Fatalities and Injuries for All Mining (Coal & Noncoal) |
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Year |
Average Annual Deaths |
Average Annual Injuries |
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1936-1940 | 1,546 | 81,342 |
1941-1945 | 1,592 | 82,825 |
1946-1950 | 1,054 | 63,367 |
1951-1955 | 690 | 38,510 |
1956-1960 | 550 | 28,805 |
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1961-1965 | 449 | 23,204 |
1966-1970 | 426 | 22,435 |
1971-1975 | 322 | 33,963 |
1976-1980 | 254 | 41,220 |
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1981-1985 | 174 | 24,290 |
1986-1990 | 122 | 27,524 |
1991-1999 | 93 | 21,351 |
The butthead libertarian luddites at the Tribune-Review are still rankled because safety regulations forced the development of technology that saved the lives of the Quecreek miners.
And the idiots also forget that those who worked in the mines and the mills were far more likely to serve honorably in our military than the privileged elite who profit from war.
...wrote in the newspapers about war.