Saturday, January 02, 2010
US Mining Deaths Down
WEST VIRGINIA...
The number of miners killed on the job in the United States fell for a second straight year to 34. That's the fewest since officials began keeping records nearly a century ago. It's down from the previous low of 52 in 2008. In 2006, 73 miners were killed, including 12 who died in a methane explosion at the Sago Mine in West Virginia and five who died in a similar explosion at the Darby Mine in Kentucky. The deadliest year in recorded U.S. coal mining history was 1907, when 3,242 deaths were reported. That year, the nation's most deadly mine explosion killed at least 358 people near Monongah, W.Va.
The number of miners killed on the job in the United States fell for a second straight year to 34. That's the fewest since officials began keeping records nearly a century ago. It's down from the previous low of 52 in 2008. In 2006, 73 miners were killed, including 12 who died in a methane explosion at the Sago Mine in West Virginia and five who died in a similar explosion at the Darby Mine in Kentucky. The deadliest year in recorded U.S. coal mining history was 1907, when 3,242 deaths were reported. That year, the nation's most deadly mine explosion killed at least 358 people near Monongah, W.Va.
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