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26 THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN.
The average number of tons of lump coal pro
duced by the pick miners for the year was 451.8
tons, a slight increase over the preceding year;
and per day 2.4 tons.
The average tons lump coal produced by the
machine runners for the year was 6.081 tons, a
small decrease as compared with the year 1912;
the average per day was 29.7 tons.
The average tons lump coal produced by the
drillers, loaders and shooters for the year was
S78 tons, and iter day 4.3 tons. A slight increase
in the number of tons mined by the drillers,
loaders and shooters is shown for the year 1913.
The average number of tons of coal mined by
run of mine lor the year in pick mines was 681
tons, tier day 3.0 tons.
The average tons run of mine for the machine
runners in the machine mines was 8,690 tons,
and per day 42.6 tons.
The average tons run of mine produced by the
drillers, loaders and shooters for the year was
1,260 tons, and per clay, 6.1 tons.
The total number of fatalities for the year
amounted to 165, an increase of 29. or 21.3 per
cent. The number of serious accidents (accidents
causing disability for three weeks or more) were
532, an increase of 137; the minor accidents (ac­
cidents causing disability for from one to three
weeks) numbered 342, an increase of 147. The
total
NUMBER Ol ACCIDENTS
totaled 1,039, a total increase of 313. Belmont
county reported the greatest number of fatal ac­
cidents—58 in all; Jefferson county. 26; Noble
county 17, 15 of which occurred at the Imperial
No. 3 mine, due to an explosion of gas. Athens
county reported 13, Guernsey county 11, and
Perry county 10.
Falls of roof were responsible for the death
of 91 persons, a decrease of 2.1 per cent.; deaths
due to mine cars increased 115.3 per cent., 28
having been due to this cause in the year 1913
and 13 for the year 1912. Electric shocks caused
the death of 9 persons. Motors and mining ma­
chines were responsible for the death of 6 per­
sons, explosions of powder, 6; explosions of gas,
15; and to miscellaneous causes, 8.
The total number of inspections made by the
district mine inspectors was 2,621; 142 oil wells
were witnessed for the purpose of abandoning
them. One hundred and fifty visits were made
to investigate the cause of fatal accidents.
HECATITULATION
Total number tons of coal
1912 1913
produced 34,444,291 36,285,468
Total number of persons em­
ployed 47,234 48,420
Total number fatal accidents 136 165
Number deaths per thousand
employed 2.9 3.4
Number persons employed for
each life lost 347 293
Number tons coal mined for
each life lost 253,267 219,912
Number of fatal accidents in the mines of Ohio
for the year 1913 and causes to which they were
attributable, by counties.
I'llCNTl ES
Athens
Belmont
Carroll
Columbiana
Coshocton .. .
Guernsey . . .
Hocking
11
?,?.
?,
. 1
. 1
5
o
Jackson 1
Jefferson . . . 16
Lawrence . . . 1
Meigs
o
Noble
1
Perry
. 6
Stark
?,
Tuscarawas . 2
Vinton a
Washington . i
Wayne a
1 1
1 1
(5 S-!
1 13
3 5S
2
2
9
1 11
4
2
1 26
1 3
1 5
17
10
2
2
2
1
2
Lotal 91 2 28 2 4 9 6 15 8 165
Percentage
each cause:
Falls of roof
Falls of coal
Aline cars
Motors
of fatal accidents attributable to
1912
68.3
5.1
Mining machines
9.6
2.9
.8
Explosions of gas
1.5
Premature explosions
3.7
Electric-ty JJ
Miscellaneous g g
(CONTINUED ON I>AGE 50)
1913
56.4
1.2
17.0
2.3
1.2
9.2
3.5
4.7
4.5
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