Annual mining fatalities in South Africa
Number of fatalities per year in the gold mining sector as well as the mining sector as a whole in South Africa from 1984 to 2023. The data from 1995 to 2023 is provided by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy and the Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate. Fatality data from 1984 to 1993 is from the Commission of Inquiry into Safety and Health in the Mining Industry (1995).
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42 rows, 5 columns.
- year Year
- Year the data pertains to 1984 – 2025
- source Category
- Name of the data source COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO SAFETY AND HEALTH IN THE MINING INDUSTRY, DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES • MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ANNUAL REPORT | 2005/2006, Academic Report, DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES • MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ANNUAL REPORT | 2007/2008, DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES • MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ANNUAL REPORT | 2009/2010, Department of Mineral Resources • Mine Health and Safety Annual Report | 2010/2011, Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate, Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate 2012-2013, Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate Annual report 2014/15, department of mineral resources, Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate Annual report 2017/18, Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate Annual report 2020/21 and 3 more
- source_link Category
- URL to the original data source https://www.dmre.gov.za/Portals/0/Resource%20Center/Reports%20and%20Other%20Documents/2003_Leon%20Commission_Volume%201.pdf?ver=2018-03-13-020431-270, https://www.dmre.gov.za/Portals/0/Resource%20Center/Mine%20Health%20and%20Safety%20Inspectorate%20Annual%20Reports/MHSI%20AR%202006-2007.pdf?ver=2018-03-20-152812-000, https://dspace.nwu.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10394/15530/Roos_M.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1, https://www.dmre.gov.za/Portals/0/Resource%20Center/Mine%20Health%20and%20Safety%20Inspectorate%20Annual%20Reports/2005-2006%20MHSI%20Annual%20-%20Report.pdf?ver=2023-10-13-110721-650, https://www.dmre.gov.za/Portals/0/Resource%20Center/Mine%20Health%20and%20Safety%20Inspectorate%20Annual%20Reports/MHSI%20AR%202007-2008.pdf?ver=2018-03-20-152742-000, https://www.dmre.gov.za/Portals/0/Resource%20Center/Mine%20Health%20and%20Safety%20Inspectorate%20Annual%20Reports/2009-2010%20MHSI%20Annual%20Report.pdf?ver=2023-10-13-094835-007, https://www.dmre.gov.za/Portals/0/Resource%20Center/Mine%20Health%20and%20Safety%20Inspectorate%20Annual%20Reports/2010-2011%20MHSI%20Annual%20-%20Report.pdf?ver=2023-10-13-110725-793, https://www.dmre.gov.za/Portals/0/Resource%20Center/Mine%20Health%20and%20Safety%20Inspectorate%20Annual%20Reports/MHSI%20AR%202011-2012.pdf?ver=2018-03-20-152730-000, https://www.dmre.gov.za/Portals/0/Resource%20Center/Mine%20Health%20and%20Safety%20Inspectorate%20Annual%20Reports/MHSI%20AR%202012-2013.pdf?ver=2018-03-20-152720-000, https://www.dmr.gov.za/Portals/0/Resource%20Center/Mine%20Health%20and%20Safety%20Inspectorate%20Annual%20Reports/MHSI%20AR%202014-2015.pdf?ver=2018-03-13-015910-330, https://www.gov.za/speeches/minister-mosebenzi-zwane-releases-2016-mine-health-and-safety-statistics-19-jan-2017-0000#:~:text=A%20total%20of%2073%20fatalitiesand%20other%20mines%20(12)., https://static.pmg.org.za/DMR_Mine_Health_and_Safety_Inspectorate_AR_20172018_WEB.pdf and 6 more
- fatalities_gold Number
- Total fatalities in South Africa’s gold mining industry 11 – 702
- fatalities_all_mining Number
- Total fatalities in South Africa’s mining industry 41 – 800
Latest rows
| year | source | source_link | fatalities_gold | fatalities_all_mining |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | OPENING REMARKS BY THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF MINERAL AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES MR GWEDE MANTASHE (MP) INVESTING IN AFRICAN MINING INDABA CAPE TOWN ICC 09 FEBRUARY 2026 | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ww5J8X_MXezej1q6hhrGsYg64MCbAimB/view?usp=sharing | 41 | |
| 2024 | Minister Gwede Mantashe: Release of 2024 mine health and safety statistics | https://www.gov.za/news/speeches/minister-gwede-mantashe-release-2024-mine-health-and-safety-statistics-23-jan-2025#:~:text=The%20South%20African%20mining%20industry%20recorded%20forty%2Dtwo%20(42)%2Dfive%20(55)%20fatalities. | 11 | 42 |
| 2023 | Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate Annual report 2023/24 | https://static.pmg.org.za/2023-2024_MHSI_Annual_Report.pdf | 20 | 55 |
| 2022 | department of mineral resources | https://www.dmr.gov.za/news-room/post/2017/statement-on-the-release-of-the-2022-mine-health-and-safety-statistics-by-the-honourable-minister-of-mineral-resources-and-energy-mr-gwede-mantashe-mp | 15 | 49 |
| 2021 | department of mineral resources | https://www.dmr.gov.za/news-room/post/2017/statement-on-the-release-of-the-2022-mine-health-and-safety-statistics-by-the-honourable-minister-of-mineral-resources-and-energy-mr-gwede-mantashe-mp | 30 | 74 |
| 2020 | Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate Annual report 2020/21 | https://static.pmg.org.za/MHSI_Annual_Report_2020-2021.pdf | 26 | 60 |
| 2019 | department of mineral resources | https://www.dmr.gov.za/news-room/post/1839/statement-on-therelease-of-the-2019-mine-health-and-safety-statistics-24-january-2020 | 18 | 51 |
| 2018 | department of mineral resources | https://www.dmr.gov.za/news-room/post/1839/statement-on-therelease-of-the-2019-mine-health-and-safety-statistics-24-january-2020 | 40 | 81 |
| 2017 | Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate Annual report 2017/18 | https://static.pmg.org.za/DMR_Mine_Health_and_Safety_Inspectorate_AR_20172018_WEB.pdf | 39 | 88 |
| 2016 | Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate Annual report 2017/18 | https://static.pmg.org.za/DMR_Mine_Health_and_Safety_Inspectorate_AR_20172018_WEB.pdf | 30 | 73 |
| 2015 | department of mineral resources | https://www.gov.za/speeches/minister-mosebenzi-zwane-releases-2016-mine-health-and-safety-statistics-19-jan-2017-0000#:~:text=A%20total%20of%2073%20fatalitiesand%20other%20mines%20(12). | 33 | 77 |
| 2014 | Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate Annual report 2014/15 | https://www.dmr.gov.za/Portals/0/Resource%20Center/Mine%20Health%20and%20Safety%20Inspectorate%20Annual%20Reports/MHSI%20AR%202014-2015.pdf?ver=2018-03-13-015910-330 | 44 | 84 |
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