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Historical Data 1931 - 1977
All Coal Mines in the United States


TABLE 7 - Fatal injury-severity rates per million man-hours, by general work
          location, at all coal mines in the United States, 1931 - 1977

           --Underground mines-----     Total
                                     underground
 Year     Underground      Surface      mines
 
1931        11,040         3,855        10,037
1932        11,567         3,702        10,416
1933         8,829         3,927         8,106
1934         9,475         4,022         8,680
1935         9,997         3,804         9,118
1936         9,721         2,950         8,761
1937        10,302         4,025         9,448
1938        10,655         3,129         9,585
1939         9,639         2,754         8,660
1940        11,230         2,821        10,062
1941         9,212         2,870         8,314
1942         9,762         3,389         8,805
1943         9,688         2,992         8,594
1944         8,463         2,495         7,394
1945         7,961         2,528         6,958
1946         7,884         2,521         6,888
1947         8,821         2,261         7,639
1948         7,954         2,204         6,895
1949         6,475         2,884         5,804
1950         6,323         2 756         5,654
1951         8,286         2 233         7,150
1952         6,594         2,375         5-793
1953         6,646         2 093         5,763
1954         7,576         2 739         6,581
1955         7,183         3,164         6,376
1956         7,824         2,128         6,668
1957         9,066         2,445         7,801
1958         8,866         2,167         7,540
1959         7,818         2,065         6,644
1960         9,047         2,706         7,754
1961         9,417         2,682         8,025
1962         9,305         3,066         8,013
1963         9,231         1,748         7,694
1964         7,824         2,131         6,705
1965         8,391         2,669         7,284
1966         7,558         1,867         6,744
1967         6,804         3,064         6,307
1968        10,821         2,280         9,762
1969         5,882         4,329         5,706
1970         7,510         4,317         7,173
1971         5,501         2,501         5,168
1972         4,293         2,111         4,095
1973         3,458         2,137         3,340
1974         3,114         2,337         3,041
1975         2,822         3,064         2,846
1976         2,863         1,253         2,704
1977         2,647         2,227         2,603
 
NA Not  available.

  
                                                   Total
Year  Strip         Auger      Culm    Dredges    surface      Total
                               banks               mining      mining
 
1931  3,246             NA        NA        NA      3,246       9,938
1932  7,191             NA        NA        NA      7,191      10,359
1933  5,218             NA        NA        NA      5,218       8,052
1934  4,414             NA        NA        NA      4,414       8,599
1935  8,231             NA        NA        NA      8,231       9,097
1936  6,096             NA        NA         -      6,010       8,693
1937  3,574             NA        NA         -      3,494       9,292
1938  7,990             NA        NA         -      7,854       9,531
1939  4,022             NA        NA         -      3,953       8,510
1940  5,738             NA        NA         -      5,617       9,909
1941  6,689             NA        NA         -      6,538       8,243
1942  5,047             NA        NA         -      4,937       8,644
1943  4,831             NA    10,431         -      5,050       8,415
1944  5,028             NA     2,559         -      4,790       7,221
1945  3,457             NA         -         _      3,283       6,6851946  3,568             NA     1,916         _      3,453       6,603
1947  4,034             NA         -         _      3,861       7,317
1948  4,636             NA     2,700         -      4,537       6,673
1949  2,441             NA         -         -      2,360       5,463
1950  3,295             NA     9,890         -      3,389       5,423
1951  3,094             NA         -         -      3,043       6,755
1952  3,278             NA     9,876         -      3,326       5,538
1953  2,316             NA         -         -      2,271       5,386
1954  2,853             NA         -         -      2,809       6,124
1955  3,045         11,983    13,721         -      3,384       6,009
1956  3,098          4,468     4,786         -      3,182       6,198
1957  2,536          7,631         -         -      2,686       7,092
1958  2,365          8,803         -         -      2,573       6,736
1959  2,578              -         -    23,780      2,549       5,950
1960  3,130          8,317     9,207         -      3,425       6,988
1961  2,370          3,192         -         -      2,362       6,994
1962  2,746          2,587         -         -      2,695       6,999
1963  2,913          6,433    11,382         -      3,193       6,812
1964  1,996          2,439         -         -      1,986       5,788
1965  2,394          2,521         -         -      2,367       6,321
1966  3,308          6,251         -         -      3,446       6,081
1967  3,120          4,387         -         -      3,143       5,657
1968  3,408         11,984         -         -      3,911       8,513
1969  3,794          5,901         -         -      3,870       5,304
1970  3,319          6,502         -         -      3,477       6,299
1971  2,341          4,766         -         -      2,460       4,441
1972  2,284          3,085         -         -      2,298       3,688
1973  1,664          3,462         -         -      1,706       2,947
1974  1,972          6,369         -         -      2,075       2,769
1975  1,987         12,383         -         -      2,131       2,634
1976  1,336          5,229         -         -      1,372       2,301
1977  1,364         10,689         -         -      1,446       2,206
 
NA  Not available.


       Independent    Mechanical
Year    shops and     cleaning    Grand
          yards        plants     total
 
1931         NA            NA     9,938
1932         NA            NA    10,359
1933         NA            NA     8,052
1934         NA            NA     8,599
1935         NA            NA     9,097
1936         NA            NA     8,693
1937         NA            NA     9,292
1938         NA            NA     9,531
1939         NA            NA     8,510
1940         NA            NA     9,909
1941         NA            NA     8,243
1942         NA            NA     8,644
1943         NA            NA     8,415
1944         NA            NA     7,221
1945         NA            NA     6,685
1946         NA            NA     6,603
1947         NA            NA     7,317
1948         NA            NA     6,673
1949         NA            NA     5,463
1950         NA            NA     5,423
1951         NA            NA     6,755
1952         NA            NA     5,538
1953         NA            NA     5,386
1954         NA            NA     6,124
1955         NA            NA     6,009
1956         NA            NA     6,198
1957         NA         2,183     7,026
1958         NA         2,331     6,666
1959         NA         5,242     5,939
1960         NA         2,850     6,926
1961         NA         1,520     6,910
1962         NA         4,786     6,965
1963         NA         1,535     6,730
1964         NA         3,318     5,753
1965         NA             -     6,241
1966         NA         1,597     5,735
1967         NA         3,783     5,509
1968         NA         1,600     7,960
1969         NA         2,995     5,129
1970         NA         2,189     5,996
1971         NA         2,031     4,273
1972          _         1,930     3,498
1973      2,218         2,017     2,853
1974          -         2,434     2,689
1975          -         1,854     2,526
1976          -         1,631     2,208
1977        884         1,637     2,135

NA  Not available.