Download or read book Metal-Mine Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1917 written by Albert H. Fay and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-03-29 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 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. 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.