Sentence examples for mining deaths in from inspiring English sources

Still, mining deaths in Colorado were twice the national average.

In China, the world's largest producer, official statistics own up to 2,600 mining deaths in 2009.

By comparison, there were only 34 mining deaths in the United States, according to the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration.

There have been eight mining deaths in the state since 2002, not including the two Sunday, according to the mine safety agency.

Officially, India had 81 accidental coal-mine deaths in 2009.

There have been 26 mining deaths nationwide in only the first four months of the year.

That figure was down from 3,786 mining deaths reported in 2007 -- a 15percentt drop that the government attributed to efforts to shutter the illegal mines and bring others into compliance with safety rules.

By comparison, there are typically about 30 mining deaths a year in the United States.

But disasters have continued at an alarming pace, with 3,393 mining deaths officially reported in the first six months of this year.

As late as the 1940s, it was not unusual to have more than 1,000 mining deaths a year; in 2009, there were 35 mining deaths, according to the agency.

In fact, in every year from 1900 to 1945, the number of coal mining deaths exceeded 1,000, and in many years there were more than 2,000.