The meeting will address the causes of recent fatalities, identify actions that need to take place and work to reverse the current trend.

In 2014 so far there have been nine fatalities across the metal and non-metal sectors.

"The recent news on the rise in mining fatalities is disturbing," MSHA assistant secretary Joseph A Main said.

"We plan to engage all of our tools: enforcement, education and training and technical support to respond to this trend."

"It is clear that at some of the operations involved basic health and safety protections are not always in place," Main said.

"MSHA will provide operators with specific information on the causes and particular issues surrounding each of these deaths and we will discuss actions needed to prevent these types of fatalities in the future."

The stakeholder summit will take place on Monday, May 5 from 11am to 1pm (local time) at the MSHA headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.