UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
| Historical Data 1931 - 1977 Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Mines in the United States |
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TABLE 4A. - Number of nonfatal disabling injuries, by general work location,
at Pennsylvania anthracite mines in the United States, 1931-77
Underground mines Total
Year underground
Underground Surface mining
1931 21,307 2,505 23,812
1932 14,892 1,941 16,833
1933 11,599 3,210 14,809
1934 15,827 2,362 18,189
1935 13,372 1,955 15,327
1936 14,372 2,152 16,524
1937 11,815 1,319 13,134
1938 11,396 1,258 12,654
1939 11,492 1,560 13,052
1940 12,033 1,569 13,602
1941 12,641 1,578 14,219
1942 11,866 1,580 13,446
1943 11,524 1,526 13,050
1944 9,947 1,672 11,619
1945 8,804 1,511 10,315
1946 10,400 1,490 11,890
1947 9,914 1,153 11,067
1948 9,693 1,167 10,860
1949 6,678 829 7,507
1950 7,468 907 8,375
1951 6,081 872 6,953
1952 5,349 655 6,004
1953 3,367 468 3,835
1954 2,452 344 2,796
1955 2,331 402 2,733
1956 2,611 426 3,037
1957 2,184 160 2,344
1958 1,558 154 1,712
1959 1,197 125 1,322
1960 947 85 1,032
1961 831 98 929
1962 759 91 850
1963 826 84 910
1964 917 62 979
1965 700 45 745
1966 495 54 549
1967 312 32 344
1968 215 26 241
1969 197 22 219
1970 168 15 183
1971 212 15 227
1972 72 5 77
1973 73 2 75
1974 43 4 47
1975 33 - 33
1976 37 2 39
1977 58 1 59
NA Not available.
Total
Year Strip Culm Dredges surface Total
banks mining mining
1931 171 NA NA 171 23,983
1932 98 NA NA 98 16,931
1933 374 NA NA 374 15,183
1934 388 NA NA 388 18,577
1935 570 NA NA 570 15,897
1936 494 NA 8 502 17,026
1937 248 NA 30 278 13,412
1938 174 NA 14 188 12,842
1939 156 NA 21 177 13,229
1940 151 NA 29 180 13,782
1941 172 NA 29 201 14,420
1942 135 NA - 135 13,581
1943 304 147 26 477 13,527
1944 512 286 21 819 12,438
1945 471 121 16 608 10,923
1946 482 137 24 643 12,533
1947 503 49 16 568 11,635
1948 426 97 11 534 11,394
1949 293 42 15 350 7,857
1950 467 30 2 499 8,874
1951 478 34 7 519 7,472
1952 328 14 9 351 6,355
1953 279 24 8 311 4,146
1954 160 11 5 176 2,972
1955 172 13 1 186 2,919
1956 235 52 6 293 3,330
1957 232 71 4 307 2,651
1958 203 20 1 224 1,936
1959 201 17 1 219 1,541
1960 183 20 1 204 1,236
1961 184 20 2 206 1,135
1962 155 15 4 174 1,024
1963 178 30 3 211 1,121
1964 167 15 2 184 1,163
1965 146 13 1 160 905
1966 126 8 2 136 685
1967 118 13 1 132 476
1968 125 16 - 141 382
1969 116 10 - 126 345
1970 139 13 - 152 335
1971 150 25 - 175 402
1972 127 14 - 141 218
1973 117 11 - 128 203
1974 82 10 - 92 139
1975 101 9 - 110 143
1976 126 6 - 132 171
1977 104 7 - 111 170
NA Not available.
Independent Mechanical
Year shops and cleaning Grand
yards plants total
1931 NA NA 23,983
1932 NA NA 16,931
1933 NA NA 15,183
1934 NA NA 18,577
1935 NA NA 15,897
1936 NA NA 17,026
1937 NA NA 13,412
1938 NA NA 12,842
1939 NA NA 13,229
1940 NA NA 13,782
1941 NA NA 14,420
1942 NA NA 13,581
1943 NA NA 13,527
1944 NA NA 12,438
1945 NA NA 10,923
1946 NA NA 12,533
1947 NA NA 11,635
1948 NA NA 11,394
1949 NA NA 7,857
1950 NA NA 8,874
1951 NA NA 7,472
1952 NA NA 6,355
1953 NA NA 4,146
1954 NA NA 2,972
1955 NA NA 2,919
1956 NA NA 3,330
1957 NA 226 2,877
1958 NA 188 2,124
1959 NA 182 1,723
1960 NA 165 1,401
1961 NA 160 1,295
1962 NA 137 1,161
1963 NA 174 1,295
1964 NA 179 1,342
1965 NA 162 1,067
1966 NA 144 829
1967 NA 133 609
1968 NA 122 504
1969 NA 147 492
1970 NA 168 503
1971 NA 151 553
1972 2 97 317
1973 14 123 340
1974 11 97 247
1975 10 98 251
1976 10 112 293
1977 14 105 289
NA Not available.
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