Show 1 LEIDS IN or MINE ACCIDENTS U accidents in la 1920 at mines pro gold silver and miscellany mis cellan bous metals caused the death of men and the injury ol 01 accord ing to reports report s rec received evea d b by y theoni the uni ed states bureau oi mines mine a from Z n in op orating companies throughout the country re reports por froeb front 2 2358 mine operators show hat 3 em employ ploy ees worked 8 3 shifts shift s an av ot of working 0 in ing days per man this group of ines includes all metal mines e except capt those producing copper and iron and those in the mississippi valley states pro producing acing lead and zinc the figures show a reduction au a compared with the previous year of 72 operating companies 2197 em shifts and 9 catalf ties there was a gain of 12 work ing days per man and an increase of in the number of men injured the accident rates from 1920 based upon a standard of working days to the year were 4 20 killed and 82 injured per 1000 employ ees as against 4 41 killed and 29 injured in 1919 states having the highest fa fatalis tata liti rates for each thousand employees were new york 22 73 washington 12 30 utah 8 29 california 5 83 colorado 5 35 and arizona 5 34 those having the lowest fatality y rates were new mexico 1 34 south dakota 2 86 idaho 3 02 alaska 3 31 nevada 3 58 8 and montana 3 77 the highest nonfatal injury rates were 8 tor for utah 0 idaho 2 7 4 california 7 south dako ta 4 new york 6 montana 17 7 colorado 1344 4 arizona and 0 nevada n |