MINE ACCIDENTS
LAST YEAR’S RECORD IN AMERICAN MINES Accidents at coal mines in the United States during the year 1926 resulted in the loss of 2,510 lives, according to statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The output of coal during the year is estimated at 663,290,000 tons; hence the fatality rate per million tons produced was 3.78 as compared with 3.84 for 1925. Final returns from producing companies showing the number of employees and amount of coal produced in 1926 will not become available for several months. Accidents in December were responsible for the loss of 248 lives. Of this number 46 were lost in anthracite mines in Pennsylvania and 202 were in bituminous mines in various States. As the output of bituminous coal during the month was 57.671,000 tons, the fatality rate per million tons for bituminous mines was 3.50, while the anthracite rate was 6.11, based on a production of 7,528.000 tons. The combined rate for both classes of mines was 3.80.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 4, 26 March 1927, Page 11
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166MINE ACCIDENTS Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 4, 26 March 1927, Page 11
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