One Hundred Years of Federal Mining Safety and Health Research
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Table 3. Metal/Nonmetal Fatalities, 1900 through 2008.<br />
Year Miners Fatalities Year Miners Fatalities Year Miners Fatalities Year Miners Fatalities<br />
1900<br />
1901<br />
1902<br />
1903<br />
1904<br />
1905<br />
1906<br />
1907<br />
1908<br />
1909<br />
1910<br />
1911<br />
1912<br />
1913<br />
1914<br />
1915<br />
1916<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
883<br />
874<br />
866<br />
739<br />
701<br />
870<br />
1930<br />
1931<br />
1932<br />
1933<br />
1934<br />
1935<br />
1936<br />
1937<br />
1938<br />
1939<br />
1940<br />
1941<br />
1942<br />
1943<br />
1944<br />
1945<br />
1946<br />
N/A<br />
159,007<br />
116,079<br />
125,347<br />
138,689<br />
177,160<br />
193,957<br />
217,020<br />
192,567<br />
203,843<br />
213,619<br />
226,220<br />
210,409<br />
183,726<br />
158,282<br />
145,637<br />
162,408<br />
376<br />
225<br />
139<br />
159<br />
181<br />
222<br />
308<br />
310<br />
247<br />
232<br />
307<br />
322<br />
361<br />
314<br />
237<br />
174<br />
181<br />
1960<br />
1961<br />
1962<br />
1963<br />
1964<br />
1965<br />
1966<br />
1967<br />
1968<br />
1969<br />
1970<br />
1971<br />
1972<br />
1973<br />
1974<br />
1975<br />
1976<br />
289,001<br />
279,178<br />
269,927<br />
259,926<br />
260,939<br />
263,072<br />
261,993<br />
255,999<br />
246,039<br />
246,677<br />
242,788<br />
237,059<br />
185,115<br />
246,665<br />
271,606<br />
277,978<br />
278,605<br />
185<br />
127<br />
216<br />
173<br />
179<br />
180<br />
195<br />
181<br />
182<br />
179<br />
165<br />
164<br />
234<br />
175<br />
158<br />
123<br />
113<br />
1990<br />
1991<br />
1992<br />
1993<br />
1994<br />
1995<br />
1996<br />
1997<br />
1998<br />
1999<br />
2000<br />
2001<br />
2002<br />
2003<br />
2004<br />
2005<br />
2006<br />
235,690<br />
230,107<br />
224,567<br />
219,320<br />
225,498<br />
229,536<br />
229,045<br />
235,915<br />
235,561<br />
238,852<br />
240,450<br />
232,770<br />
218,148<br />
215,325<br />
220,274<br />
228,401<br />
240,522<br />
56<br />
53<br />
43<br />
51<br />
40<br />
53<br />
47<br />
61<br />
51<br />
55<br />
47<br />
30<br />
42<br />
26<br />
27<br />
35<br />
26<br />
1917 N/A 983 1947 174,586 220 1977 285,165 134 2007 255,187 33<br />
1918 N/A 771 1948 176,364 203 1978 288,577 136 2008 258,892 23<br />
1919<br />
1920<br />
1921<br />
1922<br />
1923<br />
1924<br />
1925<br />
1926<br />
1927<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
581<br />
603<br />
350<br />
476<br />
510<br />
556<br />
520<br />
584<br />
487<br />
1949<br />
1950<br />
1951<br />
1952<br />
1953<br />
1954<br />
1955<br />
1956<br />
1957<br />
182,638<br />
180,955<br />
185,244<br />
186,463<br />
188,692<br />
177,425<br />
184,239<br />
200,807<br />
219,151<br />
152<br />
164<br />
175<br />
209<br />
161<br />
139<br />
157<br />
172<br />
152<br />
1979<br />
1980<br />
1981<br />
1982<br />
1983<br />
1984<br />
1985<br />
1986<br />
1987<br />
308,085<br />
301,635<br />
296,848<br />
230,025<br />
214,661<br />
219,727<br />
218,112<br />
209,638<br />
213,532<br />
123<br />
103<br />
84<br />
51<br />
62<br />
80<br />
57<br />
49<br />
67<br />
1928 N/A 392 1958 269,076 167 1988 225,422 49<br />
1929 N/A 476 1959 288,560 173 1989 234,459 48<br />
Total number <strong>of</strong> metal/nonmetal mining fatalities from 1900 through 2008: 23,570.<br />
Note: Metal/nonmetal operations include mills (metal, nonmetal, <strong>and</strong> stone), s<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> gravel,<br />
surface (metal, nonmetal, <strong>and</strong> stone), underground (metal, nonmetal, <strong>and</strong> stone). S<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
gravel miners are included starting in 1958. Office workers at mine sites are included starting in<br />
1973.<br />
From MSHA web site (10/7/09) at http://www.msha.gov/stats/charts/chartshome.htm<br />
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