Excerpt from Metal-Mine Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1917: With Supplemental Labor and Accident Tables for the Years 1911 to 1917, Inclusive Returns received by the Bureau of Mines from the Operators of metal mines for the year 1917 are extremely gratifying for two reasons - the normal fatality rate has not increased, and the non fatal injuries show a decrease in spite of war conditions and labor shortage. The labor shortage, however, is more apparent than real, and is perhaps largely caused by increased turnover and shifting of labor from one occupation to another. The report for the year 1917: includes returns from Operators, as compared with for the year 1916, being about 600 less than the number reporting for 1016. The number of days' work done during 1017 was only less than in the previous year. Compared with 1916 returns, the number of employees in the different groups of mines is as follows: Copper mines, lead and zinc mines (mississippi Valley), and the non metal mines employed practically the same number as in 1916; iron mines show an increase of about and the gold and silver group shows a decrease of The total number of men reported em ployed in 1917 was as compared with in 1916. In addition, the metallurgical works, not including iron and steel, reported men in 1917, as compared with in 1916. There were 852 fatalities reported in 1917. This number is abnormal, on account of the fire in the North Butte mine, Butte, Mont., on June 8, 1917, in which 161 men were killed. The fatality rate for 1917 is, therefore, per 300-day workers, as com pared with per for 1916. This rate, however, is not a true index for the industry, by reason of the disaster mentioned. Excluding the 161 fatalities from the mine fire, the normal rate for 1917 would be per as compared with for 1916, this being the lowest recorded since the bureau began the collection of accident statistics at metal mines in 1911, when the rate was per 300-day workers. The number of nonfatal injuries was as compared with in 1916, making a nonfatal accident rate of per 300-day workers, as compared with per in 1016 and in 1915. The general tendency of the nonfatal injury rates2 metal-mine accidents IN the united states. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.