UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
| Historical Data 1931 - 1977 Bituminoius Coal Mines in the United States |
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TABLE 3B. - Number of fatal injuries by generel work location,
at bituminoius coal mines in the United States, 1931-77
Underground mines Total
Year underground Surface Underground
mining
1931 1,026 52 1,078
1932 895 52 947
1933 772 52 824
1934 894 56 950
1935 905 49 954
1936 1,034 49 1,083
1937 1,128 62 1,190
1938 823 39 862
1939 823 35 858
1940 1,136 46 1,182
1941 994 44 1,038
1942 1,143 71 1,214
1943 1,130 62 1,192
1944 1,015 59 1,074
1945 831 56 887
1946 711 50 761
1947 894 46 940
1948 761 47 808
1949 425 47 472
1950 469 46 515
1951 618 35 653
1952 389 34 423
1953 349 27 376
1954 291 27 318
1955 303 32 335
1956 342 23 365
1957 375 27 402
1958 289 18 307
1959 210 17 227
1960 246 21 267
1961 242 18 260
1962 226 19 245
1963 218 12 230
1964 188 14 202
1965 215 17 232
1966 189 8 197
1967 166 12 178
1968 267 8 275
1969 142 13 155
1970 205 14 219
1971 140 8 148
1972 121 6 127
1973 98 6 104
1974 89 6 95
1975 99 12 111
1976 104 5 109
1977 82 9 91
NA Not available.
Total
Year Strip Auger Culm Dredges surface
banks mining
1931 2 NA NA NA 2
1932 11 NA NA NA 11
1933 9 NA NA NA 9
1934 8 NA NA NA 8
1935 14 NA NA NA 14
1936 15 NA NA - 15
1937 8 NA NA - 8
1938 18 NA NA - 18
1939 9 NA NA - 9
1940 22 NA NA - 22
1941 34 NA NA - 34
1942 31 NA NA - 31
1943 33 NA - - 33
1944 50 NA - - 50
1945 38 NA - - 38
1946 34 NA - - 34
1947 45 NA - - 45
1948 54 NA - - 54
1949 22 NA - - 22
1950 35 NA - - 35
1951 31 NA - - 31
1952 26 NA - - 26
1953 21 NA - - 21
1954 16 NA - - 16
1955 22 3 - - 25
1956 25 2 - - 27
1957 22 3 - - 25
1958 16 3 - - 19
1959 19 - - - 19
1960 20 3 - - 23
1961 14 1 - - 15
1962 17 1 - - 18
1963 19 3 - - 22
1964 15 1 - - 16
1965 18 1 - - 19
1966 22 3 - - 25
1967 21 2 - - 23
1968 22 6 - - 28
1969 25 3 - - 28
1970 27 4 - - 31
1971 22 3 - - 25
1972 18 1 - - 19
1973 16 1 - - 17
1974 24 2 - - 26
1975 31 3 - - 34
1976 23 1 - - 24
1977 26 2 - - 28
NA Not available.
Independent Mechanical
shops and cleaning Grand
Year yards plants total
1931 NA NA 1,080
1932 NA NA 958
1933 NA NA 833
1934 NA NA 958
1935 NA NA 968
1936 NA NA 1,098
1937 NA NA 1,198
1938 NA NA 880
1939 NA NA 867
1940 NA NA 1,204
1941 NA NA 1,072
1942 NA NA 1,245
1943 NA NA 1,225
1944 NA NA 1,124
1945 NA NA 925
1946 NA NA 795
1947 NA NA 985
1948 NA NA 862
1949 NA NA 494
1950 NA NA 550
1951 NA NA 684
1952 NA NA 449
1953 NA NA 397
1954 NA NA 334
1955 NA NA 360
1956 NA NA 392
1957 NA NA 427
1958 NA NA 326
1959 NA NA 246
1960 NA NA 290
1961 NA NA 275
1962 NA NA 263
1963 NA NA 252
1964 NA NA 218
1965 NA NA 251
1966 NA 5 227
1967 NA 12 213
1968 NA 4 307
1969 NA 7 190
1970 NA 5 255
1971 NA 3 176
1972 - 7 153
1973 2 8 131
1974 - 10 131
1975 - 8 153
1976 - 7 140
1977 1 8 128
NA Not available.
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