Metal/Nonmetal Fatalities

Metal/Nonmetal Fatalities for 1900 through 2025

Please Note:
Metal/Nonmetal operations include Mills (Metal, Nonmetal, and Stone), Sand and Gravel, Surface (Metal, Nonmetal, and Stone), Underground (Metal, Nonmetal, and Stone).
Sand and gravel miners included starting in 1958.
Office workers at mine sites included starting in 1973.

Miner Counts and Fatalities, 2024 to 1900

This table presents years in descending order, arranged in two side-by-side year groups. Color identifies the Year, Miners, and Fatalities columns.

Miner Employment and Fatalities by Year, Most Recent Years to Earlier Years (1900–2025)
Most recent years			Earlier years
Year	Miners	Fatalities	Year	Miners	Fatalities
2025	265,965	26	1962	269,927	216
2024	260,469	18	1961	279,178	127
2023	255,702	31	1960	289,001	185
2022	246,874	19	1959	288,560	173
2021	240,196	27	1958	269,076	167
2020	231,815	24	1957	219,151	152
2019	249,571	15	1956	200,807	172
2018	248,720	16	1955	184,239	157
2017	236,622	13	1954	177,425	139
2016	247,107	17	1953	188,692	161
2015	247,091	17	1952	186,463	209
2014	250,574	30	1951	185,244	175
2013	251,263	22	1950	180,955	164
2012	250,228	16	1949	182,638	152
2011	237,772	16	1948	176,364	203
2010	225,676	24	1947	174,586	220
2009	221,631	17	1946	162,408	181
2008	258,918	23	1945	145,637	174
2007	255,187	33	1944	158,282	237
2006	240,522	26	1943	183,726	314
2005	228,401	35	1942	210,409	361
2004	220,274	27	1941	226,220	322
2003	215,325	26	1940	213,619	307
2002	218,148	42	1939	203,843	232
2001	232,770	30	1938	192,567	247
2000	240,450	47	1937	217,020	310
1999	238,852	55	1936	193,957	308
1998	235,561	51	1935	177,160	222
1997	235,915	61	1934	138,689	181
1996	229,045	47	1933	125,347	159
1995	229,536	53	1932	116,079	139
1994	225,498	40	1931	159,007	225
1993	219,320	51	1930	N/A	376
1992	224,567	43	1929	N/A	476
1991	230,107	53	1928	N/A	392
1990	235,690	56	1927	N/A	487
1989	234,459	48	1926	N/A	584
1988	225,422	49	1925	N/A	520
1987	213,532	67	1924	N/A	556
1986	209,638	49	1923	N/A	510
1985	218,112	57	1922	N/A	476
1984	219,727	80	1921	N/A	350
1983	214,661	62	1920	N/A	603
1982	230,025	51	1919	N/A	581
1981	296,848	84	1918	N/A	771
1980	301,635	103	1917	N/A	983
1979	308,085	123	1916	N/A	870
1978	288,577	136	1915	N/A	701
1977	285,165	134	1914	N/A	739
1976	278,605	113	1913	N/A	866
1975	277,978	123	1912	N/A	874
1974	271,606	158	1911	N/A	883
1973	246,665	175	1910	N/A	N/A
1972	185,115	234	1909	N/A	N/A
1971	237,059	164	1908	N/A	N/A
1970	242,788	165	1907	N/A	N/A
1969	246,677	179	1906	N/A	N/A
1968	246,039	182	1905	N/A	N/A
1967	255,999	181	1904	N/A	N/A
1966	261,993	195	1903	N/A	N/A
1965	263,072	180	1902	N/A	N/A
1964	260,939	179	1901	N/A	N/A
1963	259,926	173	1900	N/A	N/A