Show WORK IN UTAH COAL COALMINES MINES GETS SAFER Both the fatality and nonfatal nonfatal- injury rates from accidents in the theoal coal oal mines of or Utah in 1931 sh showed wed a gratifying reduction from the rates which prevailed in 1930 according to Information just compiled by the United States bureau of mines from reports received from the operators and the state mine inspectors inspector's office The accident rate in 1931 was per million man hours of exposure a reduction of 22 per cent from the 1930 rate of accidents per milion mil rail lion ion man Reports from rom 40 operating mines in n the state indicated an employment of men of whom 2578 were em employed underground and on the surface The Too average at the mines worked days during the year The total volume of oC work at atall atall all 11 coal mines was equal to man man- manla man days la s or man hours the theatter latter atter figure representing a ion tion of 18 per cent from irom the 1930 level Each during the year averaged 1185 hours of work as compared compared com com- pared with 1344 in th the year 1930 The working hours per day were practically the same in m 1931 as in 1930 which interpreted on a lon Hon basis indicated that slightly more tons per man hour per man were produced in 1930 than in 1931 Twelve fatal accidents occurred during the year all in Carbon coun coun- ty y the largest producing county in inthe inthe inthe the state The number of ot nonfatal accidents at coal mines throughout the he state was this number covering cover cover- ing ng all injuries that disabled an em em- for lor one day or more |