Seven miners die in third quarter of 2015; fewest coal deaths in a fiscal year
TheMine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA)summary of U.S. mining deaths from July 1 through Sept. 30, 2015 shows seven fatalities occurred in industry accidents. In the first nine months of 2015, 25 fatalities occurred, eight fewer than in the same period in 2014.
On a fiscal year basis, preliminary data indicates that 14 miners died on the job at coal mines in FY 2015 (ended Sept. 30) — down from 18 deaths in FY 2014 — representing the fewest number of coal mining deaths in a fiscal year in coal mining history. In metal and nonmetal mining, 23 miners died in FY 2015, six fewer than during the previous fiscal year.