Coal is a major player in the world of industry and power plants almost since the beginning. This insatiable demand for coal has an extensive coal mining industry. Because demand is so high for coal, many miners found over the years, even in a precarious position. In recent years a number of high profile mine accidents that exposed the dangers of mining clear.
In general, coal is a relatively dangerous industry. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, are those who work are much more likely in an accident killed or injured in this industry by a non-fatal injuries. Another danger is of course a non-fatal disease. In addition, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that miners more victims of serious injuries than the rest of the employees in the private sector as a whole.
Coal mining is part of the "Mining" sector of the economy. Other companies in this area include a wide range of mining and extractive industry activities such as drilling oil and gas. As an industry leader, the coal into different segments of the type of coal is removed and separated the position of the coal is removed. For example, is removed from underground mines and coal by flat or strip mining. The underground mining of coal is about half the workforce employed in mining, but it feels much more than its fair share of injuries, illnesses and deaths associated with the industry as a whole.
General, the coal industry as a whole in 2006 had a mortality rate of 49.5 deaths per 100,000 workers. Although this sounds high not, it's almost 12 times the national rate for private industry as a whole. Further, the figures for 2006, a 84% increase in 2005.
The risks to miners are many. In particular, work underground, one of the greatest dangers to this day, break me. As waves of the mine collapse, any number of workers in the pit caught. Without open access to fresh air, the workers of the oxygen in the mine and will die. Another threat, historically, is a toxic gas. In mining lore, were always under canaries down the mine and its viability for oxygen tests. If the canary sang, the mine was safe. If not sing, it was not my safe.