TABLE 19. BITUMINOUS COAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES

Table 19
BITUMINOUS COAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES
1877 to 2000

Year Production (Tons) Surface
Production ¹ Employees Fatalities Production Per Fatality Fatalities Per 1,000 Employees Fatalities Per 1,000,000 Tons Produced No. of Mine Inspectors

1877 1,305,932 - 16,627 13 100,456 0.78 9.95 3

1878 12,500,741 - 25,787 48 260,432 1.86 3.84 3

1879 14,341,369 - 27,286 55 242,570 2.01 3.84 3

1880 16,564,440 - 33,391 48 345,092 1.43 2.90 3

1881 15,916,123 - 35,530 57 279,230 1.60 3.58 4

1882 20,694,110 - 42,393 94 220,150 2.22 4.54 4

1883 18,729,817 - 35,091 54 346,848 1.54 2.88 6

1884 20,553,090 - 39,904 105 195,744 2.63 5.11 6

1885 23,413,692 - 44,145 83 282,092 1.88 3.54 8

1886 27,107,173 - 52,364 74 366,313 1.41 2.73 8

1887 29,966,855 - 57,868 84 356,748 1.45 2.80 8

1888 33,772,286 - 61,565 90 375,248 1.46 2.66 8

1889 34,625,054 - 62,084 105 329,762 1.69 3.03 8

1890 40,884,103 - 67,383 146 273,179 2.17 3.57 8

1891 41,805,642 - 74,135 237 176,395 3.20 5.67 8

1892 46,581,575 - 78,805 134 347,623 1.70 2.88 8

1893 43,421,898 - 81,872 131 334,015 1.60 3.02 10

1894 39,800,210 - 86,118 123 320,969 1.43 3.09 10

1895 51,818,112 - 84,976 156 332,167 1.84 3.01 10

1896 50,284,692 - 83,801 180 279,359 2.15 3.58 10

1897 54,625,272 - 86,553 150 364,168 1.73 2.75 10

1898 64,247,665 - 87,803 200 321,238 2.28 3.11 10

1899 73,066,945 - 91,505 258 283,205 2.82 3.53 10

1900 79,318,362 - 108,735 265 299,315 2.44 3.34 10

1901 80,914,236 - 117,501 301 268,818 2.56 3.72 12

1902 98,529,122 - 135,611 456 216,072 3.36 4.63 12

1903 103,713,982 - 151,745 402 257,995 2.65 3.88 15

1904 99,600,167 - 155,747 536 185,821 3.44 5.38 15

1905 119,361,514 - 164,941 479 249,189 2.90 4.01 16

1906 129,532,989 - 172,928 477 271,557 2.76 3.68 18

1907 149,559,047 - 183,121 806 185,557 4.40 5.39 20

1908 114,937,375 - 181,840 572 200,939 3.15 4.98 20

1909 136,205,695 - 185,921 506 269,181 2.72 3.71 21

1910 148,770,858 - 193,488 539 276,013 2.79 3.62 21

1911 142,189,329 - 182,653 515 276,096 2.82 3.62 25

1912 160,830,492 - 182,642 446 360,606 2.44 2.77 26

1913 172,965,659 - 189,909 611 283,086 3.22 3.53 28

1914 145,884,530 - 196,038 413 353,231 2.11 2.83 28

1915 157,420,068 - 187,734 442 356,154 2.35 2.81 30

1916 169,123,814 - 174,304 436 387,899 2.50 2.58 30

1917 171,074,411 - 186,586 494 346,304 2.65 2.89 30

1918 177,217,294 - 181,678 494 358,739 2.72 2.79 30

1919 147,085,781 - 180,831 401 366,797 2.22 2.73 30

1920 166,929,002 - 184,168 424 393,700 2.30 2.54 30

1921 114,447,134 - 200,419 284 402,983 1.42 2.48 30

1922 108,310,046 - 194,630 424 255,448 2.18 3.91 30

1923 169,181,137 - 200,538 401 421,898 2.00 2.37 30

1924 128,751,028 - 174,469 345 373,191 1.98 2.68 30

1925 135,266,612 - 165,586 312 433,547 1.88 2.31 30

1926 151,746,464 - 164,782 421 360,443 2.55 2.77 30

1927 131,644,922 - 158,204 355 370,831 2.24 2.70 30

1928 129,846,153 - 137,944 508 255,603 3.68 3.91 30

1929 142,351,359 - 135,272 378 376,591 2.79 2.66 30

1930 123,417,850 - 133,703 296 416,952 2.21 2.40 30

1931 96,844,250 - 119,265 208 465,597 1.74 2.15 30

1932 74,162,485 - 106,597 155 478,468 1.45 2.09 30

1933 78,511,846 - 116,917 135 581,569 1.15 1.72 26

1934 89,592,481 - 127,868 157 570,653 1.23 1.75 26

1935 91,140,273 - 129,346 161 566,089 1.24 1.77 26

1936 108,964,865 - 133,914 190 573,499 1.42 1.74 26

1937 110,417,947 - 133,487 186 593,645 1.39 1.68 25

1938 76,881,944 - 115,347 119 646,067 1.03 1.55 25

1939 89,397,222 2,792,966 117,959 120 744,977 1.02 1.34 25

1940 111,416,916 2,808,607 117,832 188 592,643 1.60 1.69 25

1941 127,469,207 6,479,207 124,941 166 767,887 1.33 1.30 23

1942 142,759,573 10,303,160 115,451 187 763,420 1.62 1.31 27

1943 139,801,363 17,177,054 105,903 178 785,401 1.68 1.27 26

1944 144,408,418 22,211,661 99,942 164 880,539 1.64 1.14 25

1945 130,696,854 26,675,095 98,764 141 926,928 1.43 1.08 27

1946 123,587,065 31,027,425 103,894 128 965,524 1.23 1.04 27

1947 144,761,964 35,946,734 109,202 134 1,080,313 1.23 0.93 27

1948 130,627,789 33,483,099 110,326 114 1,145,857 1.03 0.87 27

1949 87,351,892 21,326,389 100,119 65 1,343,875 0.65 0.74 29

1950 103,439,887 25,460,343 94,514 83 1,246,264 0.88 0.80 29

1951 106,680,097 22,688,543 86,369 70 1,524,011 0.81 0.66 28

1952 87,308,999 19,462,498 76,676 63 1,385,857 0.82 0.72 30

1953 91,938,156 19,538,037 69,126 67 1,372,211 0.97 0.73 30

1954 70,823,985 16,954,885 55,405 44 1,609,636 0.79 0.62 29

1955 ² 85,042,677 19,212,869 52,103 50 1,700,854 0.96 0.59 27

1956 88,595,658 21,694,916 50,529 51 1,737,170 1.01 0.58 26

1957 84,064,493 20,558,733 46,989 53 1,586,123 1.13 0.63 30

1958 67,398,564 19,548,293 41,309 32 2,106,205 0.77 0.47 31

1959 65,627,585 20,506,999 37,337 35 1,875,074 0.94 0.53 31

1960 65,595,999 21,028,887 33,396 26 2,522,923 0.78 0. 40 29

1961 63,171,313 20,892,758 29,633 22 2,871,423 0.74 0.35 26

1962 65,648,015 22,235,984 27,264 59 1,112,678 2.16 0.90 28

1963 71,258,957 24,233,668 26,216 21 3,393,284 0.80 0.29 30

1964 77,321,793 24,019,760 26,008 18 4,295,655 0.69 0.23 30

1965 80,119,548 23,681,102 25,206 33 2,427,865 1.31 0.41 32

1966 81,449,647 24,701,150 24,729 28 2,908,916 1.13 0.34 33

1967 79,101,385 21,729,033 23,811 27 2,929,681 1.13 0.34 33

1968 75,714,611 20,512,477 23,117 29 2,610,849 1.25 0.38 33

1969 78,185,036 21,652,731 22,969 25 3,127,401 1.09 0.32 33

1970 80,091,922 24,161,015 24,667 30 2,669,731 1.21 0.37 42

1971 71,776,681 26,861,508 26,549 32 2,243,021 1.21 0.45 42

1972 75,863,137 25,717,040 25,627 19 3,992,797 0.74 0.25 45

1973 76,796,661 29,326,629 26,722 17 4,517,450 0.64 0.22 45

1974 80,042,191 36,056,422 29,108 20 4,002,109 0.68 0.24 45

1975 84,479,031 37,577,930 34,170 17 4,969,354 0.49 0.20 45

1976 85,747,874 40,242,401 36,240 19 4,513,046 0.52 0.22 49

1977 86,421,876 46,605,297 38,307 12 7,201,823 0.31 0.14 51

1978 80,342,913 46,552,420 39,230 7 11,477,559 0.18 0.09 55

1979 89,166,894 45,116,917 37,051 13 6,858,992 0.35 0.14 55

1980 87,068,738 43,447,368 35,071 13 6,697,595 0.37 0.15 55

1981 78,082,678 43,542,877 32,229 13 6,006,360 0.40 0.17 64

1982 74,755,461 37,821,238 26,819 5 14,951,092 0.19 0.07 81

1983 68,732,731 31,147,516 23,872 12 5,727,728 0.50 0.17 81

1984 73,806,213 35,907,980 22,677 8 9,225,777 0.35 0.11 81

1985 65,534,892 29,170,139 19,661 4 16,383,723 0.20 0.06 81

1986 69,452,755 30,896,059 19,493 5 13,890,551 0.26 0.07 81

1987 ³ 66,864,202 28,523,928 16,936 6 11,144,033 0.35 0.09 81

1988 67,552,570 27,310,555 15,175 2 33,766,285 0.13 0.02 81

1989 68,350,235 28,079,333 13,644 2 34,175,117 0.15 0.03 81

1990 67,947,083 27,066,611 14,083 4 16,986,770 0.28 0.06 81

1991 62,801,667 21,218,805 12,610 2 31,400,833 0.16 0.03 81

1992 66,759,376 21,742,972 12,195 2 33,379,688 0.16 0.03 81

1993 57,903,913 20,051,642 10,336 3 19,301,304 0.29 0.05 81

1994 57,977,792 17,759,283 9,219 3 19,325,931 0.32 0.05 81

1995 60,834,057 15,689,619 7,986 4 15,208,514 0.50 0.07 81

1996 68,973,910 17,464,716 7,434 3 22,991,303 0.40 0.04 81

1997 73,491,175 18,147,133 7,985 4 18,372,793 0.50 0.05 81

1998 79,544,949 18,260,446 7,969 0 0 0 75

1999 75,094,596 16,128,455 7,095 1 75,094,596 0.14 0.01 75

2000 75,122,643 16,522,390 7,798 1 ⁴ 75,122,643 0.13 0.01 73

¹ Included in total
² In 1955, and subsequent years, the production, employees and fatalities of deep mines employing fewer than five (5) persons inside are included in the totals.
³ Beginning with 1987, stripping production included auger and refuse production.
⁴ There was an additional fatality at a preparation plant. No production is reported for a preparation plant.

Year	Production (Tons)	Surface Production ¹	Employees	Fatalities	Production Per Fatality	Fatalities Per 1,000 Employees	Fatalities Per 1,000,000 Tons Produced	No. of Mine Inspectors
1877	1,305,932	-	16,627	13	100,456	0.78	9.95	3
1878	12,500,741	-	25,787	48	260,432	1.86	3.84	3
1879	14,341,369	-	27,286	55	242,570	2.01	3.84	3
1880	16,564,440	-	33,391	48	345,092	1.43	2.90	3
1881	15,916,123	-	35,530	57	279,230	1.60	3.58	4
1882	20,694,110	-	42,393	94	220,150	2.22	4.54	4
1883	18,729,817	-	35,091	54	346,848	1.54	2.88	6
1884	20,553,090	-	39,904	105	195,744	2.63	5.11	6
1885	23,413,692	-	44,145	83	282,092	1.88	3.54	8
1886	27,107,173	-	52,364	74	366,313	1.41	2.73	8
1887	29,966,855	-	57,868	84	356,748	1.45	2.80	8
1888	33,772,286	-	61,565	90	375,248	1.46	2.66	8
1889	34,625,054	-	62,084	105	329,762	1.69	3.03	8
1890	40,884,103	-	67,383	146	273,179	2.17	3.57	8
1891	41,805,642	-	74,135	237	176,395	3.20	5.67	8
1892	46,581,575	-	78,805	134	347,623	1.70	2.88	8
1893	43,421,898	-	81,872	131	334,015	1.60	3.02	10
1894	39,800,210	-	86,118	123	320,969	1.43	3.09	10
1895	51,818,112	-	84,976	156	332,167	1.84	3.01	10
1896	50,284,692	-	83,801	180	279,359	2.15	3.58	10
1897	54,625,272	-	86,553	150	364,168	1.73	2.75	10
1898	64,247,665	-	87,803	200	321,238	2.28	3.11	10
1899	73,066,945	-	91,505	258	283,205	2.82	3.53	10
1900	79,318,362	-	108,735	265	299,315	2.44	3.34	10
1901	80,914,236	-	117,501	301	268,818	2.56	3.72	12
1902	98,529,122	-	135,611	456	216,072	3.36	4.63	12
1903	103,713,982	-	151,745	402	257,995	2.65	3.88	15
1904	99,600,167	-	155,747	536	185,821	3.44	5.38	15
1905	119,361,514	-	164,941	479	249,189	2.90	4.01	16
1906	129,532,989	-	172,928	477	271,557	2.76	3.68	18
1907	149,559,047	-	183,121	806	185,557	4.40	5.39	20
1908	114,937,375	-	181,840	572	200,939	3.15	4.98	20
1909	136,205,695	-	185,921	506	269,181	2.72	3.71	21
1910	148,770,858	-	193,488	539	276,013	2.79	3.62	21
1911	142,189,329	-	182,653	515	276,096	2.82	3.62	25
1912	160,830,492	-	182,642	446	360,606	2.44	2.77	26
1913	172,965,659	-	189,909	611	283,086	3.22	3.53	28
1914	145,884,530	-	196,038	413	353,231	2.11	2.83	28
1915	157,420,068	-	187,734	442	356,154	2.35	2.81	30
1916	169,123,814	-	174,304	436	387,899	2.50	2.58	30
1917	171,074,411	-	186,586	494	346,304	2.65	2.89	30
1918	177,217,294	-	181,678	494	358,739	2.72	2.79	30
1919	147,085,781	-	180,831	401	366,797	2.22	2.73	30
1920	166,929,002	-	184,168	424	393,700	2.30	2.54	30
1921	114,447,134	-	200,419	284	402,983	1.42	2.48	30
1922	108,310,046	-	194,630	424	255,448	2.18	3.91	30
1923	169,181,137	-	200,538	401	421,898	2.00	2.37	30
1924	128,751,028	-	174,469	345	373,191	1.98	2.68	30
1925	135,266,612	-	165,586	312	433,547	1.88	2.31	30
1926	151,746,464	-	164,782	421	360,443	2.55	2.77	30
1927	131,644,922	-	158,204	355	370,831	2.24	2.70	30
1928	129,846,153	-	137,944	508	255,603	3.68	3.91	30
1929	142,351,359	-	135,272	378	376,591	2.79	2.66	30
1930	123,417,850	-	133,703	296	416,952	2.21	2.40	30
1931	96,844,250	-	119,265	208	465,597	1.74	2.15	30
1932	74,162,485	-	106,597	155	478,468	1.45	2.09	30
1933	78,511,846	-	116,917	135	581,569	1.15	1.72	26
1934	89,592,481	-	127,868	157	570,653	1.23	1.75	26
1935	91,140,273	-	129,346	161	566,089	1.24	1.77	26
1936	108,964,865	-	133,914	190	573,499	1.42	1.74	26
1937	110,417,947	-	133,487	186	593,645	1.39	1.68	25
1938	76,881,944	-	115,347	119	646,067	1.03	1.55	25
1939	89,397,222	2,792,966	117,959	120	744,977	1.02	1.34	25
1940	111,416,916	2,808,607	117,832	188	592,643	1.60	1.69	25
1941	127,469,207	6,479,207	124,941	166	767,887	1.33	1.30	23
1942	142,759,573	10,303,160	115,451	187	763,420	1.62	1.31	27
1943	139,801,363	17,177,054	105,903	178	785,401	1.68	1.27	26
1944	144,408,418	22,211,661	99,942	164	880,539	1.64	1.14	25
1945	130,696,854	26,675,095	98,764	141	926,928	1.43	1.08	27
1946	123,587,065	31,027,425	103,894	128	965,524	1.23	1.04	27
1947	144,761,964	35,946,734	109,202	134	1,080,313	1.23	0.93	27
1948	130,627,789	33,483,099	110,326	114	1,145,857	1.03	0.87	27
1949	87,351,892	21,326,389	100,119	65	1,343,875	0.65	0.74	29
1950	103,439,887	25,460,343	94,514	83	1,246,264	0.88	0.80	29
1951	106,680,097	22,688,543	86,369	70	1,524,011	0.81	0.66	28
1952	87,308,999	19,462,498	76,676	63	1,385,857	0.82	0.72	30
1953	91,938,156	19,538,037	69,126	67	1,372,211	0.97	0.73	30
1954	70,823,985	16,954,885	55,405	44	1,609,636	0.79	0.62	29
1955 ²	85,042,677	19,212,869	52,103	50	1,700,854	0.96	0.59	27
1956	88,595,658	21,694,916	50,529	51	1,737,170	1.01	0.58	26
1957	84,064,493	20,558,733	46,989	53	1,586,123	1.13	0.63	30
1958	67,398,564	19,548,293	41,309	32	2,106,205	0.77	0.47	31
1959	65,627,585	20,506,999	37,337	35	1,875,074	0.94	0.53	31
1960	65,595,999	21,028,887	33,396	26	2,522,923	0.78	0. 40	29
1961	63,171,313	20,892,758	29,633	22	2,871,423	0.74	0.35	26
1962	65,648,015	22,235,984	27,264	59	1,112,678	2.16	0.90	28
1963	71,258,957	24,233,668	26,216	21	3,393,284	0.80	0.29	30
1964	77,321,793	24,019,760	26,008	18	4,295,655	0.69	0.23	30
1965	80,119,548	23,681,102	25,206	33	2,427,865	1.31	0.41	32
1966	81,449,647	24,701,150	24,729	28	2,908,916	1.13	0.34	33
1967	79,101,385	21,729,033	23,811	27	2,929,681	1.13	0.34	33
1968	75,714,611	20,512,477	23,117	29	2,610,849	1.25	0.38	33
1969	78,185,036	21,652,731	22,969	25	3,127,401	1.09	0.32	33
1970	80,091,922	24,161,015	24,667	30	2,669,731	1.21	0.37	42
1971	71,776,681	26,861,508	26,549	32	2,243,021	1.21	0.45	42
1972	75,863,137	25,717,040	25,627	19	3,992,797	0.74	0.25	45
1973	76,796,661	29,326,629	26,722	17	4,517,450	0.64	0.22	45
1974	80,042,191	36,056,422	29,108	20	4,002,109	0.68	0.24	45
1975	84,479,031	37,577,930	34,170	17	4,969,354	0.49	0.20	45
1976	85,747,874	40,242,401	36,240	19	4,513,046	0.52	0.22	49
1977	86,421,876	46,605,297	38,307	12	7,201,823	0.31	0.14	51
1978	80,342,913	46,552,420	39,230	7	11,477,559	0.18	0.09	55
1979	89,166,894	45,116,917	37,051	13	6,858,992	0.35	0.14	55
1980	87,068,738	43,447,368	35,071	13	6,697,595	0.37	0.15	55
1981	78,082,678	43,542,877	32,229	13	6,006,360	0.40	0.17	64
1982	74,755,461	37,821,238	26,819	5	14,951,092	0.19	0.07	81
1983	68,732,731	31,147,516	23,872	12	5,727,728	0.50	0.17	81
1984	73,806,213	35,907,980	22,677	8	9,225,777	0.35	0.11	81
1985	65,534,892	29,170,139	19,661	4	16,383,723	0.20	0.06	81
1986	69,452,755	30,896,059	19,493	5	13,890,551	0.26	0.07	81
1987 ³	66,864,202	28,523,928	16,936	6	11,144,033	0.35	0.09	81
1988	67,552,570	27,310,555	15,175	2	33,766,285	0.13	0.02	81
1989	68,350,235	28,079,333	13,644	2	34,175,117	0.15	0.03	81
1990	67,947,083	27,066,611	14,083	4	16,986,770	0.28	0.06	81
1991	62,801,667	21,218,805	12,610	2	31,400,833	0.16	0.03	81
1992	66,759,376	21,742,972	12,195	2	33,379,688	0.16	0.03	81
1993	57,903,913	20,051,642	10,336	3	19,301,304	0.29	0.05	81
1994	57,977,792	17,759,283	9,219	3	19,325,931	0.32	0.05	81
1995	60,834,057	15,689,619	7,986	4	15,208,514	0.50	0.07	81
1996	68,973,910	17,464,716	7,434	3	22,991,303	0.40	0.04	81
1997	73,491,175	18,147,133	7,985	4	18,372,793	0.50	0.05	81
1998	79,544,949	18,260,446	7,969	0		0	0	75
1999	75,094,596	16,128,455	7,095	1	75,094,596	0.14	0.01	75
2000	75,122,643	16,522,390	7,798	1 ⁴	75,122,643	0.13	0.01	73

Table 19 BITUMINOUS COAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES 1877 to 2000

Table 19
BITUMINOUS COAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES
1877 to 2000