| Show COAL MINE fatalities IN 1920 an outstanding feature of the coal mining industry in 1920 was the marked decrease in the number of fatal accidents based upon monthly reports received by the united states bureau of f mines from the various state mine inspectors covering the first eleven months of the year 1983 men lost their lives in 1920 as compared with 2146 during the corresponding period of 1919 a decrease of fatalities or about 76 per cent this reduction in the number of lives lost is all the more gratifying because it was accompanied by an increase of over 16 per cent in the output of coal according to preliminary figures published by the united states geological survey the production of coal from january to november inclusive was approximately tons in 1920 while for the same period of 1919 the output was tons thus the number of lives lost for each million tons of coal produced was as in 1920 as compared with in 1919 the most notable decrease is in the number of fatalities due to explosives this thi class of accidents showed a reduction of 87 fatalities or per cent as compared with the previous year accidents due to gas and coal dust explosions showed a decrease of 34 fatalities or per cent there was a reduction of 31 fatalities or per cent in miscellaneous accidents underground practically no change occurred in the number of accidents due to falls of roof and coal A slight increase is noted in accidents caused by electricity haulage accidents above ground showed a decrease of 16 fatalities or per cent during the year 1920 there were seven mine disasters in each of which five or more men were killed resulting in the death ot men |
