Tips to Avoid Mining Accidents
According to the US Mine Safety and Health Administration, there were 16 fatal coal-mining accidents across the United States in 2014. In 2013, there were 123,227 miners and 20 coal mining deaths, for a fatality rate of 0.1623 deaths per 1,000 miners. The US Mine Safety and Health Administration also reported that there were 28 deaths caused work-related accidents in mines in 2015. Of those 28 deaths, 11 occurred at coal mines and 17 took place at other types of mines or quarries. There is less mining going on now because of regulations which means less jobs and higher energy costs for Americans (less coal