UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Historical Data 1931 - 1977 All Coal Mines in the United States |
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TABLE 3. - Number of fatal injuries, by general work location, at all coal mines in the United States, 1931-77 Underground mines Total Year Underground Surface underground mining 1931 1,378 78 1,456 1932 1,130 62 1,192 1933 976 75 1,051 1934 1,132 82 1,214 1935 1,144 72 1,216 1936 1,256 63 1,319 1937 1,318 81 1,399 1938 1,027 50 1,077 1939 1,014 48 1,062 1940 1,308 53 1,361 1941 1,166 60 1,226 1942 1,353 83 1,436 1943 1,327 80 1,407 1944 1,166 75 1,241 1945 960 69 1,029 1946 863 63 926 1947 1,047 59 1,106 1948 880 55 935 1949 508 52 560 1950 547 55 602 1951 707 44 751 1952 474 40 514 1953 409 31 440 1954 342 32 374 1955 352 39 391 1956 390 27 417 1957 424 27 451 1958 315 19 334 1959 251 17 268 1960 274 21 295 1961 256 19 275 1962 244 21 265 1963 245 12 257 1964 210 14 224 1965 223 17 240 1966 194 8 202 1967 174 12 186 1968 268 8 276 1969 149 14 163 1970 206 14 220 1971 141 8 149 1972 122 6 128 1973 99 6 105 1974 90 7 97 1975 99 12 111 1976 104 5 109 1977 91 9 100 NA Not available. Total Year Strip Auger Culm Dredges surface Total banks mining mining 1931 7 NA NA NA 7 1,463 1932 15 NA NA NA 15 1,207 1933 13 NA NA NA 13 1,064 1934 12 NA NA NA 12 1,226 1935 26 NA NA NA 26 1,242 1936 23 NA NA - 23 1,342 1937 14 NA NA - 14 1,413 1938 28 NA NA - 28 1,105 1939 16 NA NA - 16 1,078 1940 27 NA NA - 27 1,388 1941 40 NA NA - 40 1,266 1942 35 NA NA - 35 1,471 1943 39 NA 5 - 44 1,451 1944 55 NA 2 - 57 1,298 1945 39 NA - - 39 1,068 1946 41 NA 1 - 42 968 1947 52 NA - - 52 1,158 1948 63 NA 1 - 64 999 1949 25 NA - - 25 585 1950 39 NA 2 - 41 643 1951 34 NA - - 34 785 1952 33 NA 1 - 34 548 1953 21 NA - - 21 461 1954 22 NA - - 22 396 1955 25 3 1 - 29 420 1956 28 2 1 - 31 448 1957 22 3 - - 25 476 1958 19 3 - - 22 356 1959 20 - - 1 21 289 1960 24 3 1 - 28 323 1961 17 1 - - 18 293 1962 20 1 - - 21 286 1963 22 3 1 - 26 283 1964 15 1 - - 16 240 1965 18 1 - - 19 259 1966 23 3 - - 26 228 1967 22 2 - - 24 210 1968 24 6 - - 30 306 1969 28 3 - - 31 194 1970 29 4 - - 33 253 1971 23 3 - - 26 175 1972 20 1 - - 21 149 1973 16 1 - - 17 122 1974 24 2 - - 26 123 1975 32 3 - - 35 146 1976 23 1 - - 24 133 1977 27 2 - - 29 129 NA Not available. Independent Mechanical Year shops and cleaning Grand yards plants total 1931 NA NA 1,463 1932 NA NA 1,207 1933 NA NA 1,064 1934 NA NA 1,226 1935 NA NA 1,242 1936 NA NA 1,342 1937 NA NA 1,413 1938 NA NA 1,105 1939 NA NA 1,078 1940 NA NA 1,388 1941 NA NA 1,266 1942 NA NA 1,471 1943 NA NA 1,451 1944 NA NA 1,298 1945 NA NA 1,068 1946 NA NA 968 1947 NA NA 1,158 1948 NA NA 999 1949 NA NA 585 1950 NA NA 643 1951 NA NA 785 1952 NA NA 548 1953 NA NA 461 1954 NA NA 396 1955 NA NA 420 1956 NA NA 448 1957 NA 2 478 1958 NA 2 358 1959 NA 4 293 1960 NA 2 325 1961 NA 1 294 1962 NA 3 289 1963 NA 1 284 1964 NA 2 242 1965 NA - 259 1966 NA 5 233 1967 NA 12 222 1968 NA 5 311 1969 NA 9 203 1970 NA 7 260 1971 NA 6 181 1972 - 7 156 1973 2 8 132 1974 - 10 133 1975 - 9 155 1976 - 8 141 1977 1 9 139 NA Not available. |