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xxxiv ANNUAL, REPORT OF THE Off. Doc.
Table G shows that during the ten years from 1891 to 1900, 3,861
or 88.21 per cent, of the total number of fatal accidents in the
Anthracite region occurred inside of the mines, of which 1,985 or
51.41 per cent, were from falls of coal, slate or roof; 539 or 13.96 per
cent, by mine cars; 377 or 9.77 per cent, by explosions of hydrogen
gas; 293 or 7.58 per cent, by explosions of blasts and powder; 171 or
4.45 per cent, by falling down shafts, slopes, etc.; 125 or 3.23 per
cent, by suffocation; 44 or 1.14 per cent, were killed by mules; 185
or 4.79 per cent, were from miscellaneous causes.
About the outside workings of the mines 516 or 11.79 per cent, of
the total number lost their lives, of which 202 or 39.15 per cent, were
killed by being run over or otherwise injured by cars; 128 or 24.82 per
cent, by machinery; 37 or 7.17 per cent, by suffocation; 29 or 5.71
per cent, by explosions of boilers, and 120 or 23.25 per cent, from
miscellaneous causes.