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MINING SAFETY STATISTICS

Mine Safety Improvements: Progress Facts

US Coal Mine Injury and Fatality Rates

  • Safety Charts
    Includes charts on:
    • U.S. Coal Mine Safety and Production Trends 2007 - Fatalities (PDF or JPG)
    • U.S. Coal Mine Safety and Production Trends 2007 - Fatality Rates (PDF or JPG)
    • U.S. Coal Mining Record of Reduction: Total Injury Rate, 1990-2007 (PDF or JPG)
    • U.S. Coal Mining Record of Reduction: Total Injuries, 1990-2007 (PDF or JPG)
    • U.S. Coal Mining Record of Reduction: Fatal Injuries, 1990-2007 (PDF or JPG)
    • U.S. Mining Record of Reduction: Total Injury Rate, 1990-2006 (PDF or JPG)
    • U.S. Mining Record of Reduction: Fatal Injuries, 1990-2007 (PDF or JPG)
    • Rates of Fatal Injuries by Industry Division, 2006 (PDF or JPG)
    • Coal Mining Safety Trends: Number of Mines, Inspectors and Fatalities, 1990-2006 (PDF or JPG)
    • Chart: Incident Rates of Fatal Occupational Injuries Compared to Other Industrial Categories, 2006 (PDF or JPG)
    • Chart: Fatal Occupational Injuries Compared to Other Industrial Categories, 2006 (PDF or JPG)
    • Chart: Incident Rates of Non-Fatal Occupational Injuries Compared to Other Industrial Categories, 2006 (PDF or JPG)

    Coal Mine Safety Fact Sheet

    U.S. Mining Industry Health & Safety Factsheet

    MSHA: 2007 Comparison of Year-to-Date and Total Fatalities for M/NM & Coal

  • Chart: Incident Rates of Fatal Occupational Injuries Compared to Other Industrial Categories, 2006
    (PDF 64 KB, Last Updated August 2007)
  • Chart: Fatal Occupational Injuries Compared to Other Industrial Categories, 2006
    (PDF 67 KB, Last Updated March 2007)
  • Chart: Incident Rates of Non-Fatal Occupational Injuries Compared to Other Industrial Categories, 2006
    (PDF 67 KB, Last Updated December 2006)
  • Total Injuries in US Metal-Nonmetal and Coal Mines, 1931 - 2006

  • (PDF 146 KB, Last Updated August 2007)
  • MSHA's Mine Safety and Health at a Glance

  • (PDF 64 KB, Last Updated April 2008)
  • BLS - Workplace Injuries and Illnesses in 2006

  • (PDF 104 KB, Last Updated November 2007)
  • Mining Non-Fatal Injury Rates Compared to Other Industries, 2006

  • (PDF 32 KB, Last Updated November 2007)
  • Fatal Occupational Injuries Percentages - Mining and Other Industries

  • (PDF 81 KB, Last Updated March 2007)
  • Metal/Nonmetal Mine Injuries and Fatalities, 1980 - 2006

  • (PDF 80 KB, Last Updated August 2007)
  • Metal/Nonmetal Mine Fatalities, 1990 - 2007

  • (PDF 64 KB, Last Updated February 2008)
  • Metal/Nonmetal Total Injury Rates, 1990 - 2006

  • (PDF 64 KB, Last Updated September 2007)
  • Coal Mine Injuries and Fatalities, 1930 - 2006

  • (PDF 80 KB, Last Updated August 2007)
  • MSHA’s Year-to-date 2007 coal mine fatalities
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