechanical-failure-report-says/11639992 |accessdate=2 October 2021 |work=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=25 October 2019}}{{cite web |title=Ricky Hanson |url=https://www.wavmm.com/listing/ricky-hanson/ |website=Western Australian Virtual Miners Memorial |date=29 January 2021 |location=Lamington, WA}}
• 20 June 2019: Andrew Herd (44), haul truck driver, was killed at the Red Hill granite quarry, operated by Hanson Australia, near Perth, when his truck fell from the haul road into the pit.{{cite news |last1=Catanzaro |first1=Joey |title=Quarry death: Man killed in truck rollover at WA worksite |url=https://7news.com.au/news/disaster-and-emergency/quarry-death-man-killed-in-truck-rollover-at-wa-worksite-c-175878 |accessdate=12 August 2019 |work=7News |date=20 June 2019 |location=Perth, WA}}
• 15 August 2018: Daniel Patterson (28), haul truck driver, was killed at Rio Tinto's Channar mine near Paraburdoo when his truck veered off the road.{{cite news |last1=Hastie |first1=Hamish |last2=Myles |first2=Cameron |title=Worker dies at Rio Tinto mine site after haul truck veers off road |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/worker-dies-at-rio-tinto-s-paraburdoo-mine-20180816-p4zxto.html |accessdate=10 April 2019 |work=WAtoday |date=16 August 2018}}
• 26 April 2018: Neville Bentley (42), a face shovel operator, was crushed between the excavator's ladder and handrail at Griffin Coal’s Ewington coal mine, Collie.{{cite web |url=http://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/Documents/Safety/MSH_Stats_Posters_SAfetyPerfWA_1718.pdf|title=Safety performance in the Western Australian mineral industry 2017-18 |website=Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety |publisher=Government of Western Australia |accessdate=10 April 2019 |date=2017|location=East Perth, WA}}{{cite news |last1=Bolt |first1=Ashley |title=Mining death shocks Collie |url=https://www.colliemail.com.au/story/5375425/mining-death-shocks-collie/ |accessdate=10 April 2019 |work=Collie Mail|date=4 May 2018}}
• 27 February 2018: Glenn Morton (34), an engineering surveyor, suffered an allergic reaction to a bee sting at Iluka Resources' Cataby mineral sands mine and subsequently died on 12 March 2018.{{cite news |last1=Zakharia |first1=Nickolas |title=Indus Mining penalised for worker tragedy |url=https://safetowork.com.au/indus-mining-penalised-for-worker-tragedy/ |access-date=12 November 2022 |work=Australian Mining |date=14 August 2020}}
• 14 October 2017: Steve Fogarty (49), a Rio Tinto Exploration field technician, died at Mount Windell, near Karijini National Park, from dehydration and renal failure, while conducting reconnaissance mapping.{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Holly |title=Rio Tinto worker died after walking for hours in extreme heat looking for drill sites |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/rio-tinto-worker-dies-after-walking-for-hours-in-extreme-heat-looking-for-drill-sites-20211026-p5936z.html#:~:text=Senior%20field%20technician%20Paul%20Fogarty,degrees%20during%20an%20exploration%20reconnaissance. |access-date=24 November 2022 |work=WAToday |date=26 October 2021}}
• 4 July 2017: David John Keen (51), a drill and blast crew worker, was fatally injured at Rio Tinto's Yandicoogina mine due to a non-work related explosives detonation inside a light vehicle.{{cite news |last1=Dyson |first1=Noel |title=Explosives involved in Yandicoogina death |url=https://www.miningmonthly.com/sustainability/news/1332659/explosives-involved-in-yandicoogina-death |access-date=24 November 2022 |work=Mining Monthly |date=13 July 2017 |location=Leederville, Western Australia}}{{cite news |last1=Holdaway |first1=Scott |title=Rio Tinto confirms death of Yandicoogina mine worker in Pilbara after 'serious incident' |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-04/worker-dies-at-rio-tinto-yandicoogina-mine-in-pilbara/8678552 |accessdate=2 October 2021 |work=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=4 July 2017}}
• 26 July 2016: Lindsay Bridges (60), a boilermaker, working at the Central Norseman gold mine plant inside a thickener tank during a shutdown, was crushed when a corroded gantry above him failed and collapsed.{{cite web |title=Safety performance in the Western Australian mineral industry 2016-17 - accident and injury statistics |url=http://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/Documents/Safety/MSH_Stats_Reports_SafetyPerfWA_2016-17.pdf |website=Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety |publisher=Government of Western Australia |accessdate=10 April 2019 |date=2017|location=East Perth, WA}}
• 20 June 2016: Lee Buzzard (32), a fitter, died while performing maintenance on a drilling rig at Rio's Channar mine, near Paraburdoo.{{cite news|last1=McNeill|first1=Heather|title=Mine death second tragedy for Rio Tinto Channar crew|url=http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/mine-death-second-tragedy-for-rio-tinto-channar-mine-crew-20160621-gpofht.html|accessdate=9 September 2016|work=WAToday|publisher=Fairfax Media|date=21 June 2016}}
• 16 November 2015: Adam Perttula (28), jumbo drilling offsider, collapsed underground in hot conditions at the Paulsens Gold Mine, south of Pannawonica, and died the next day.{{cite book|title=Safety performance in the Western Australian mineral industry — accident and injury statistics 2015-16|date=2016 |publisher=Department of Mines and Petroleum|location=East Perth, WA|isbn=978-1-922149-48-0|page=4|url=http://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/Documents/Safety/MSH_Stats_Reports_SafetyPerfWA_2015-16.pdf|accessdate=23 January 2017}}
• 7 September 2015: Hira Rewita (56) killed when his haul truck rolled over at Cornishman gold mine, Southern Cross.{{cite news|last1=Tomlin|first1=Sam|title=Solemn memorial service kicks off Kalgoorlie's festival of mining|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-04/solemn-service-kicks-off-kalgoorlies-festival-of-mining/7002150 |accessdate=23 January 2017|work=ABC Goldfields|date=4 December 2015|location=Kalgoorlie, WA}}
• 15 May 2015: Joshua Martin (24) crushed between the chargeup basket and the roof of a cross-cut, at Telfer gold mine.{{cite web|title=Significant Incident Report No. 217 |url=http://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/Safety/Mines-safety-alerts-13194.aspx|website=Mines safety alerts|publisher=Government of Western Australia Department of Mines and Petroleum|accessdate=9 September 2016|date=21 May 2015}}
• 11 May 2015: Adam Hardaker (46), an underground bogger operator, was struck by a rock falling from a rill during bogging operations at Aditya Birla Minerals’ Nifty Copper Mine.{{cite web |title=Summary of Prosecutions |url=http://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/Safety/Summary-of-prosecutions-13083.aspx |website=Prosecutions undertaken |publisher=Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety |accessdate=26 June 2018 |location=East Perth, WA |date=7 November 2016}}
• 20 January 2015: Philip Kitching (62) was fatally crushed during maintenance work on a bulldozer at Palmary Enterprises' Woodie Woodie manganese mine.
• 26 May 2014: Lance Farber (63) killed operating a forklift at Mikado Mine, Laverton.
• 15 February 2014: Wayne Fowlie (59) killed by a rock fall in the Harlequin Mine, Norseman.{{cite web |url=http://www.mineaccidents.com.au/mine-events/all/au|title=Australian Minerals Industry Fatalities|website=Mining Accident Database|publisher=Mine Safety Institute of Australia|accessdate=9 September 2016|date=2016}}
• 29 December 2013: Allen Zuvella (33) was killed in the heavy vehicle workshop at FMG's Christmas Creek mine.[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/fatality-at-fortescues-christmas-creek-mine/story-e6frg9df-1226791836681 Fatality at Fortescue's Christmas Creek mine] The Australian, published: 30 December 2013, accessed: 31 December 2013 The second fatality at the mine in four months.
• 4 December 2013: Stephen Hampton (43), a contractor at the Newcrest Mining-owned Telfer Mine was killed while working on the tailings dam.[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-04/man-dies-at-newcrest-telfer-mine-in-western-australia/5135494 Worker killed at Newcrest's Telfer mine in WA north] Australian Broadcasting Corporation, published: 4 December 2013, accessed: 31 December 2013
• 14 August 2013: Kurt Williams (26), an electrician at FMG's Christmas Creek mine was killed when he sustained fatal crush injuries in the crushing plant.[http://www.news.com.au/business/worker-dies-at-fmgs-christmas-creek-minesite/story-e6frfm1i-1226697604595 Worker dies at FMG's Christmas Creek iron ore minesite] http://www.news.com.au, published: 15 August 2013, accessed: 16 August 2013[http://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/7105_19282.aspx Christmas Creek mine site on notice to improve safety standards] Department of Mines and Petroleum website, published: 30 December 2013, accessed: 1 January 2014
• 16 August 2011: Brent Glew (27) was killed at Rio Tinto's Brockman 2 mine, being crushed by a hydraulic cylinder of a front-end loader.[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/rio-tinto-halts-mine-work-after-pilbara-death/story-e6frg9df-1226116573255 Rio Tinto halts mine work after Pilbara death] The Australian, published: 17 August 2011, accessed: 25 August 2011[https://web.archive.org/web/20110822195457/http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/1d2431e1344bbbd8482567550018debf/02ed71c97c946b31482578ef000fc9ea?OpenDocument Fatal Accident Report 16/08/2011] WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 25 August 2011
• 24 December 2010: Paul Torre (39), killed while carrying out maintenance on a haul truck, at the Cloud Break mine in the Pilbara, an iron ore mine operated by the Fortescue Metals Group.[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad-application/iron-ore-operation-suspended-after-death/story-fn6bfmgc-1225975996534 Iron ore operation suspended after death] The Herald Sun, published: 24 December 2010, accessed: 25 December 2010[http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/97c64895a9bf9c2a4825781600053268?OpenDocument Fatal Accident Report 24/12/2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303184748/http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/97c64895a9bf9c2a4825781600053268?OpenDocument |date=2011-03-03 }} WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011[http://www.asx.com.au/asx/statistics/displayAnnouncement.do?display=pdf&idsId=01137806 Media Release - Incident at Cloudbreak Minesite] FMG ASX, published: 24 December 2010, accessed: 21 February 2011
• 5 August 2010: Rene Ponce (60), miner at the Norseman Gold Mine in the Eastern Goldfields fell while removing ladders in an escape rise.[http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/31405cbad19b30f84825777700069833?OpenDocument Fatal Accident Report 05/08/2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303184822/http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/31405cbad19b30f84825777700069833?OpenDocument |date=2011-03-03 }} WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011[http://www.asx.com.au/asx/statistics/displayAnnouncement.do?display=pdf&idsId=01086145 Fatality at the Norseman Project] Norseman Gold Plc ASX announcement, published: 6 August 2010, accessed: 21 February 2011
• 11 April 2010: Wayne Lance Ross (45), an underground loader operator at the Perseverance nickel mine at Leinster, operated by BHP, drove into an open stope void and fell 25 metres.[http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/3a511f6b34eb166b48257703000ebf0f?OpenDocument Fatal Accident Report 11/04/2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303184858/http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/3a511f6b34eb166b48257703000ebf0f?OpenDocument |date=2011-03-03 }} WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011[http://www.theage.com.au/business/death-halts-bhp-mine-work-20100412-s430.html Death halts BHP mine work] The Age, published: 13 April 2010, accessed: 22 February 2011
• 6 August 2009: Daniel Owen Williams (26), bogger operator, died after falling 25m onto broken rock in an ore pass at Barrick's underground Kanowna Belle Gold Mine.
• 30 May 2009: A 34-year old workshop fitter died when a bulldozer belly plate fell on him during maintenance work at CITIC Pacific Mining’s Sino iron project at Cape Preston.{{cite web |title=Fatality Summary'FS-MG-699-656 |url=https://srs.dmp.wa.gov.au/SRS/Public/PublicationSearch/PopupSummary/656?publicationType=FatalitySummary |website=Safety Regulation System |publisher=Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety |accessdate=17 November 2020 |location=Perth, WA |date=30 May 2009}}
• 7 January 2009: Karen Mitchell (54), haul truck driver, died from injuries after falling 3.1 metres to the ground while cleaning the windscreen of her truck, at KCGM's Fimiston Open Pit.{{cite news |title=Scientist with a sense of fun took to the road to live her own odyssey |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/scientist-with-a-sense-of-fun-took-to-the-road-to-live-her-own-odyssey-20090217-8aao.html |accessdate=26 June 2018 |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=18 February 2009}}
• 25 August 2008: Paul Sparkes (29), was fatally injured while assembling and inflating a heavy earth mover tyre at BHP's Yandi iron ore mine.
• 4 September 2008: Apprentice Adam Sargeant (19), was killed when his light vehicle was crushed by a haul truck at BHP's Yandi iron ore mine.{{cite news |title=Appeal into WA mine death acquittal |url=https://www.amsj.com.au/appeal-wa-mine-death-acquittal/ |accessdate=17 November 2020 |work=Australasian Mine Safety Journal |date=28 January 2014}}
• 24 June 2008: A 61-year old haul truck driver was fatally injured in a collision with a bulldozer at Mercator Gold's Bluebird Gold Mine near Meekatharra.{{cite news |title=Truck driver injured in mine accident |url=https://www.miningnews.net/archive/news/1238474/truck-driver-injured-accident |accessdate=17 November 2020 |work=MiningNews |date=25 June 2008}}
• 11 January 2008: Nigel Taylor, a 26-year old rigger died after he became jammed between the boom lift he was operating and the steel structure he was working on at Fortescue Metals' Cloud Break iron ore mine.{{cite news |title=WA mine offers condolences over worker's death |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-01-13/wa-mine-offers-condolences-over-workers-death/1010548 |accessdate=17 November 2020 |work=ABC News |date=12 January 2008}}

Multiple fatalities in the Western Australian mining industry are very rare nowadays and none have occurred since June 2000. Here a list of all multiple fatalities in the industry since 1939:[http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c?OpenView Fatal Accident Reports - By Date] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225122306/http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c?OpenView |date=2011-02-25 }} WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 19 February 2011

• 2000, 26 June: Three men died as a result of the failure of a sandfill bulkhead at Normandy Mining's Bronzewing Gold Mine, located in the North Eastern Goldfields.[http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/0add0d7cfa2b31e548256920001cb03b?OpenDocument Fatal Accident Report 26/06/2000] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303191917/http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/0add0d7cfa2b31e548256920001cb03b?OpenDocument |date=2011-03-03 }} WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011[http://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/ArchivedStatements/Pages/CourtCoalitionGovernmentSearch.aspx?ItemId=111687&minister=Moore&admin=Court Minister calls meeting of mining industry chiefs to drive safety] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320071104/http://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/ArchivedStatements/Pages/CourtCoalitionGovernmentSearch.aspx?ItemId=111687&minister=Moore&admin=Court |date=March 20, 2011 }} Government of Western Australia, published: 7 September 2000, accessed: 21 February 2011
• 1997, 1 September: Two men died from a rockfall in a stope at Western Mining's Victor Decline underground nickel mine, Kambalda.[http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/7ba8947f9c758aca482567f200203325?OpenDocument Fatal Accident Report 01/09/97] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303193353/http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/7ba8947f9c758aca482567f200203325?OpenDocument |date=2011-03-03 }} WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
• 1990, 7 February: Two men, a mining engineer and the managing director of a contracting company, died when a concrete block fell down the raise in the Edwards Find underground gold mine, near Marvel Loch.[http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/49a16662828aa6ea48257603001b7dab?OpenDocument Fatal Accident Report 07/02/90] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303201141/http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/49a16662828aa6ea48257603001b7dab?OpenDocument |date=2011-03-03 }} WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
• 1989, 13 June: Six men died when a decline at Western Mining's underground Emu Mine, now the Agnew Gold Mine, flooded after heavy rain.[http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/47787d13752f81df48257603001e4675?OpenDocument Fatal Accident Report 13/06/89] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303201758/http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/47787d13752f81df48257603001e4675?OpenDocument |date=2011-03-03 }} WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011[http://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/documents/Significant_Incident_Reports/MS_GMP_SIR_011emumine(1).pdf EMU MINE DISASTER] Department of mines report, published: 10 April 1990, accessed: 16 August 2013
• 1985, 11 December: Two men died in a stope of BP's Perseverance underground nickel mine, Leinster, due to lack of oxygen.[http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/9255fa23332aeb6c48257607000435c8?OpenDocument Fatal Accident Report 11/12/85] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303204145/http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/9255fa23332aeb6c48257607000435c8?OpenDocument |date=2011-03-03 }} WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
• 1978, 9 June: Two men asphyxiated by nitrogen gas while cleaning a cobalt converter vessel at Western Mining's Kwinana Nickel Refinery.[http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/96f062a508c341ea4825760b00021d4b?OpenDocument Fatal Accident Report 09/06/78] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315020822/http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/96f062a508c341ea4825760b00021d4b?OpenDocument |date=2011-03-15 }} WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
• 1977, 14 July: Two men died when struck by a Hamersley Iron ore train while doing track maintenance.[http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/7afccc0c32d926ca4825760b0004ea33?OpenDocument Fatal Accident Report 14/07/77] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315021030/http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/7afccc0c32d926ca4825760b0004ea33?OpenDocument |date=2011-03-15 }} WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
• 1977, 27 April: Five men died when a kibble fell down the Agnew No. 1 shaft of Seltrust-MIM's Perseverance underground nickel mine, Leinster, due to a winder malfunction.[http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/334b4a028a2b31634825760b00040098?OpenDocument Fatal Accident Report 27/04/77] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315021152/http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/334b4a028a2b31634825760b00040098?OpenDocument |date=2011-03-15 }} WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
• 1975, 28 May: Two men were killed by a rock fall in Poseidon's Windarra underground nickel mine.[http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/cb8cb044ed03791c4825760e000f0d3c?OpenDocument Fatal Accident Report 28/05/75] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315022209/http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/cb8cb044ed03791c4825760e000f0d3c?OpenDocument |date=2011-03-15 }} WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
• 1974, 13 August: Two men died in a head-on collision of two in an iron ore mine.[http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/f815fa224f56a7b44825760e001e965f?OpenDocument Fatal Accident Report 13/08/74] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315022755/http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/f815fa224f56a7b44825760e001e965f?OpenDocument |date=2011-03-15 }} WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
• 1960, 12 October: Two men were killed in an underground explosives accident at Ravensthorpe Copper Mines' Elverdton Shaft.{{cite journal|title=Report of the State Mining Engineer |journal=Report of the Department of Mines, Western Australia for 1960 |date=1961 |page=25 |url=https://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/Documents/About-Us-Careers/AnnualReport_1960.pdf |access-date=29 November 2022 |publisher=Government of Western Australia |location=Perth, WA}}
• 1960, 24 August: Two men were killed when they fell from the winder cage in Lake View and Star's Horseshoe No. 2 Shaft, Boulder.
• 1954, 18 November 1954: Two men were killed in an explosion in a magazine at White Rock Quarries, Gosnells.{{cite news |title=Magazine Blast Kills Two Men: Quarry Tragedy |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/52965608 |accessdate=11 May 2019 |work=The West Australian |date=19 November 1954|location=Perth, WA |page=2}}
• 1953, 5 January: Two men died when they were buried by a ground fall in the Baddera Lead Mine, near Northampton.{{cite news |title=Baddera Fatalities |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/251017580 |accessdate=11 May 2019 |work=Geraldton Guardian |date=26 March 1953}}
• 1952, 19 September: Two men died when they were buried by a slime dump at the Ivanhoe gold mine, Boulder.[http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/5e77dca982ac7e344825761d00044b2e?OpenDocument Fatal Accident Report 19/07/52] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110321123900/http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/5e77dca982ac7e344825761d00044b2e?OpenDocument |date=2011-03-21 }} WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
• 1951, 30 November: Two diamond drillers were killed on the 2,650 ft level of the Hamilton shaft of the Great Boulder mine when they drilled into a pocket of gas that exploded.{{cite news |title=Both Victims Of Explosion Die Of Injuries |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/49003170 |accessdate=11 May 2019 |work=The West Australian |date=3 December 1951 |location=Perth, WA}}
• 1951, 5 October: Two men were killed in an explosives accident on the 1600 ft level of the Associated shaft, Lake View and Star mine, Boulder.{{cite news |title=Two Men Die In Mine Shaft At Kalgoorlie |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48993443 |accessdate=11 May 2019 |work=The West Australian |date=6 October 1951}}
• 1951, 1 June: Three men were crushed when a trolley fell to the bottom of the main shaft where they were working, in the Sons of Gwalia underground mine, Leonora.{{cite news |title=Three Miners Killed By Runaway Trolley |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48199497 |accessdate=11 May 2019 |work=The West Australian |date=2 June 1951 |location=Perth, WA}}
• 1950, 10 March: Two timbermen were struck by a descending counterweight and fell down the shaft of Asarco's Big Bell mine.[http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/ee7b65f350462211482576240012de58?OpenDocument Fatal Accident Report 10/03/50] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110321124602/http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/ee7b65f350462211482576240012de58?OpenDocument |date=2011-03-21 }} WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011{{cite news |title=Timermen killed |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/47834722 |accessdate=11 May 2019 |work=The West Australian |date=11 March 1950 |page=1}}
• 1950, 13 January: Two men were killed by the air blast from a massive rock fall falling down the shaft of the Big Bell mine.[http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/0ce174952bf2ad41482576240012a083?OpenDocument Fatal Accident Report 13/01/50] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110321124639/http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/0ce174952bf2ad41482576240012a083?OpenDocument |date=2011-03-21 }} WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011{{cite news |title=Big Bell Mine Fatalities |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/67853351 |accessdate=11 May 2019 |work=Geraldton Guardian |date=14 January 1950 |page=2}}
• 1946, 1 March: Three men were killed in an underground rock fall at the Hill 50 gold mine, Mt Magnet.[http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/7cf3ccd5755bafd64825762400204407?OpenDocument Fatal Accident Report 01/03/1946] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110330061909/http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/7cf3ccd5755bafd64825762400204407?OpenDocument |date=2011-03-30 }} WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 22 February 2011
• 1946, 23 January: Two men were killed in a blast at the Ora Banda Amalgamated gold mine, Ora Banda.[http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/0318e7d17a4f4add48257624002012db?OpenDocument Fatal Accident Report 23/01/1946] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110330062512/http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/0318e7d17a4f4add48257624002012db?OpenDocument |date=2011-03-30 }} WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 22 February 2011
• 1943, 17 July: Three men died of suffocation underground, two of them while attempting to rescue the third, at the Great Boulder gold mine, Boulder.[http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/4f97b0d46560a478482576240023c3ae?OpenDocument Fatal Accident Report 17/07/1943] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706123129/http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF/0c932c8fa767542f482567550016f40c/4f97b0d46560a478482576240023c3ae?OpenDocument |date=2011-07-06 }} WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 22 February 2011
• 1940, 19 March: Two miners were crushed by a fall of earth in a stope of the Hannans Star shaft, Boulder.{{cite news|title=Double Mine Fatality|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/95089730|accessdate=16 March 2018|work=Kalgoorlie Miner|date=21 March 1940|page=4}}
• 1939, 22 February: Three miners were overcome by fumes in a winze at the Maybell gold mine, Norseman.{{cite news|title=Death and profits |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/240638434|accessdate=16 March 2018|work=The Workers Star|location=Perth, WA|page=5}}

These are the statistics of fatalities by year, type of mining and commodity, subdivided into decades:[http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF?OpenDatabase Western Australian mining fatalities database] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225113744/http://exiswww.dmp.wa.gov.au/exis/FATAL.NSF?OpenDatabase |date=2011-02-25 }} accessed: 19 February 2011

Fatalities in the current decade, as of December 2024:

Fatalities in the decade 2011 - 2020:

Fatalities in the decade 2001 - 2010:

• Only the commodities with fatalities during this decade are listed.

Fatalities by decade:

• ^‡ Up until the late 1960s, all fatalities are listed under "not categorised" in the DMP database.

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}

• GD: Gold
• IO: Iron ore
• NI: Nickel
• BM: Base metals
• BA: Bauxite and Alumina
• CY: Clay
• CL: Coal
• CM: Construction materials
• DI: Diamonds
• DS: Dimension stone
• MS: Mineral sands
• SA: Salt
• TT: Tin, Tantalum and Lithium
• OT: Other
• NC: Not categorised
• SM: Surface mining
• UM: Underground mining
• All: Overall

{{div col end}}

The Kalgoorlie branch of the Western Australian Museum, known as the Museum of the Goldfields, hosts a series of panels that name every mining fatality in the Kalgoorlie area since establishment of the mines.{{cite web |title=Museum of the Goldfields |url=https://visit.museum.wa.gov.au/goldfields |website=Western Australian Museum |access-date=29 November 2022}}

{{Reflist|3}}

• [http://www.wa.gov.au/ Government of Western Australia website]
• [http://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/index.aspx Department of Mines, Industry Regulations and Safety website]
• [http://dmp.wa.gov.au/Safety/What-accident-and-incident-19287.aspx Department of Mines, Industry Regulations and Safety - Accident and incident data]
• [https://www.wavmm.com/ Western Australian Virtual Miners Memorial]

{{Mining in Western Australia}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fatality statistics in the Western Australian mining industry}}

Fatalities, mining

Western Australia, fatalities

Mining fatalities, Western Australia

Category:Mining in Western Australia

Fatalities, Western Australia

Category:Economy of Australia-related lists