Safety Trends in Mining 2026
Summary
The analyst's " Safety Trends in Mining, 2026" provides a comprehensive coverage on the performance indicators of global mining industry. It provides historical and forecast data on fatalities, total recordable injury frequency rate, and lost-time injury frequency rate by company. The report also includes trends in investing in safety-related technology.The average number of fatalities among the 55 miners studied in 2025 decreased to 2.7 from 2.9 in 2024. The decrease in fatality rates in 2025 was primarily due to decreased fatalities at ArcelorMittal, Polyus Gold, Rio Tinto and Newmont. ArcelorMittal’s significant decline was due to the successful first-year rollout of a three-year safety transformation programme, which was launched after an external audit by safety consultancy dss+ in late 2024.
Top performers over the five years analyzed were Boliden, Northern Star Resources, and Minsur with zero fatalities. The worst performers were Coal India, Arcelor Mittal, and Sibanye-Stillwater with 143, 132 and 51 in total, respectively.
Scope
- The report contains an overview of the safety trends in mining including historical and forecast data on fatalities, total recordable injury frequency rate, and lost-time injury frequency rate by company. The report also includes trends in investing in safety-related technology.
Reasons to Buy
- To gain an understanding of the safety trends in mining industry, relevant driving factors
- To understand performance indicators for leading miners
- To understand investments in safety-related technology
- To gain an understanding on the safety innovations
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Performance indicators for leading miners
- Trends in investing in safety-related technology
