| 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.
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