Killer Coal?
An
interesting pair of lists. The original post is from 2006 but the numbers have been updated through 2008:
U.S. coal mining deaths: 1990-2008
Here are the number of coal mining deaths in the United States, from 1990 through 2008, and the fatality rate (deaths per 200,000 work hours).
And here are the last three years:
2006: 47 deaths, .040.
2007: 33 deaths, .029.
2008: 29 deaths.
Compare and contrast to the other list -- China:
2006: 4,746 deaths.
2007: 3,786 deaths.
2008: More than 3,200.
More data at the site.
Posted by DaveH at February 22, 2009 12:40 PM