Metal-Mine Accidents in the United States

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Excerpt from Metal-Mine Accidents in the United States: During the Calendar Year 1916There were 697 fatalities reported for 1916, making the fatality rate per employees, as compared with in 1911. The number of nonfatal injuries reported was in 1916 as compared with in the previous year, and the nonfatal injury rate per employed was as compared with Although the fatality rate has decreased since 1911, the nonfatal injury rates have increased. This does not mean that metal mining is becoming more hazardous. The enactment of compensation laws and the establish ment of better inspection service have resulted in mining companies keeping more complete records. It is believed that the foregoing nonfatal injury rate at metal mines is still lower than actually exists in this industry. This statement is borne out by the data compiled in Table 18, which shows details covering a period of three years compiled from the reports of representative companies at whose mines systematic records are being kept and a large amount of safety work is being done.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.