UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
| Historical Data 1931 - 1977 Pennsylvania Anthracite Mines in the United States |
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TABLE 3A. - Number of fatal injuries, by general work location, at
Pennsylvania anthracite mines in the United States, 1931-77
Underground mines Total
Year Underground Surface underground
mining
1931 352 26 378
1932 235 10 245
1933 204 23 227
1934 238 26 264
1935 239 23 262
1936 222 14 236
1937 190 19 209
1938 204 11 215
1939 191 13 204
1940 172 7 179
1941 172 16 188
1942 210 12 222
1943 197 18 215
1944 151 16 167
1945 129 13 142
1946 152 13 165
1947 153 13 166
1948 119 8 127
1949 83 5 88
1950 78 9 87
1951 89 9 98
1952 85 6 91
1953 60 4 64
1954 51 5 56
1955 49 7 56
1956 48 4 52
1957 49 - 49
1958 26 1 27
1959 41 - 41
1960 28 - 28
1961 14 1 15
1962 18 2 20
1963 27 - 27
1964 22 - 22
1965 8 - 8
1966 5 - 5
1967 8 - 8
1968 1 - 1
1969 7 1 8
1970 1 - 1
1971 1 - 1
1972 1 - 1
1973 1 - 1
1974 1 1 2
1975 - - -
1976 - - -
1977 9 - 9
NA Not available.
Total
Year Strip Culm Dredges surface Total
banks mining mining
1931 5 NA NA 5 383
1932 4 NA NA 4 249
1933 4 NA NA 4 231
1934 4 NA NA 4 268
1935 12 NA NA 12 274
1936 8 NA - 8 244
1937 6 NA - 6 215
1938 10 NA - 10 225
1939 7 NA - 7 211
1940 5 NA - 5 184
1941 6 NA - 6 194
1942 4 NA - 4 226
1943 6 5 - 11 226
1944 5 2 - 7 174
1945 1 - - 1 143
1946 7 1 - 8 173
1947 7 - - 7 173
1948 9 1 - 10 137
1949 3 - - 3 91
1950 4 2 - 6 93
1951 3 - - 3 101
1952 7 1 - 8 99
1953 - - - - 64
1954 6 - - 6 62
1955 3 1 - 4 60
1956 3 1 - 4 56
1957 - - - - 49
1958 3 - - 3 30
1959 1 - 1 2 43
1960 4 1 - 5 33
1961 3 - - 3 18
1962 3 - - 3 23
1963 3 1 - 4 31
1964 - - - - 22
1965 - - - - 8
1966 1 - - 1 6
1967 1 - - 1 9
1968 2 - - 2 3
1969 3 - - 3 11
1970 2 - - 2 3
1971 1 - - 1 2
1972 2 - - 2 3
1973 - - - - 1
1974 - - - - 2
1975 1 - - 1 1
1976 - - - - -
1977 1 - - 1 10
NA Not available.
Independent Mechanical
shops and cleaning Grand
Year yards plants total
1931 NA NA 383
1932 NA NA 249
1933 NA NA 231
1934 NA NA 268
1935 NA NA 274
1936 NA NA 244
1937 NA NA 215
1938 NA NA 225
1939 NA NA 211
1940 NA NA 184
1941 NA NA 194
1942 NA NA 226
1943 NA NA 226
1944 NA NA 174
1945 NA NA 143
1946 NA NA 173
1947 NA NA 173
1948 NA NA 137
1949 NA NA 91
1950 NA NA 93
1951 NA NA 101
1952 NA NA 99
1953 NA NA 64
1954 NA NA 62
1955 NA NA 60
1956 NA NA 56
1957 NA 2 51
1958 NA 2 32
1959 NA 4 47
1960 NA 2 35
1961 NA 1 19
1962 NA 3 26
1963 NA 1 32
1964 NA 2 24
1965 NA - 8
1966 NA - 6
1967 NA - 9
1968 NA 1 4
1969 NA 2 13
1970 NA 2 5
1971 NA 3 5
1972 - - 3
1973 - - 1
1974 - - 2
1975 - 1 2
1976 - 1 1
1977 - 1 11
NA Not available.
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