2. INTRODUCTION

3. FATALITIES PER YEAR (1972-1996)

5. FATALITIES PER MONTH

6. FATALITIES PER DAY OF WEEK

7. 24% OF A.M. FATALITIES OCCURRED BETWEEN 6AM AND 7AM

8. 28% OF P.M. FATALITIES OCCURRED BETWEEN 3PM AND 4PM

9. FATALITIES PER SHIFT

10. FATALITIES PER REGION AND COUNTY

11. FATALITIES PER COAL SEAM

12. FATALITIES PER SEAM HEIGHT

13. WORKER FATALITIES

14. FATALITIES PER GENDER

15. 54% OF MINE FATALITY VICTIMS ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 41 AND 50

16. FATALITIES PER MINE EXPERIENCE FATALITIES DO NOT DISCRIMINATE

17. THE MAJORITY OF MINE FATALITIES OCCUR UNDERGROUND

18. SEVENTY-SIX PERCENT OF UNDERGROUND MINE FATALITIES ARE LOCATED INBY.

19. LEADING CAUSE OF MINING FATALITIES

20. ROOF, WALL OR RIB FALL FATALITIES

21. FATALITIES PER MINE SIZE (NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES)

22. FATALITIES PER OCCUPATION
FATALITIES PER OCCUPATION *CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR IS THE LEADING OCCUPATION FOR FATALITIES

23. FOURTEEN PERCENT OF FATALITIES ARE SUPERVISORS

24. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS ACCOUNT FOR 20% OF FATALITIES