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Table IV —Summary of Accidents in Coal-mines, Year Ended 31st March, 1950

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(Involving three days' absence from work or more —taken from accident report forms C. &,S. I.A. 2) Underground. ™ Strict - Fall of Gag Haula « e - other Total Roof or Explosions Electricity. Explosives. UnderSlae . s,—. Wtoch = . c™, 1 Northern .. .. .. 60 .. 96 3 5 317 113* .. .. 502 1,096 Percentage of total accidents .. 4-75 .. 7-60 0-24 0-40 25*10 8*94 .. .. 39-75 86-78 West Coast .. .. .. 94 .. 42 18 15 226 141* .. . . 321 857 Percentage of total accidents .. 9-16 .. 4-10 1-75 1-46 22-03 13-74 .. .. 31-29 83-53 Southern .. .. .. 19 .. 1 .. 3 51 20* .. 57 151 Percentage of total accidents .. 10-92 .. 0-57 .. 1-72 29-31 11-50 .. .. 32-76 86-78 Grand total .. .. 173 .. 139 21 23 594 274 .. .. 880 2,104 Percentage of total accidents 7-02 .. 5-64 0-85 0-93 24-12 11-13 .. .. 35-73 85-42 Surface. District. Haulage. Electricity. M.cM«e, y . " <£S. sSK, Trucking. Miscellaneous. Northern .. .. .. 1 17 16 36 .. 97 167 .. 1,263 1 Percentage of total accidents .. 0-08 1-35 1-26 2-85 .. 7-68 13-22 .. 100-00 0-08 West Coast ...... 1 1 2 27 35 102 168 1 1,026 2 Percentage of total accidents .. 0-10 0-10 0-19 2-63 3-41 9-94 16-37 0-10 100-00 0-19 Southern .. .. .... 2 3 1 .. 17 23 .. 174 Percentage of total accidents .. .. 1-15 1-72 0-57 .. 9-78 13-22 .. 100-00 Grand total .... 2 20 21 64 35 216 358 1 2,463 3 Percentage of total accidents 0-08 0-81 0-85 2-60 1-42 8-78 14-54 0-04 100-00 1-21 * Includes some accidents not broken up into various classifications under haulage. Note. —All fatal accidents have occurred from falls of roof or sides.