The following incidents all occurred on August 3, 2015:
- A loader operator was engulfed by a stockpile failure while standing outside his vehicle at a construction sand and gravel mine in North Dakota.
- A miner at an underground gold ore operation in Nevada was killed when he was struck by mobile equipment.
- An 18-year-old plant operator was buried under tons of sand and stone dust when a silo collapsed at a quarry in Virginia. MSHA has launched investigations into the causes of each of these fatalities.