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Mining
Fatalities Decline to New Record Low
Department of Labor News Release
ARLINGTON,
Va. — Mining fatalities in the United
States fell to a new low in the recorded
history of mining as 54 miners lost their
lives in accidents on the job during 2004,
according to preliminary information from
the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine
Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
That record low total compares with 56 fatalities
nationwide in 2003, the previous record low.
There were 67 fatalities in 2002 and 72 on-the-job
deaths in 2001.
“Though
we are reassured to see the number of accidental
mining fatalities decrease, this is a bittersweet
reassurance because
even one death is too many, and that is why
are committed to helping the mining industry
get this number to zero,” said David
G. Dye, acting assistant secretary of labor
for mine safety and health.
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