COAL: Comparatively Easy

Coal mining is " one of the safest occupations in the United States," according to statistics filed by operators with the United States Coal Commission. State insurance figures show that 100 regular occupations are more dangerous. Window cleaning, operating farm machinery and carpentry are listed as exposing workmen to greater danger of injury and death than work in the mines.

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