UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
| Historical Data 1931 - 1977 All Coal Mines in the United States |
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TABLE 04. - Number of nonfatal disabling injuries, by general work locations
at all coal mines in the United States, 1931-77
Total
underground
Year Underground Surface mining
1931 71,593 5,600 77,193
1932 50,815 4,604 55,419
1933 51,651 6,248 57,899
1934 58,673 5,773 64,446
1935 57,038 5,083 62,121
1936 60,774 5,056 65,830
1937 60,083 4,623 64,706
1938 45,088 3,324 48,412
1939 46,314 4,149 50,463
1940 51,729 4.528 56,257
1941 54,859 4,547 59,406
1942 60,133 5,046 65,179
1943 56,559 6,027 62,586
1944 54,180 6,648 60,828
1945 48,271 6,007 54,278
1946 46,824 5,847 52,671
1947 49,076 5,622 54,698
1948 44,930 5,473 50,403
1949 29,883 3,517 33,400
1950 31,279 3,707 34,986
1951 29,660 3,597 33,257
1952 25,378 2,975 28,353
1953 20,278 2,344 22,622
1954 14,563 1,797 16,360
1955 15,618 2,081 17,699
1956 16,256 2,086 18,342
1957 15,276 1,800 17,076
1958 11,348 1,395 12,743
1959 9,672 1,196 10,868
1960 9,291 1,229 10,520
1961 8,706 1,203 9,909
1962 8,567 1,133 9,700
1963 8,576 1,168 9,744
1964 8,634 1,058 9,692
1965 8,651 1,054 9,705
1966 7,965 801 8,766
1967 7,730 687 8,417
1968 7,339 633 7,972
1969 7,840 518 8,358
1970 8,906 625 9,531
1971 8,967 789 9,756
1972 9,823 552 1O,375
1973 8,818 388 9,206
1974 6,309 380 6,689
1975 8,170 517 8,687
1976 10,658 732 11,390
1977 10,991 733 11,724
NA Not Available.
Total
Year Strip Auger Culm Dredges surface Total
banks mining mining
1931 765 NA NA NA 765 77,958
1932 864 NA NA NA 864 56,283
1933 1,230 NA NA NA 1,230 59,129
1934 1,113 NA NA NA 1,113 65,559
1935 1,305 NA NA NA 1,305 63,426
1936 1,702 NA NA 8 1,710 67,540
1937 1,523 NA NA 30 1,553 66,259
1938 1,210 NA NA 14 1,224 49,636
1939 1,289 NA NA 21 1,310 51,773
1940 1,490 NA NA 29 1,519 57,776
1941 1,622 NA NA 29 1,651 61,057
1942 1,595 NA NA - 1,595 66,774
1943 1,835 NA 147 26 2,008 64,594
1944 2,556 NA 286 21 2,863 63,691
1945 2,702 NA 121 16 2,839 57,117
1946 2,518 NA 137 24 2,679 55,350
1947 2,897 NA 49 16 2,962 57,660
1948 2,961 NA 97 11 3,069 53,472
1949 1,948 NA 42 15 2,005 35,405
1950 2,246 NA 30 2 2,278 37,264
1951 2,255 NA 34 7 2,296 35,553
1952 1,698 NA 14 9 1,721 30,074
1953 1,604 NA 24 8 1,636 24,258
1954 1,342 NA 11 5 1,358 17,718
1955 1,140 32 13 1 1,186 18,885
1956 1,318 98 52 6 1,474 19,816
1957 1,339 76 71 4 1,490 18,566
1958 1,150 58 20 1 1,229 13,972
1959 1,054 41 17 1 1,113 11,981
1960 1,125 71 20 1 1,217 11,737
1961 1,052 54 20 2 1,128 11,037
1962 1,027 61 15 4 1,107 10,807
1963 1,099 83 30 3 1,215 10,959
1964 1,116 66 15 2 1,199 10,891
1965 1,178 79 13 1 1,271 10,976
1966 1,043 90 8 2 1,143 9,909
1967 949 94 13 1 1,057 9,474
1968 1,039 94 16 - 1,149 9,121
1969 967 91 10 - 1,068 9,426
1970 1,346 99 13 - 1,458 10,989
1971 1,564 111 25 - 1,700 11,456
1972 1,305 49 14 - 1,368 11,743
1973 1,208 45 11 - 1,264 10,470
1974 1,229 28 10 - 1,267 7,956
1975 1,714 36 10 - 1,760 10,447
1976 2,071 31 6 - 2,108 13,498
1977 2,246 24 7 - 2,277 14,001
NA Not Available.
Independent Mechanical
Year shops and cleaning Grand
yards plants total
1931 NA NA 77,958
1932 NA NA 56,283
1933 NA NA 59,129
1934 NA NA 65,559
1935 NA NA 63,426
1936 NA NA 67,540
1937 NA NA 66,259
1938 NA NA 49,636
1939 NA NA 51,773
1940 NA NA 57,776
1941 NA NA 61,057
1942 NA NA 66,774
1943 NA NA 64,594
1944 NA NA 63,691
1945 NA NA 57,117
1946 NA NA 55,350
1947 NA NA 57,660
1948 NA NA 53,472
1949 NA NA 35,405
1950 NA NA 37,264
1951 NA NA 35,553
1952 NA NA 30,074
1953 NA NA 24,258
1954 NA NA 17,718
1955 NA NA 18,885
1956 NA NA 19,816
1957 NA 226 18,792
1958 NA 188 14,160
1959 NA 182 12,163
1960 NA 165 11,902
1961 NA 160 11,197
1962 NA 137 10,944
1963 NA 174 11,133
1964 NA 179 11,070
1965 NA 162 11,138
1966 NA 537 10,446
1967 NA 641 10,115
1968 NA 518 9,639
1969 NA 491 9,917
1970 NA 563 11,552
1971 NA 460 11,916
1972 45 541 12,329
1973 80 670 11,220
1974 82 507 8,545
1975 89 571 11,107
1976 114 777 14,389
1977 126 862 14,989
NA Not Available
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