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Show There was a decrease in tho number of men killed in metal mines of the United States during 1915, but an increase in-crease in the death rate per 1000 men employed. Statistics announced by the bureau of mines show that 553 men were killed out of 152,118 employed, em-ployed, compared with 559 killed out of 158,115 employed in 1914. The death rate was 3.64 for each 100 employed, compared with 3.54 the previous year. Men injured number 85,295, of which 35 were permanently disabled. The number injurod in 1914 was 30,216. |