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District 1 - Coal Mine Safety and Health
Fatality Information

Fatalities in the Anthracite Region

(for selected years)


1870 - 1879
2,248
1880 - 1889
3,113
1890 - 1899
4,331
1900 - 1909
5,491
1910 - 1919
6,051
1920 - 1929
4,625
1930 - 1939
2,716
1940 - 1949
1,679
1950 - 1959
620
1960 - 1969
173
1970 - 1979
27
1980 - 1989
19
1990 - 1999
12
2000 - present
2


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