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Mine Safety and Health Administration - MSHA
- Protecting Miners' Safety and Health Since 1978
Fatality Prevention - Rules to Live By
Fatality summary Report - By State
Total Fatalities by State (CY 2000 - 2008)
Total Fatalities'
(589 Fatalities)
Priority 24 Standard Fatalities'
(266 Fatalities)
Sum of Number of Victims
Sum of Number of Victims
Coal or MNM
State
Total
Coal or MNM
State
Total
Coal
AL
29
Coal
AL
23
AR
1
AR
1
AZ
1
CO
1
CO
2
IL
3
IL
7
IN
3
IN
10
KY
39
KY
78
MT
1
MD
3
NM
2
MT
1
OH
2
NM
2
OK
1
OH
3
PA
8
OK
2
UT
12
PA
19
VA
7
TN
1
WV
36
TX
3
WY
1
UT
18
Coal Total
140
VA
19
MNM
AK
4
WV
94
AL
2
WY
7
AR
2
Coal Total
300
AZ
10
MNM
AK
5
CA
6
AL
4
CO
2
AR
6
FL
1
AZ
15
GA
4
CA
12
IA
1
CO
8
ID
2
FL
8
IN
3
GA
6
KS
1
HI
1
KY
4
IA
4
LA
2
ID
4
MI
5
IL
4
MN
4
IN
7
MO
1
KS
2
MS
1
KY
7
MT
1
LA
4
NC
5
MA
1
NE
1
MD
1
NH
1
MI
9
NJ
1
MN
9
NM
2
MO
11
NV
12
MS
2
NY
3
MT
6
OH
3
NC
7
OK
3
NE
4
OR
7
NH
2
PA
3
NJ
2
PR
2
NM
7
SC
2
NV
26
TN
3
NY
3
TX
10
OH
8
UT
1
OK
5
VA
3
OR
9
WA
4
PA
10
WI
1
PR
4
WV
1
SC
6
WY
2
SD
1
MNM Total
126
TN
10
Grand Total
266
TX
21
UT
4
VA
5
WA
8
WI
4
WV
1
WY
6
MNM Total
289
Grand Total
589
Top 5 States With Highest Number of Fatalities'
(CY 2000-2008)
Priority 24 Standards'
All Standards
State
Coal
State
Coal
KY
39
WV
94
WV
36
KY
78
AL
23
AL
29
UT
12
PA
19
PA
8
VA
19
State
MNM
State
MNM
NV
12
NV
26
AZ
10
TX
21
TX
10
AZ
15
OR
7
CA
12
CA
6
MO
11