
I AM SHOWING THIS TO SHOW HOW MINING SAFETY HAS IMPROVED THROUGH THE YEARS……
Coal Fatalities for 1900 Through 2001
Total Number of Coal Mining Fatalities from 1900 through 2001: 104,468
Please Note:
Office workers included starting in 1973.
|
Year |
Miners |
Fatalities |
Year |
Miners |
Fatalities |
Year |
Miners |
Fatalities |
Year |
Miners |
Fatalities |
|
1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 |
448,581 485,544 518,197 566,260 593,693 626,045 640,780 680,492 690,438 666,552 725,030 728,348 722,662 747,644 763,185 734,008 720,971 757,317 762,426
776,569
784,621
823,253 844,807 862,536
779,613 748,805 759,033
759,177
682,831 654,494 |
1,489 |
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 |
644,006 589,705 527,623 523,182 566,426 565,202 584,582 589,856 541,528 539,375 533,267 546,692 530,861 486,516 453,937 437,921 463,079 490,356 507,333 485,306 483,239 441,905 401,329 351,126 283,705 260,089 260,285 254,725 224,890 203,597 |
2,063 |
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 |
189,679 167,568 161,286 157,126 150,761 148,734 145,244 139,312 134,467 133,302 144,480 142,108 162,207 151,892 182,274 224,412 221,255 237,506 255,588 260,429 253,007 249,738 241,454 200,199 208,160 197,049 185,167 172,780 166,278 164,929 |
325 |
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 |
168,625 158,677 153,128 141,183 143,645 132,111 126,451 126,429 122,083 114,489 108,098 113,781* |
66 |