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WV Office of Miners' Health Safety and Training [1]

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Date: 2024-03 

Year Estimated Mining Empl. Estimated Indep. Contr. Empl. Estimated Coal Prep. Empl. Estimated Total Empl. Coal Production Coke Production Fatalities Injuries 1863 N/A N/A N/A 0 444,648 N/A N/A N/A 1864 N/A N/A N/A 0 454,888 N/A N/A N/A 1865 N/A N/A N/A 0 487,897 N/A N/A N/A 1866 N/A N/A N/A 0 512,068 N/A N/A N/A 1867 N/A N/A N/A 0 589,360 N/A N/A N/A 1868 N/A N/A N/A 0 609,227 N/A N/A N/A 1869 N/A N/A N/A 0 603,148 N/A N/A N/A 1870 N/A N/A N/A 0 608,878 N/A N/A N/A 1871 N/A N/A N/A 0 618,830 N/A N/A N/A 1872 N/A N/A N/A 0 700,000 N/A N/A N/A 1873 N/A N/A N/A 0 1,000,000 N/A N/A N/A 1874 N/A N/A N/A 0 1,120,000 N/A N/A N/A 1875 N/A N/A N/A 0 1,120,000 N/A N/A N/A 1876 N/A N/A N/A 0 896,000 N/A N/A N/A 1877 N/A N/A N/A 0 1,200,000 N/A N/A N/A 1878 N/A N/A N/A 0 1,200,000 N/A N/A N/A 1879 N/A N/A N/A 0 1,400,000 N/A N/A N/A 1880 3,726 N/A N/A 3,726 1,829,844 121,715 N/A N/A 1881 4,470 N/A N/A 4,470 1,680,000 164,058 N/A N/A 1882 5,214 N/A N/A 5,214 2,240,000 202,103 N/A N/A 1883 6,394 N/A N/A 6,394 2,335,833 190,889 20 31 1884 6,351 N/A N/A 6,351 3,360,000 182,000 N/A N/A 1885 7,292 N/A N/A 7,292 3,369,062 187,619 23 33 1886 7,262 N/A N/A 7,262 4,005,796 228,923 49 58 1887 7,436 N/A N/A 7,436 4,881,620 164,160 31 N/A 1888 8,456 N/A N/A 8,456 5,498,800 517,317 8 N/A 1889 9,006 N/A N/A 9,006 6,231,880 624,033 27 N/A 1890 11,497 N/A N/A 11,497 7,394,564 892,490 39 N/A 1891 13,023 N/A N/A 13,023 9,220,665 1,208,418 36 66 1892 13,894 N/A N/A 13,894 9,738,755 1,333,439 36 93 1893 15,290 N/A N/A 15,290 10,708,578 1,090,909 72 140 1894 17,584 N/A N/A 17,584 11,627,757 1,067,156 59 N/A 1895 18,588 N/A N/A 18,588 11,387,961 1,204,657 83 N/A 1896 22,071 N/A N/A 22,071 12,876,296 1,594,691 65 132 1897 21,422 N/A N/A 21,422 14,248,159 1,374,497 63 167 1898 23,262 N/A N/A 23,262 16,700,999 1,742,256 87 121 1899 25,108 N/A N/A 25,108 19,252,995 1,950,179 89 193 1900 29,017 N/A N/A 29,017 22,647,207 2,496,107 141 176 1901 32,386 N/A N/A 32,386 24,068,402 1,932,912 130 180 1902 35,147 N/A N/A 35,147 24,570,826 2,249,744 120 238 1903 39,452 N/A N/A 39,452 29,337,241 2,483,376 159 223 1904 45,492 N/A N/A 45,492 32,406,752 2,276,451 140 211 1905 49,950 N/A N/A 49,950 37,791,580 2,738,777 194 250 1906 53,769 N/A N/A 53,769 43,290,350 3,534,314 268 299 1907 56,256 N/A N/A 56,256 48,091,583 3,828,649 356 448 1908 60,397 N/A N/A 60,397 49,000,000 2,978,263 625 842 1909 62,189 N/A N/A 62,189 49,697,018 3,096,561 364 1,032 1910 68,135 N/A N/A 68,135 59,274,708 4,217,381 320 942 1911 70,644 N/A N/A 70,644 60,517,167 2,697,047 332 819 1912 69,611 N/A N/A 69,611 66,731,587 1,992,696 409 840 1913 70,321 N/A N/A 70,321 69,182,791 2,521,800 308 668 1914 76,041 N/A N/A 76,041 73,666,981 1,957,401 541 870 1915 81,328 N/A N/A 81,328 71,812,917 1,103,004 455 1,628 1916 80,058 N/A N/A 80,058 89,165,772 1,957,632 399 1,177 1917 88,665 N/A N/A 88,665 89,383,449 2,533,314 394 933 1918 92,132 N/A N/A 92,132 90,766,636 2,843,636 404 795 1919 91,566 N/A N/A 91,566 84,980,551 1,956,068 378 942 1920 97,426 N/A N/A 97,426 89,590,271 1,172,217 320 848 1921 116,726 N/A N/A 116,726 90,452,996 836,728 346 842 1922 107,709 N/A N/A 107,709 79,394,786 175,156 330 542 1923 121,280 N/A N/A 121,280 97,475,177 823,912 388 908 1924 115,964 N/A N/A 115,964 156,570,631 649,574 551 1,250 1925 111,708 N/A N/A 111,708 123,061,985 503,789 686 3,394 1926 120,638 N/A N/A 120,638 144,603,574 591,375 574 2,854 1927 119,618 N/A N/A 119,618 146,088,121 515,528 590 3,443 1928 112,715 N/A N/A 112,715 133,866,587 431,068 475 4,560 1929 107,393 N/A N/A 107,393 139,297,146 499,357 489 4,801 1930 107,832 N/A N/A 107,832 122,429,767 427,679 412 2,960 1931 97,953 N/A N/A 97,953 102,698,420 116,685 348 2,938 1932 86,829 N/A N/A 86,829 86,114,506 49,323 263 2,654 1933 95,367 N/A N/A 95,367 94,130,508 113,082 249 7,854 1934 106,590 N/A N/A 106,590 98,441,233 171,990 278 9,953 1935 109,779 N/A N/A 109,779 99,441,233 153,690 311 11,573 1936 111,625 N/A N/A 111,625 118,134,202 230,857 337 13,757 1937 115,052 N/A N/A 115,052 118,965,066 276,778 367 14,862 1938 103,735 N/A N/A 103,735 93,511,099 146,092 239 9,198 1939 104,022 N/A N/A 104,022 108,515,665 80,310 266 9,223 1940 130,457 N/A N/A 130,457 126,619,825 217,943 376 10,739 1941 112,875 N/A N/A 112,875 140,944,744 267,243 290 11,318 1942 112,817 N/A N/A 112,817 156,752,598 295,814 380 13,912 1943 105,585 N/A N/A 105,585 160,429,576 408,837 325 14,120 1944 103,146 N/A N/A 103,146 164,954,218 351,071 313 14,657 1945 97,380 N/A N/A 97,380 151,909,714 275,922 269 14,007 1946 102,393 N/A N/A 102,393 143,977,874 153,787 243 14,595 1947 116,421 N/A N/A 116,421 173,653,816 256,372 254 14,857 1948 125,669 N/A N/A 125,669 168,589,033 222,614 277 14,049 1949 121,121 N/A N/A 121,121 122,913,540 106,203 151 10,141 1950 119,568 N/A N/A 119,568 145,563,295 169,528 185 10,142 1951 111,562 N/A N/A 111,562 163,448,001 300,580 191 10,918 1952 100,862 N/A N/A 100,862 142,181,271 223,541 163 9,629 1953 84,093 N/A N/A 84,093 131,872,563 93,991 113 7,498 1954 64,849 N/A N/A 64,849 113,039,046 33,447 129 5,767 1955 54,321 N/A N/A 54,321 137,073,372 82,346 125 7,141 1956 68,318 N/A N/A 68,318 150,401,233 36,494 147 5,747 1957 66,792 N/A N/A 66,792 150,220,548 78,968 184 7,008 1958 55,065 N/A N/A 55,065 115,245,791 26,366 148 6,035 1959 52,352 N/A N/A 52,352 117,770,002 55,772 86 4,593 1960 48,696 N/A N/A 48,696 120,107,994 0 115 4,571 1961 42,557 N/A N/A 42,557 111,370,863 0 84 4,362 1962 43,456 N/A N/A 43,456 117,018,419 0 77 4,322 1963 44,854 N/A N/A 44,854 128,924,165 0 126 4,305 1964 44,205 N/A N/A 44,205 139,361,204 0 85 4,327 1965 44,885 N/A N/A 44,885 149,236,013 0 93 4,540 1966 43,344 N/A N/A 43,344 148,826,592 327,447 81 4,354 1967 42,742 N/A N/A 42,742 152,461,567 42,952 60 4,248 1968 41,573 N/A N/A 41,573 145,113,550 29,784 152 3,845 1969 41,941 N/A N/A 41,941 139,315,720 43,200 69 3,955 1970 45,261 N/A N/A 45,261 143,132,284 79,800 63 4,614 1971 48,858 N/A N/A 48,858 118,317,785 64,789 41 4,689 1972 48,190 N/A N/A 48,190 122,856,378 35,600 48 5,064 1973 45,041 N/A N/A 45,041 115,239,146 70,600 41 4,632 1974 46,026 N/A N/A 46,026 101,713,580 90,000 36 4,129 1975 55,256 N/A N/A 55,256 109,048,898 52,420 34 4,996 1976 59,802 N/A N/A 59,802 108,793,594 88,360 32 6,863 1977 61,815 N/A N/A 61,815 95,405,977 11,225 28 5,097 1978 62,982 N/A N/A 62,982 84,697,048 6,000 29 4,210 1979 58,565 N/A N/A 58,565 112,380,883 3,900 35 6,015 1980 55,502 N/A N/A 55,502 121,583,762 0 33 5,715 1981 55,411 N/A N/A 55,411 112,813,972 0 28 4,842 1982 53,941 N/A N/A 53,941 128,778,076 0 22 4,358 1983 35,831 N/A N/A 35,831 115,135,454 0 13 2,934 1984 39,950 N/A N/A 39,950 131,040,566 0 16 2,370 1985 35,913 N/A N/A 35,913 127,867,375 0 16 1,691 1986 32,329 N/A N/A 32,329 130,787,233 0 18 1,505 1987 28,885 N/A N/A 28,885 137,672,276 0 11 2,595 1988 28,100 N/A N/A 28,100 144,917,788 0 12 2,544 1989 28,323 N/A N/A 28,323 151,834,721 0 9 2,337 1990 28,876 N/A N/A 28,876 171,155,053 0 12 2,406 1991 27,479 N/A N/A 27,479 166,715,271 0 22 2,271 1992 27,065 N/A N/A 27,065 163,797,710 0 16 1,979 1993 22,386 N/A N/A 22,386 133,700,856 0 11 1,533 1994 21,414 N/A N/A 21,414 164,200,572 0 10 1,544 1995 21,602 N/A N/A 21,602 167,096,211 0 15 1,530 1996* 18,939 N/A 2,357 21,296 174,008,217 0 11 1,285 1997* 18,165 N/A 2,377 20,542 181,914,000 0 6 1,139 1998* 17,383 N/A 2,262 19,645 180,794,012 0 6 1,299 1999* 14,845 N/A 2,795 17,640 169,206,834 0 9 1,084 2000* 14,281 N/A 1,991 16,272 169,370,602 0 9 1,019 2001* 15,729 N/A 2,082 17,811 175,052,857 0 14 1,219 2002* 15,377 N/A 2,081 17,458 163,896,890 0 6 1,394 2003** 14,871 5,407 2,143 22,421 145,899,599 0 8 1,206 2004** 16,037 4,988 2,006 23,031 153,631,633 0 12 1,076 2005** 18,474 6,087 2,087 26,648 159,498,069 0 4 1,100 2006** 20,533 6,499 2,387 29,419 158,835,584 0 25 1,039 2007** 19,175 4,804 2,342 26,321 160,043,930 0 9 939 2008** 21,190 5,274 2,368 28,832 165,750,817 0 9 973 2009** 20,753 5,100 2,343 28,196 144,017,758 0 3 1,140 2010** 20,456 19,350 2,228 42,034 142,944,106 0 35 1,137 2011** 22,336 20,161 2,368 44,865 139,424,080 0 6 1,248 2012** 22,326 29,375 2,233 53,934 129,538,515 0 7 978 2013** 19,432 30,481 2,300 52,213 120,342,846 0 6 974 2014** 18,180 45,308 1,940 65,428 123,543,712 0 5 994 2015** 16,009 30,431 1,887 48,327 102,954,676 0 2 780 2016** 12,671 32,284 1,384 46,339 88,427,169 0 3 605 2017** 13,681 34,625 1,340 49,646 105,034,815 0 8 744 2018** 13,670 36,362 1,577 51,609 104,969,188 0 4 754 2019** 14,451 38,066 1,492 54,009 100,308,370 0 4 734 2020** 12,295 36,378 1,416 50,089 72,951,374 0 2 447 2021** 11,927 36,003 1,753 49,683 89,911,443 0 6 438 TOTAL 14,796,580,711 80,004,748 21,204 490,871

Notes

Data compiled from Annual Statistical Reports

1887: Figures are estimated

1888: Figures based on fiscal year

1924: 18 Month data (end of fiscal year data)

1985: D.O.E. Created

1991: WV Office of Miners’ Health Safety & Training Created

2003: Independent Contractors Required to Report Monthly

**Independent Contractor employment figures were first estimated beginning in 1996. However, previously released estimates may have been under-stated. As more accurate data is provided, figures may be revised. The estimates for Coal Preparation facilities are based on WVOMHST Inspection Reports or information provided by the individual company on their permit application or renewal. Coal Preparation Facilities are not currently required to report to WVOMHST.

**Beginning with 2010 Independent Contractor employment figures are based on the approved Comprehensive Safety Programs filed and monthly reports filed with WVMHST.

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