Incident Management Software for Mining

Mine accident reporting: fifteen-minute calls, ten-day reports and underground conditions

Mining has some of the tightest incident clocks in any sector. A US mine operator must contact the regulator within 15 minutes of knowing about a death, a potentially fatal injury or entrapment, or another defined accident, and must file an accident, injury and illness report within ten working days. In Great Britain a separate list of dangerous occurrences applies to mines, starting with any outbreak of fire below ground, and incident records at a mine must be available for inspection by nominated persons and workmen's inspectors.

The first report may be made underground or in a pit far from coverage, sometimes relayed by radio before anyone touches a device. An incident tool for mining has to accept a report entered later without losing the real time of the event, and to hold the regulator's call as a timed step, not an afterthought.

Dangerous occurrences with no injury, such as a fire below ground or a fall of ground after a support failure, are as reportable as injuries in some jurisdictions. Check that the incident form treats them as their own type so they are not lost among near misses.

The operator's own investigation has a defined content. A US mine operator investigates every accident and occupational injury and writes a report giving the date and hour of the occurrence, when the investigation began, who took part, a description of the site, an explanation of the event and its cause, the name, occupation and experience of any miner involved, a sketch where pertinent, the steps taken to prevent a recurrence and a reference to any Form 7000-1 filed. Copies stay at the mine office nearest the mine for five years. Until the investigations are complete the accident site may not be altered, except for rescue, recovery, an imminent danger or protecting equipment, unless the district manager permits it.

In the EU the mineral-extracting directive keeps the reporting duty short and general: serious or fatal accidents and situations of serious danger go to the competent authorities as soon as possible, and the employer in charge of a workplace shared by several undertakings coordinates the safety measures for all of them.

Rules that shape this evaluation

• 30 CFR 50.10, US MSHA immediate notification: the operator contacts MSHA without delay and within 15 minutes of knowing of a death, an injury or entrapment with reasonable potential to cause death, or any other defined accident.
• 30 CFR 50.20, MSHA Form 7000-1: each accident, occupational injury or illness is reported within ten working days.
• RIDDOR 2013, Schedule 2 Part 3 (Great Britain): lists dangerous occurrences reportable in relation to a mine, such as any outbreak of fire below ground.
• RIDDOR 2013, regulation 12(2): at a mine or quarry, incident records are available for inspection by nominated persons and workmen's inspectors, excluding identifiable health records.
• 30 CFR 50.11(b), US MSHA operator investigation: the operator investigates each accident and occupational injury and prepares a report with the date and hour, participants, site description, cause, each involved miner's name, occupation and experience, a sketch where pertinent and preventive steps.
• 30 CFR 50.12, preservation of evidence: the accident site is not altered until all investigations are complete, except to rescue or recover a person, remove an imminent danger or prevent destruction of mining equipment, unless an MSHA District Manager permits it.
• 30 CFR 50.40, maintenance of records: investigation reports and submitted reports are kept at the mine office closest to the mine for five years.
• Directive 92/104/EEC, Article 3(3) and (4) (EU): the employer in charge of a workplace shared by several undertakings coordinates safety measures, and serious or fatal accidents and situations of serious danger are reported to the competent authorities as soon as possible.

Summarised from the linked official texts, read on 25 September 2026. This is buyer context, not legal advice: have the responsible specialists confirm which requirements apply to your sites.

Questions to settle for this combination

1. Can the report record the time the operator knew of the accident, separately from when it was entered, to evidence the 15-minute call?
2. Can the ten-working-day report be tracked as a due date from the event, with the responsible officer named?
3. Can an incident be entered on a surface terminal or offline device after a radio call without losing detail?
4. Can workmen's inspectors be given access to incident records while health details stay restricted?
5. Are contractor crews' incidents recorded against the mine, with their employer captured?
6. Can dangerous occurrences with no injury be recorded as their own type and counted separately in reports?

What the records should show

• The investigation start date and the list of participants, recorded separately from the report author.
• Each involved miner's occupation and experience, captured as fields rather than buried in free text.
• A sketch or annotated photo with dimensions, attached to the investigation.
• A hold on the accident area, with the time it was released and who authorised the release.
• A five-year retention flag on investigation reports, tied to the mine office that holds them.

Which documented capabilities matter most here

Signals in the researched records of the listed products:

• Matched through a sourced tag or a documented capability rather than the primary category: 1Life, Emex, Cority, Enablon, HSI Donesafe, myosh, Assignar and Procore Quality & Safety.
• Offline use, as classified in the records: a documented offline workflow: Emex, Cority, Enablon and HSI Donesafe; a partial offline workflow: 1Life, myosh, Assignar and Procore Quality & Safety.
• A published price amount is on record for 1Life, Emex and myosh; the other 5 need a quote.
• A free trial is documented for 1Life.

Vendor-material signals, not test results; the commercial partner is not counted; no signal means not established.

A demo script for this combination

Ask each vendor to run these steps with synthetic data. They are demo requests, not observed vendor results.

1. Record a synthetic entrapment reported by radio, entering the time the operator knew of it separately from the entry time.
2. Show the regulator call as a timed step and the ten-working-day report as a tracked due date.
3. Complete the investigation with a contractor crew involved and record their employer.
4. Give a workmen's inspector access to the record with health details hidden.
5. Attach a dimensioned sketch to the synthetic investigation and export the full report with its Form 7000-1 reference.
6. Record a scene hold on the accident area and its release by an authorised person.