# Mining Incidents MSHA Fatality Record Lookup

> Mining Incidents MSHA Fatality Record Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from miningincidents.org, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Retrieves a single MSHA-reported US mining fatality record by its incident ID, including facts, classification, investigator narrative, and linked entity URLs.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://miningincidents.org/api/x402/fatality/8319316
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/mining-incidents-msha-fatality-record-lookup-afe45b0e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_dnEDPNru1yWR6f1ef5nEt

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability mining-incidents-msha-fatality-record-lookup-afe45b0e
```

Example prompt: Pull up the MSHA fatality record for incident ID 8319316 on Mining Incidents — I need the mine name, operator, accident classification, and the investigator's narrative.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you have a specific MSHA fatality incident ID and need its full structured record — classification, narrative, linked entities, and geolocation — in a single call. Prefer this over the fatalities feed endpoint when you know the exact incident you want, and over the mine or operator endpoints when your starting point is the incident rather than the mine or company.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent incident ID returns an error or empty response
- Payment of 0.005 USDC not fulfilled triggers a 402 Payment Required response
- Network timeout on the miningincidents.org server
- Record not yet indexed if the incident is very recent (data refreshed weekly)

## How this service works

Mining Incidents is a free, searchable database and research tool covering every reportable US mining incident on file with MSHA. Search by mine, operator, controller, state, year, severity, or any keyword in the investigator's narrative. 1983 to present, refreshed weekly.

## Output

A JSON object containing the fatality's incident ID, state, commodity type, mine name, operator name, controller name, accident classification, event date, latitude, longitude, and a narrative summary of the accident, plus hyperlinks to the mine profile, operator profile, operator dossier, and the human-readable incident page.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "links": {
   "mine": "https://miningincidents.org/api/x402/mine/4608791",
   "operator": "https://miningincidents.org/api/x402/operator/1200001",
   "human_page": "https://miningincidents.org/incident/3609820",
   "operator_dossier": "https://miningincidents.org/api/x402/dossier/1200001"
  },
  "source": "Mining Incidents",
  "endpoint": "fatality",
  "fatality": {
   "id": "3609820",
   "state": "WV",
   "latitude": 37.9,
   "commodity": "coal",
   "longitude": -81.2,
   "mine_name": "Example Mine",
   "narrative": "Summary of the accident.",
   "event_date": "2026-04-02",
   "operator_name": "Example Operator",
   "classification": "Fall of roof or back",
   "controller_name": "Example Controller"
  },
  "schema_version": 1
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/mining-incidents-msha-fatality-record-lookup-afe45b0e/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from miningincidents.org](https://www.zero.xyz/host/miningincidents.org/llms.txt)