Good points. However, aren't mine deaths and injuries the lowest they have ever been historically?
Maybe the good folks in W. Virginia ought to ask their dem senators why they did not do anything about the issues you raised years ago.
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 1,574 1,724 1,926 1,995 2,232 2,138 3,242 2,445 2,642 2,821 2,656 2,419 2,785 2,454 2,269 2,226 2,696 2,580 2,323 2,272 1,995 1,984 2,462 2,402 2,518 2,234 2,231 2,176 2,187 |
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 1,463 1,207 1,064 1,226 1,242 1,342 1,413 1,105 1,078 1,388 1,266 1,471 1,451 1,298 1,068 968 1,158 999 585 643 785 548 461 396 420 448 478 358 293 |
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 |
325 294 289 284 242 259 233 222 311 203 260 181 156 132 133 155 141 139 106 144 133 153 122 70 125 68 89 63 53 68 |
1990 |
168,625 158,677 153,128 141,183 143,645 132,111 126,451 126,429 122,083 114,489 108,098 114,458 110,966 104,824 108,734 |
66 61 55 47 45 47 39 30 29 35 38 42 27 30 28 |
SOURCE: US Department of Labor