RE: 60th criticality accident

[Bernard L Cohen <blc+@pitt.edu>]

On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Philip Hypes wrote:

> Now, anyone care to hazard a guess as to how many workers have died
> in accidents at oil refineries or non-nuclear power plants since 1945?

	--Much more relevant is the number of workers killed in producing
electric power by mining coal. Early in this century. about 1400 miners
died each year in coal mining accidents, and there are still about 100
deaths each year. But this is just the tip of the iceberg -- many mine
related diseases kill coal miners, causing their life expectancy to be
about 3 years less than that of others of the same socioeconomic class.
	One could go further and discuss all industrial accidents which
kill many thousands of workers each year. All of the above numbers refer
to the U.S. only.



> 
Bernard L. Cohen
Physics Dept.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Tel: (412)624-9245
Fax: (412)624-9163
e-mail: blc+@pitt.edu


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