Main Responds to 2010 Miner Fatality Increase
01/13/2011
Mining deaths rise in 2010
MSHA chief pledges continued enforcement, outreach on behalf of nation’s miners
ARLINGTON, Va. – Mining fatalities in the United States significantly increased in 2010, following a year marked by the fewest deaths in mining history, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration. Seventy-one miners died on the job last year, compared to 34 in 2009. Forty-eight of those deaths occurred in coal mines, and 23 occurred at metal and nonmetal operations. See his statement at http://www.msha.gov/MEDIA/PRESS/2011/NR110113a.asp