U.S. mining deaths down, but many still preventable
Technology could help
Nine U.S. miners lost their lives in work-related accidents from July 1 to Sept. 30 – two fewer than for the third quarter of 2012. Those figures were among the information released recently by the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
Five miners died in coal mining accidents and four in metal/nonmetal mining accidents.