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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
FRANKLIN K. LANE, Secretary 
BUREAU OF MINES 
VAN. H. MANNING, Director 
ACCIDENTS AT METALLURGICAL WORKS 
IN THE UNITED STATES 
DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1918 
COMPILED BY 
ALBERT H. FAY 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1920 The Bureau of Mines, in carrying out one of the provisions of its organic act-to 
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Government Printing Office, 
Washington, J). C. 
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5 cents. 
First edition. January, 1920. 
2 CONTENTS. 
Introduction 5 
Acknowledgments 6 
Causes of accidents 6 
Classification of injuries for 1916 and 1917. 7 
Accidents at ore-dressing plants 7 
Accidents at smelters 8 
Accidents at copper metallurgical plants 8 
Accidents at auxiliary works . 8 
Statistical tables 8 
Publications on accident statistics 21 
Page. 
3 ACCIDENTS AT METALLURGICAL WORKS IN THE UNITED 
STATES DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1918. 
Compiled by Albert H. Fay. 
INTRODUCTION. 
This paper, the fifth report of the Bureau of Mines, on accidents at 
metallurgical works, shows both fatal and nonfatal accidents at 
smelters and at ore-dressing plants. The figures for smelting plants 
include copper, lead, zinc, and quicksilver smelters, as well as refin- 
eries. Iron blast-furnaces are not included in the figures given 
herein. The ore-dressing plants represent concentrating plants for 
copper, lead, and zinc ores, stamp mills, cyanide plants, iron-ore 
washers, flotation mills, sampling works, etc. The total number of 
men reported employed in the metallurgical works, both smelters and 
ore-dressing plants, was 61,708, as compared with 68,487 in 1917, 
66,194 in 1916, 49,891 in 1915, and 43,007 in 1914. 
The number of fatalities reported at metallurgical plants was 94, 
35 at ore-dressing plants, 42 at smelters, and 17 at auxiliary works, 
including shops, yards, etc. The number of nonfatal injuries re- 
ported at ore-dressing plants was 3,142, at smelters 6,743, and at 
auxiliary works 2,808. 
The fatality and injury rates based on 300-day workers for 1918, 
compared with previous years, are given in Table 1. 
Table 1.-Summary of labor and accidents at metallurgical plants 
Men employed. 
Days of 
labor per- 
formed. 
Average 
days 
active. 
Total 
number 
killed. 
Number 
killed 
per 1,000 
300-day 
workers. 
• 
Total 
number 
injured. 
Number 
injured 
per 1,000 
300-day 
workers. 
Actual 
number. 
300-day 
workers. 
Ore-dressing plants: 
1913 
14,985 
16,154 
4,846,338 
323 
16 
0.99 
1,977 
122.38 
1914 
15,128 
15, 225 
4,567,529 
302 
23 
1.51 
1,434 
94.19 
1915 
18,564 
19,107 
5,732,184 
309 
30 
1.57 
2,095 
109.65 
1916" 
22,365 
23,470 
7,041,083 
315 
33 
1.41 
3,184 
135.66 
1917" 
24,111 
24,372 
7,311,499 
303 
47 
1.93 
2,952 
121.12 
1918".... 
21,809 
22,517 
6,754,962 
310 
35 
1.55 
3,142 
139.54 
Smelting plants: b 
1913 
20,564 
24,309 
7,292,766 
355 
47 
1.93 
4,247 
174.71 
1914 
27,879 
31,327 
32,336 
9,700,769 
348 
33 
1.02 
5,673 
175.44 
1915 
36,262 
10,878,486 
347 
38 
1.05 
5,718 
157.69 
1916" 
43,829 
49,363 
14,809,046 
338 
36 
.73 
9,656 
195.61 
1917" 
44,376 
50,659 
15,197,643 
342 
53 
1.05 
7,745 
152.88 
1918" 
39,899 
45,439 
13,631,601 
342 
42 
.92 
6, 743 
148.40 
" Not including auxiliary works, as shops, yards, etc. 
& Exclusive of the iron and steel industry 
5 6 
ACCIDENTS AT METALLURGICAL WORKS DURING 1918. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 
The data presented in this paper were voluntarily supplied by the 
officials and managers of the metallurgical companies at the request 
of the Bureau of Mines, there being no law compelling the companies 
to render reports. Grateful acknowledgment is made of the hearty 
cooperation of the many officials who have answered the inquiries, 
and suggestions are invited as to manner in which the annual report 
of accidents at metallurgical plants may be improved so as to best 
serve the industry. Data for California and Colorado, respectively, 
were furnished by the Industrial Accident Commission and the 
State commissioner of mines. Statistics for South Dakota were 
furnished by Otto Ellerman, State mine inspector, and for Nevada 
by the Industrial Accident Commission. For assistance in the 
compilation of the various tables the author is indebted to W. W. 
Adams and Miss Mary Bringhurst. 
The percentage of accidents due to any one cause is given in Table 
7. In the ore-dressing plants machinery was responsible for 40 per 
cent of all fatalities and 18.17 per cent of all injuries. Similar figures 
for smelting plants are much smaller for the reason that more 
machinery is used in ore-dressing plants than at smelters and the men 
are usually in closer contact with the machinery, as, for example, at 
jigs, tables, stamps, rolls, and crushers. There are many revolving 
shafts, a large number of which have projecting keys, moving belts, 
wheels, and cams within the reach of the operator. The machinery 
at smelting plants is usually confined to the power house, where the 
blowers, engines, and dynamos are placed, and to overhead cranes, 
almost all of which are entirely out of the reach of the regular smelter 
employees. 
A percentage of 17.14 of the fatalities at ore-dressing plants were 
due to falls of persons, whereas at the smelters the fatalities due to 
falls of persons represented 9.52 per cent of the total. Fatalities due 
to electricity represented 7.14 per cent at smelters and 8.57 per cent 
at ore-dressing* pl ants. 
Haulage systems caused 30.96 per cent of the fatalities at smelting 
plants and 14.29 per cent at ore-dressing plants. Of the nonfatal 
injuries at ore-dressing plants 5.58 per cent were due to haulage, 
whereas at smelters 9.58 per cent were due to that cause. 
At smelting plants burns from hot metal, slag, etc., claimed 9.52 
per cent of the fatalities and 19.13 per cent of the nonfatal injuries. 
The tables call attention to the principal causes of accidents at 
these works and should serve as guides for the safety engineer to 
show where it will be possible for him to work most efficiently and 
to accomplish the best results. 
CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS. ACCIDENTS AT METALLURGICAL WORKS DURING 1918. 
7 
Although the figures are representative of the metallurgical indus- 
try, they are not absolutely complete. They do, however, cover 
more than 90 per cent of the industry. The reports received from 
the operating companies are rendered voluntarily at the request of 
the bureau, but there are always a few companies that do not reply. 
Operators of metallurgical plants should be interested enough in 
accident prevention to contribute whatever aid they can toward 
reducing accidents in their plants by rendering as complete a report 
as possible at the close of the year. Hence it is hoped that for the 
year 1920 those few companies who did not report to the bureau for 
1919 will reconsider this matter and furnish a complete report. 
CLASSIFICATION OF INJURIES FOR 1917 AND 1918. 
Many of the States now have compensation laws, and in order to 
conform with their classifications the bureau's classification of serious 
and slight injuries is on a 14-day (2 weeks) basis. 
The classification of injuries at mills, smelters, and auxiliary works 
includes three groups, as follows: 
1918 
1917 
1. Fatal 
94 
116 
2. Serious (time lost, more than 14 days): 
(a) Permanent disability- 
Total 
y 
5 
Partial 
247 
202 
(6) Others 
3,028 
3,302 
3. Slight (time lost, 1 to 14 days, inclusive) 
9,411 
10^ 069 
12,693 
:-- 13,578 
Total 
12,787 
13,694 
^Permanent total disability: Loss of both legs or arms, one leg and one arm, total loss of eyesight, paral- 
ysis, or other condition permanently incapacitating workman from doing any work of a gainful occupation. 
6 Permanent partial disability: Loss of one foot, leg, hand, eye, one or more fingers, one or more toes, 
any dislocation where ligaments are severed, or any other injury known in surgery to be permanent par- 
tial disability. 
ACCIDENTS AT ORE-DRESSING PLANTS. 
The number killed in the ore-dressing plants in 1918 was 35, or 1.55 
per 1,000 300-day workers employed, as compared with 47 in 1917, 
when the fatality rate was 1.93. The total number of injuries in 1918 
was 3,142, as compared with 2,952 in 1917. 
Table 2 shows the number of employees by States, the number of 
days' work performed, and also the number killed and injured. 
Table 3 shows the fatalities by causes and States, and Table 4 the 
nonfatal injuries, classified by causes and States, during the calendar 
year 1918. 
Table 5 is a summary of the accidents by causes and by States for the 
the years 1913 to 1918, inclusive. 8 
ACCIDENTS AT METALLURGICAL WORKS DURING 1918. 
ACCIDENTS AT SMELTERS. 
In 1918 the number of men killed at smelting plants was 42, or 
0.92 per 1,000 300-day workers, as compared with 1.05 per 1,000 in 
1917. There were reported 6,743 injuries, or 148.40 per 1,000. Table 
6 represents a summary of accidents at smelting plants, by causes 
and by States, showing the number killed and injured during the 
calendar years 1913 to 1918, inclusive. 
Table 2 shows the number of men employed and the number of 
days worked at smelters by States for the year 1918. It also shows 
the total number of killed and injured for each State. Tables 3 and 4 
show fatalities and injuries by causes and States for 1918. 
ACCIDENTS AT COPPER METALLURGICAL PLANTS. 
As the mills and smelters treating copper ores represent such an 
important part of the metallurgical industry of the United States, as 
well as a branch that is readily segregated, Tables 11 and 12, follow- 
ng, have been compiled from the reports of copper companies whose 
records appear reasonably complete, and at whose plants efforts are 
being exerted to maintain safety organizations. These figures rep- 
resent 44 ore-dressing plants and 25 smelters in various parts of the 
country, employing 8,222 men at mills and 12,363 at smelters in 1918. 
Similar figures for a few selected companies were published by the 
bureau for years 1915, 1916 and 1917. 
ACCIDENTS AT AUXILIARY WORKS. 
Auxiliary works are intended to include machine shops, carpenter 
shops, yards, and general construction, all of which, though forming 
part of the metallurgical plants, should not be included in the actual 
operating departments. The returns for 1918 show 18,044 men 
employed, with 17 fatalities and 2,808 injuries. Reduced to the 
300-day basis, this represents 20,111 300-day workers, with a fatality 
rate of 0.85 and a nonfatal-injury rate of 139.63 per 1,000. A large 
percentage of nonfatal injuries was due to hand tools, falling objects, 
and falls of persons. 
The tables showing the classification and the number of accidents 
at metallurgical works in the United States during the calendar year 
1918 follow: 
STATISTICAL TABLES. 9 
ACCIDENTS AT METALLURGICAL WORKS DURING 1018. 
State. 
Ore-dressing plants. 
Smelting plants. 
Auxiliary works. 
Wid- 
ows. 
Or- 
phans. 
Men 
em- 
ployed. 
Days of 
labor 
per- 
formed. 
Aver- 
age 
days 
active. 
Killed. 
In- 
jured. 
Men 
em- 
ployed. 
Days of 
labor 
per- 
formed. 
Aver- 
age 
days 
active. 
Killed. 
In- 
jured. 
Men 
em- 
ployed. 
Days of 
labor 
per- 
formed. 
Aver- 
age 
days 
active. 
Killed. 
In- 
jured. 
Alabama 
315 
57,429 
182 
25 
86 
18,388 
214 
1 
Alaska® 
33G 
111,896 
333 
54 
4,477 
1,627,441 
1,412 
185 
65,773 
356 
1 
22 
1 
1 
Arizona 
3,319 
1,119,017 
337 
6 
653 
364 
9 
2,380 
831,128 
349 
5 
583 
9 
9 
Arkansas 
74 
17,090 
231 
1 
6 
465 
162,975 
350 
2 
53 
3 
3 
California & 
1,229 
442,391 
360 
3 
105 
639 
229,886 
360 
289 
Colorado c 
1,885 
565,648 
300 
2 
170 
2,671 
801,270 
300 
5 
269 
(d) 
4 
5 
Georgia 
(d) 
135,221 
299 
62 
101,163 
352 
Idaho 
452 
(d) 
1,341,285 
287 
25 
Illinois 
151 
45,840 
304 
26 
3,711 
361 
3 
636 
1,449 
494,110 
341 
268 
2 
2 
Kansas 
147 
31,005 
211 
31 
848 
169,679 
200 
2 
125 
(d) 
Maryland 
596,086 
306 
88 
2,628 
854,689 
325 
1 
131 
(d) 
Michigan 
1,948 
2 
994 
306,790 
309 
104 
(d) 
Minnesota 
561 
94^522 
168 
18 
1,226 
334,238 
273 
690 
156,078 
226 
155 
Missouri 
1,074 
294,256 
274 
1 
249 
482 
1 
3 
Montana 
2,360 
747,166 
317 
4 
168 
2,452 
765,125 
312 
2 
248 
2,342 
735,328 
314 
5 
186 
Nevadae 
New Jersey 
1,450 
671 
521,580 
203,831 
360 
304 
6 
142 
60 
1,297 
4,133 
467,130 
1,503,858 
360 
364 
2 
4 
117 
682 
2,203 
785,038 
356 
1 
225 
6 
3 
8 
7 
New Mexico 
773 
252,373 
326 
1 
229 
(d) 
941 
334,915 
356 
1 
102 
New York 
435 
107,088 
246 
56 
(d) 
500 
144,030 
288 
397 
North Carolina 
46 
13,436 
292 
13 
3,064 
994,487 
325 
479 
8 
2,560 
320 
Oklahoma 
471 
115,516 
245 
1 
212 
4 
520 
178,721 
344 
• 109 
3 
1 
Oregon 
67 
20,854 
311 
1 
2 
(d) 
1,382,795 
396 
10 
2,935 
294 
1 
1 
Pennsylvania 
56 
12,771 
228 
1 
3,803 
364 
2 
1,437 
520,795 
362 
1 
103 
3 
10 
South-Dakota/ 
304 
96,189 
316 
32 
236 
64,508 
273 
1 
26 
Tennessee 
266 
66,536 
250 
1 
17j 
(d) 
405,521 
178 
874 
298,609 
342 
1 
177 
Texas 
72 
18,375 
255 
2 
1,116 
363 
1 
565 
201,230 
356 
49 
Utah 
1,942 
691,255 
356 
2 
525 
3,173 
1,158,145 
365 
4 
383 
1,885 
681,762 
362 
169 
4 
V ermont 
193 
57,419 
298 
22 
(d) 
39,693 
239 
Virginia 
550 
155,436 
283 
1 
30 
(d) 
166 
9 
Washington 
147 
37,775 
257 
26 
(d) 
253,608 
356 
107 
408 
133,530 
327 
45 
West Virginia 
195 
58,667 
301 
712 
394 
141,626 
359 
91 
Wisconsin 
1 
55 
(d) 
872,679 
350 
(d) 
101,264 
212 
Other States 
320 
68,294 
213 
63 
2,490 
1 
652 
478 
1 
65 
4 
8 
Total, 1918 
21,809 
6,754,962 
310 
35 
3,142 
39,899 
13,631,601 
342 
42 
6,743 
18,044 
6,033,184 
334 
17 
2,808 
44 
57 
Total, 1917 
24, 111 
7,311,499 
303 
47 
2,952 
44,376 
15,197,643 
342 
53 
7,745 
15,555 
5,104,146 
328 
16 
2,881 
52 
102 
Table 2.-Number of men employed, number of days worked, and number of men killed and injured at metallurgical plants in the United States, 
during the year ended Dec. 81, 1918. 
a Stamp mills, other than at lode mines, not included. 
b Figures relating to California, in this and all other tables, were supplied by the Industrial Accident Commission of the State of California, San Francisco, Calif, 
c Figures relating to Colorado, in this and all other tables, were supplied by Horace F. Lunt, commissioner of mines, Denver, Colo. 
d Included in "Other States." 
« Figures relating to Nevada, in this and all other tables, were supplied by the Industrial Accident Commission, Carson City, Nev. 
/ Figures relating to South Dakota, in this and all other tables, were supplied by Otto Ellerman, State mine inspector, Lead, S. Dak. 
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798 
731 
5 
to 
to 
55 
JI 
to 
X 
98 
29 
25 
19 
33 
15 
© 
t to 
tow 
4- 4x 
to 
o 
55 
ex 
Other causes. 
3,142 
2,952 
2 
CH 
Ui 
2 
525 
22 
30 
26 
►-* W 
<1 CO 
88 
18 
249 
168 
142 
60 
229 
56 
13 
212 
2 
1 
62 
26 
31 
105 
170 
& 
25 
54 
653 
Total. 
- 
a Stamp mills, sampling works, slime plants, lixiviation, leaching, cyanide, and flotation mills. 
b Blast, reverberatory, and roasting furnaces; convertors, casting department, and refineries. ACCIDENTS AT METALLURGICAL WORKS DURING 1918. 
13 
States, during the year ended Dec. 31, 1918. 
Bs 
to 
D 
to 
co co 
co co 
CO 
o 
8 
22 
17 
102 
4k bO 00 CM 
M 00 
CM CM tO M 
5 
Haulage system (cars, motors, etc.). 
Smelting plants.t 
87 
1113 
W 
coco 
05 
^oo w: 
CO CD W M 
• to 
4k 
Kailway cars and locomotives. 
97 
146 
CO 
W 
bOCO 
CO 
W ■ 
■ w: oo 
toco 
O 
Cranes. 
377 
^5 
g 
<1 
CO c 
£ 
CM 
3 
19 
13 
19 
4k ScMOC 
60 
2 
27 
12 
3 
Other machinery. 
496 5 
564 73 
1 
G3 
CM bO 
OS co 
O 
1- 
- 
"IS 
-L 
"01 
6 
1 Tf 
9al4 
26 .. 
33 .. 
T 
Falls of persons. 
Suffocation in ore bins. 
1,050 
1,107 
s 
05 
48 
113 
cm 
31 
56 
21 
132 
Ui CM 
O W 00 CM 
- 
218 
1 
37 
5R 
to 
to 
Flying or falling objects (rocks, timbers, etc.) 
136 
48 
4k 
to 
co to 
Cm 
MW W00 
4k 
CO 
to to 4k 
g 
Gas (burns or asphyxiation). 
S oo 
to 
w 
w to 
o 
to 
to 
to WCO to 
4k 
CO 
WO I oo 
Scalding (steam or water). 
sse 
Ik 
. 
*3 CO 
w * w co 
to 
W I i CO 
g 
Electricity. 
M m 
CO OS 
C: to 
o 
W 
COW 
CM W 
to 
co 
62 
14 
4 
27 
53 
16 
5 
20 
175 
6 
20 
25 
to 
05 
Hand tools, axes, bars, etc. 
163 
r 
-d 
cm 
CD CO 
fx 
towcoco 
W 4k CH CD 
to . 4k 
CO cs • CD 
M 
Nails, splinters, etc. 
»u to 
00 
D 
05 
26 
60 
8 
to 
87 
36 
12 
84 
s 
6 
61 
£01 
246 
10 
40 
33 
to 
X 
Burns from matte, slag, or molten metal 
(pouring or spilling). 
K tO 
QI 
tO Qi 
to 
4k 
05 
w 
CO M-4C 
! co 
• CM tool 
50 
4 
10 
15 
to 
CD 
Hot-metal explosions. 
00 UI 
CO UI 
Cm 
co 
to 
W 
CO 
o 
173 
46 
19 
155 
124 
52 
11 
48 
373 
13 
85 
11 
CO 
O 
Other causes. 
6,743 
7,745 
Ci 
Ui 
to 
3 
178 
383 
CO 
co 
at 
ft 
CO 
482 
248 
117 
682 
636 
125 
131 
104 
1,412 
53 
289 
269 
Total. 
124 
184 
w 
co to 
COOWtO* w to 
00 
cow 
CO 
oco 
00 00 
CO 
w 
Hauling system (cars, motors, etc.). 
Auxiliary works, c 
4k CH 
-I CS 
bOCOW 
W ! cJ W 
w 
bOM 
WCO 
MW 
o! 
bO 
Railway cars and locomotives. 
252 
t 
4^ 
X45* W 
to • W 
w • Q5b0Cn 
co 
coKo 
COW 
CM 
M CM 
$® 
co 
Falls of persons. 
476 
585 
CO 
05 CM to 
16 
1 
57 
34 
42 
00 
"^1 co 
CH to 
Ui o 
g 
co 
* 
Falling objects (rocks, timbers, etc.). 
127 
220 
CO 
WHH 
D* CD* tO 
4k 
WOM 
S w 
to 
00 
co 
CM 
Nails, splinters, etc. 
241 
345 
£ 
o oo 
W CO 
co cm w w x 
o 
wBw 
wto 
coco 
co 
05 
Hand tools, axes, bars, etc. 
4- IO 
to co 
W 
toi 
• tObO 
to! 
b 
- 
Electricity. 
STS 
881 
to 
M 05 to 
M • 4k 4k W 
00 
to ent; 
toco 
CM 
tow 
g 
Machinery. 
Ci co 
4- CO 
: 
W 
w : 
co 
tow 
: w 
cow 
MW 
$ 
Failure of ladder, scaffold, or other support. 
85 
121 
W 
M 
oo • tow*' 
00 
too 
cow 
to! 
g: 
3 
Handling hot materials. 
cm co 
to 
wore 
CO • 
co . MOD 
to 
37 
32 
388 
COM 
'DM 
o 
CM co 
b3 
•DM 
w 
Other causes. 
2,808 
2,881 
os 
«n 
c©^_ 
wm co 
109 
1 
103 
26 
177 
49 
169 
225 
102 
397 
155 
186 
25 
268 
1 
22 
583 
Total. 
c Yards, shops, construction, etc. 14 
ACCIDENTS AT METALLURGICAL WORKS DURING 1918. 
Table 5.-Ore-dressing plants: Fatalities and injuries, by causes and States, 1913 
to 1918. 
Killed. 
Injured. 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
Accidents by causes: 
1. Haulage system (cars, mo- 
tors, ere.) 
1 
3 
3 
7 
4 
98 
79 
106 
146 
135 
107 
2. Railway cars and locomo- 
fives 
1 
3 
2 
4 
4 
1 
34 
38 
17 
42 
29 
68 
3. Crushers, rolls, or stamps.. 
2 
5 
3 
..... 
64 
64 
129 
168 
112 
111 
4. Tables, jigs, etc 
2 
1'4 
65 
46 
59 
82 
61 
92 
5. Other machinery 
2 
6 
7 
11 
9 
219 
170 
•299 
336 
282 
368 
6. Falls of persons 
3 
3 
6 
2 
9 
6 
238 
205 
249 
373 
399 
414 
7. Suffocation in ore bins 
1 
9 
3 
3 
3 
2 
2 
3 
4 
6 
11 
8. Falling objects (rocks, tim- 
bers, etc.) 
3 
3 
1 
4 
367 
222 
192 
363 
371 
389 
9. Cyanide or other poisoning. 
1 
1 
8 
9 
23 
13 
24 
45 
10. Scalding (steam or water).. 
2 
1 
. . . . . 
24 
9 
12 
35 
18 
15 
11. Electricity 
12. Hand tools, axes, bars, etc. 
1 
2 
3 
2 
4 
3 
21 
30 
38 
53 
40 
63 
1 
199 
1.33 
235 
360 
249 
298 
13. Nails, splinters, etc 
74 
78 
131 
171 
193 
165 
14. Flying pieces of rock from 
sledging or crushing 
132 
50 
76 
109 
302 
198 
15. Other causes 
3 
2 
1 
4 
1 
4 
434 
299 
526 
929 
731 
798 
Total 
IB 
23 
30 
33 
47 
35 
1,977 
1,434 
2,095 
3,184 
2,952 
3,142 
Accidents bv States: 
Alabama 
1 
1 
16 
1 
6 
9. 
7 
25 
Alaska 
1 
3 
30 
73 
127 
141 
54 
Arizona 
4 
5 
1 
3 
6 
6 
335 
287 
350 
524 
578 
653 
Arkansas 
1 
2 
20 
n 
6 
California 
1 
2 
3 
36 
111 
91 
118 
30 
105 
Colorado 
5 
2 
7 
4 
7 
2 
127 
103 
153 
176 
214 
170 
Georgia 
30 
3 
9 
1 
..... 
Idaho 
1 
1 
1 
19 
55 
75 
62 
62 
Illinois 
34 
3 
3 
4 
9 
26 
Kansas 
2 
7 
15 
31 
Maryland 
112 
1 
Michigan 
1 
2 
2 
2 
25 
51 
187 
88 
88 
Minnesota 
Missouri 
I 
9 
2 
1 
2 
1 
209 
180 
22 
155 
48 
186 
40 
175 
18 
249 
Montana 
1 
4 
5 
3 
6 
4 
189 
121 
292 
168 
148 
168 
Nevada 
2 
4 
1 
4 
6 
83 
83 
147 
133 
117 
142 
New Jersey 
1 
3 
2 
..... 
29 
27 
26 
45 
57 
60 
New Mexico 
1 
2 
4 
1 
1 
111 
95 
131 
310 
183 
229 
New York 
1 
4 
1 
2 
...... 
12 
38 
73 
77 
56 
North Carolina 
4 
3 
14 
13 
Oklahoma 
2 
1 
11 
35 
3 
15 
208 
212 
Oregon 
1 
3 
5 
11 
2 
6 
2 
Pennsylvania 
1 
1 
1 
South Dakota 
34 
10 
33 
51 
23 
32 
Tennessee 
1 
1 
1 
13 
1 
27 
48 
40 
17 
Texas 
Utah 
9 
4 
9 
5 
5 
2 
531 
7 
211 
263 
7 
711 
6 
496 
2 
525 
Vermont 
3 
8 
13 
22 
Virginia 
Washington 
1 
1 
1 
20 
5 
35 
43 
16 
30 
26 
West Virginia 
90 
150 
55 
Wisconsin 
3 
1 
68 
16 
51 
Other States 
1 
1 
1 
73 
21 
4 
35 
18 
63 
Total 
16 
23 
30 
33 
47 
35 
1,977 
1,434 
2,095 
3,184 
2,952 
3,142 ACCIDENTS AT METALLURGICAL WORKS DURING 1918. 
15 
Table 6.-Smelting plants: Fatalities and injuries, by causes and States, 1913 to 1918. 
Killed. 
Injured. 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
Accidents by causes: 
16. Haulage system (cars, mo- 
tors, etc.) 
o 
3 
10 
4 
7 
8 
386 
495 
529 
814 
693 
559 
17. Railway cars and locomo- 
tives 
5 
7 
2 
2 
4 
5 
75 
111 
61 
117 
113 
87 
18. Cranes.. 
4 
2 
5 
3 
2 
68 
55 
58 
130 
146 
97 
19. Other machinery 
8 
3 
5 
3 
9 
13 
253 
250 
290 
385 
375 
377 
20. Falls of persons 
10 
6 
3 
9 
8 
4 
364 
620 
499 
757 
564 
496 
21. Suffocation in ore bins 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
13 
1 
8 
1 
73 
5 
22. Flying or falling objects 
(rocks, timbers, etc.).... 
3 
1 
1 
4 
2 
603 
1,052 
914 
1,438 
1,107 
1,050 
23. Gas (burns or asphyxiation) 
3 
1 
18 
59 
68 
112 
48 
136 
24. Scalding (steam or water).. 
1 
2 
1 
2 
45 
62 
46 
132 
76 
68 
25. Electricitv 
2 
2 
4 
1 
9 
3 
57 
49 
46 
36 
37 
41 
26. Hand tools,axes, bars,etc.. 
423 
586 
633 
875 
736 
562 
27. Nails, splinters, etc 
79 
96 
146 
252 
208 
163 
28. Burns from matte, slag, or 
molten metal (pouring 
or spilling) 
4 
9 
3 
1 
2 
4 
777 
959 
894 
2,163 
1,488 
1,290 
29. Hot-metal explosions 
2 
. . . . . 
1 
3 
2 
2 
148 
162 
160 
217 
242 
255 
30. Other causes 
Total 
Accidents by States: 
3 
47 
6 
33 
1 
38 
1 
36 
4 
53 
1 
42 
938 
4,247 
1,116 
5,673 
1,366 
5,718 
2,227 
9,656 
1,839 
7,745 
1,557 
6,743 
Arizona 
15 
3 
7 
1 
10 
9 
805 
553 
574 
1,112 
1,184 
1,412 
Arkansas 
2 
144 
163 
163 
154 
83 
53 
California 
2 
1 
..... 
1 
5 
224 
188 
289 
Colorado 
1 
2 
6 
1 
1 
5 
295 
636 
404 
508 
331 
269 
Illinois 
2 
3 
2 
2 
3 
3 
271 
697 
782 
1,356 
749 
636 
Kansas 
1 
3 
1 
2 
63 
89 
408 
695 
283 
125 
Maryland 
1 
2 
1 
605 
359 
131 
Michigan 
1 
353 
257 
251 
164 
104 
Missouri 
6 
3 
2 
2 
304 
317 
437 
482 
Montana 
4 
6 
3 
2 
390 
538 
457 
333 
238 
248 
Nevada 
5 
1 
3 
2 
128 
33 
58 
90 
132 
117 
New Jersey 
2 
3 
4 
6 
5 
4 
200 
622 
630 
646 
677 
682 
New Mexico 
361 
10 
New York 
1 
1 
1 
15 
49 
895 
479 
Oklahoma 
3 
1 
1 
1 
4 
4 
121 
97 
262 
817 
Oregon 
Pennsylvania 
2 
251 
339 
610 
396 
1 
3 
3 
2 
205 
608 
South Dakota 
372 
326 
1 
Tennessee 
1 
1 
1 
249 
241 
164 
178 
Texas 
3 
1 
554 
605 
179 
Utah 
10 
5 
8 
9 
4 
437 
622 
556 
383 
Vermont 
2 
Virginia 
39 
Washington 
1 
106 
135 
182 
107 
West Virginia 
1 
1 
1 
86 
61 
148 
Wisconsin 
199 
742 
545 
1 
3b 
652 
Other Stares 
1 
5 
1 
..... 
4 
1 
209 
469 
Total 
47 
33 
38 
36 
53 
42 
4,247 
5,673 
5,718 
9,656 
7,745 
6,743 16 
ACCIDENTS AT METALLURGICAL WORKS DURING 1918. 
Table 7.-Metallurgical plants: Percentage of fatalities and injuries, by causes, 
during the year ended Dec. 31, 1918. 
Killed. 
Injured. 
Cause of accident. 
Num- 
ber 
killed. 
Per 
cent 
of group 
total. 
Per 
cent 
of grand 
total. 
Num- 
ber 
injured. 
Per 
cent 
of group 
total. 
Per 
cent 
of 
grand 
total. 
Ore-dressing plants: 
1. Haulage system (cars, motors, etc.)., 
4 
11.43 
4.26 
107 
3.41 
0.84 
2. Railway cars and locomotives 
1 
2.86 
1.06 
68 
2 17 
.54 
3. Crushers, rolls, or stamps 
111 
3 53 
.87 
4. Tables, jigs, etc 
92 
2 93 
.72 
5. Other machinery 
14 
40 00 
14 89 
368 
11 71 
2.90 
6. Falls of persons 
6 
17 14 
6.38 
414 
13 18 
3.26 
7. Suffocation in ore bins 
2 
5 71 
2.13 
11 
36 
09 
8. Falling objects (rocks, timbers, etc.) 
389 
12 38 
3 06 
9 Cyanide or other poisoning., 
1 
2 86 
1.06 
45 
1 43 
.35 
10. Scalding (steam or water) 
15 
45 
.12 
11. Electricity 
3 
8.57 
3.19 
63 
2 01 
.50 
12. Hand tools, axes, bars, etc 
298 
9 49 
2.35 
13. Nails, splinters, etc 
165 
5 25 
1 30 
14. Flying pieces of rock from sledging or crushing.. 
198 
6 30 
1.56 
15. Other"causes 
4 
11 43 
4.26 
798 
25.40 
6.29 
Total 
35 
100.00 
37.23 
3,142 
100.00 
24.75 
Smelting plants: 
16. Haulage system (cars, motors, etc.) 
8 
19 05 
8 51 
559 
8 29 
4 40 
17. Railway cars and locomotives 
11 91 
5 32 
87 
1 29 
69 
18. Cranes 
2 
4 76 
2 13 
97 
1 44 
19. Other machinery 
13 
30 96 
13 83 
377 
5 59 
2 97 
20. Falls of persons 
4 
9 52 
4 26 
496 
7 36 
3 90 
21. Suffocation in ore bins 
5 
07 
04 
22. Flying or falling objects (rocks, timbers, etc.).... 
1,050 
15 57 
8 27 
23. Gas (Burns or asphyxiation) 
' 136 
2 02 
1 07 
24. Scalding (steam or water) 
68 
1 01 
.54 
25. Electricity 
3 
7 14 
3 19 
41 
61 
32 
26. Hand tools, axes, bars, etc 
562 
8 33 
4 42 
27. Nails, splinters, etc 
163 
2.42 
1 29 
28. Bums from matte, slag, or molten metal (pour- 
ing or spilling) 
4 
9 52 
4 26 
1,290 
255 
19.13 
3 78 
10.16 
2 01 
29. Hot-metal explosions 
2 
4 76 
2 13 
30. Other causes 
1 
* 2 38 
1.06 
1,557 
23 09 
12.28 
Total 
42 
100.00 
44 68 
6,743 
100.00 
53 12 
Auxiliary works: 
31. Haulage system (care, motors, etc.) 
124 
4.42 
.98 
32. Railway care and locomotives 
4 
23.53 
4.26 
56 
1 98 
44 
33. Falls of persons 
252 
8.98 
1 99 
34. Falling objects (rocks, timbers, etc.) 
1 
5 88 
1.06 
476 
16.95 
4 52 
3 75 
35. Nails,splinters,etc. ...... 
127 
1 00 
36. Hand tools, axes, bars, etc 
241 
8.58 
1 90 
37. Electricity 
2 
11 76 
2 13 
29 
1 03 
23 
38. Machinery 
3 
17 65 
3.19 
2.13 
188 
33 
85 
6 70 
1 48 
39. Failure of ladder, scaffold, or other support 
40. Handling hot materials 
2 
11.76 
1.18 
3.03 
.26 
67 
41. Other causes 
5 
29.41 
5.32 
1,197 
42.63 
9 43 
Total 
17 
100.00 
18.09 
2,808 
100.00 
22.13 
Grand total 
94 
100.00 
12,693 
100.09 ACCIDENTS AT METALLURGICAL WORKS DURING 1918. 
17 
Actual number employed 
■Equivalent in 300-day 
workers (calculated). 
State. 
Ore-dressing plants. 
Smelting plants. 
Ore-dressing plants. 
Smelting plants. 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
Alabama 
Alaska 
Arizona 
Arkansas 
California 
Colorado 
Georgia 
Idaho 
Illinois 
Kansas 
Maryland 
Michigan 
Minnesota 
Missouri 
Montana 
Nevada 
New Jersey 
New Mexico 
New York 
N orth Carolina 
Oklahoma 
Oregon 
Pennsylvania 
South Dakota 
Tennessee 
Texas 
Utah 
Vermont 
Virginia 
Washington 
West Virginia 
Wisconsin 
Other States 
130 
1,321 
668 
785 
(a) 
372 
178 
(a) 
756 
(a) 
1,657 
2,527 
1,444 
383 
694 
(") 
254 
40 
(a) 
360 
218 
72 
2,329 
174 
28 
197 
398 
100 
225 
1,314 
(a) 
581 
960 
(a) 
441 
164 
(a) 
1,761 
(a) 
1,466 
1,709 
1,396 
440 
741 
145 
(a) 
404 
142 
358 
87 
57 
2,054 
100 
18 
175 
290 
57 
520 
1,776 
89 
766 
1,219 
57 
470 
(") 
114 
(") 
2,354 
241 
1,462 
2,451 
1,401 
562 
762 
370 
94 
113 
69 
(a) 
395 
328 
1,664 
131 
488 
(") 
254 
357 
92 
925 
2,380 
173 
794 
1,382 
68 
611 
58 
80 
9 
2,255 
286 
1,375 
2,153 
1,556 
715 
1,346 
567 
55 
94 
77 
25 
362 
460 
60 
3,017 
137 
475 
17 
421 
340 
193 
467 
2,630 
163 
755 
1,715 
82 
642 
156 
206 
26 
2,426 
337 
1,523 
2,051 
1,565 
537 
891 
565 
46 
452 
97 
24 
250 
425 
100 
4,103 
215 
709 
63 
247 
450 
315 
336 
3,319 
74 
1,229 
1,885 
(") 
452 
151 
147 
1,948 
561 
1,074 
2,360 
1,450 
671 
773 
435 
46 
471 
67 
56 
304 
266 
72 
1,942 
193 
550 
147 
195 
320 
2,979 
1,093 
2.734 
1,946 
800 
(a) 
i, 096 
1,224 
840 
757 
(a) 
110 
1,181 
(a) 
1,527 
(") 
460 
(") 
1,609 
8 
919 
1,289 
2,491 
917 
2,810 
3,228 
942 
(") 
980 
2,508 
726 
3,567 
210 
1,210 
1,279 
299 
(a) 
2,779 
826 
(a) 
3,107 
2,813 
1,050 
2,327 
3,467 
2,584 
724 
1,155 
3,344 
722 
4,116 
1,679 
(a) 
2,015 
(a) 
919 
2,198 
(a) 
865 
834 
(a) 
515 
3,470 
410 
1,146 
3,099 
4,735 
3,611 
1,300 
1,001 
1,532 
3,200 
870 
4,870 
48 
570 
5,181 
22 
2,583 
16 
200 
963 
2,401 
8 
251 
1,045 
932 
• 5 
360 
4,398 
530 
590 
2,864 
(a) 
3,731 
2,148 
3,414 
1,197 
1,560 
2,399 
1,143 
4,313 
152 
(a) 
5,063 
fa 
3,700 
(a) 
1,100 
2,658 
(°) 
(") 
1,090 
113 
2,213 
4,477 
465 
639 
2,671 
(") 
3,711 
848 
2,628 
994 
1,226 
2,452 
1,297 
4,133 
3,064 
(") 
3,803 
(a) 
1,116 
3,173 
8 
712 
(a) 
2,490 
104 
1,529 
645 
867 
350 
149 
507 
1,630 
3,011 
1,697 
385 
842 
279 
37 
392 
173 
63 
2,804 
193 
3 
179 
315 
58 
253 
1,457 
512 
975 
388 
121 
1,646 
1,339 
1,725 
1,525 
451 
786 
104 
394 
113 
431 
90 
62 
2,398 
81 
12 
132 
172 
19 
530 
1,839 
75 
812 
1,219 
48 
438 
""85 
2,406 
161 
1,316 
2,655 
1,541 
607 
878 
348 
61 
88 
56 
461 
264 
2,005 
123 
511 
268 
293 
55 
1,111 
2,637 
142 
780 
1,382 
65 
629 
36 
79 
5 
2,346 
239 
1,332 
2,152 
1,713 
804 
1,547 
509 
51 
71 
40 
26 
387 
401 
58 
3,579 
140 
453 
14 
376 
311 
149 
467 
2,679 
128 
906 
1,715 
83 
597 
143 
107 
18 
2,510 
269 
1,307 
2,019 
1,621 
551 
969 
522 
38 
346 
79 
17 
292 
382 
98 
4,865 
194 
690 
39 
213 
359 
191 
373 
3,730 
57 
1,475 
1,885 
451 
153 
103 
1,987 
315 
981 
2,490 
1,739 
679 
841 
357 
45 
385 
70 
46 
321 
222 
61 
2,304 
191 
518 
126 
196 
228 
3,549 
1,172 
3,298 
2,324 
896 
1,308 
1,489 
1,013 
917 
118 
1,437 
1,832 
549 
1,958 
1,099 
1,350 
2,919 
1,047 
3,356 
3,892 
1,126 
1,177 
2,642 
843 
4,048 
215 
1,414 
1,509 
351 
3,377 
980 
3,440 
3,034 
i,239 
2,799 
4,159 
2,454 
748 
1,336 
4,002 
866 
4,958 
2,043 
2,205 
1,118 
2,674 
1,052 
1,014 
561 
4,034 
251 
1,274 
3,098 
5,434 
4,083 
1,522 
1,089 
1,806 
3,265 
1,018 
5,929 
55 
514 
5,487 
25 
3,106 
8 
234 
1,172 
2,928 
2 
290 
1,171 
1,130 
5 
433 
5,068 
609 
708 
2,864 
4,398 
2,077 
3,726 
1,238 
1,898 
2,507 
1,378 
5,123 
76 
6,093 
4,442 
1,336 
3,176 
1,269 
124 
2,549 
5,425 
543 
766 
2,671 
4,471 
566 
2,849 
1,023 
1,114 
2,550 
1,557 
5,013 
3,315 
4,609 
1,352 
3,861 
845 
2,909 
Total 
14,985 
15,128 
18,564 
22,365 
24,111 
21,809 
20,564|27,879 31,327^43,829 
44,376 39,899 
16,154 
15,225 
19,107 
23,470 
24,372 
22,517 
24,309 
32,336 
36,262 
49,363 
50,659 
45,439 
Table 8.-Metallurgical plants: Men employed and the equivalent in 300-day workers, by States, 1913 to 1918. 
« Included in "Other States." 18 
ACCIDENTS AT METALLURGICAL WORKS DURING 1918. 
Days ol labor performed. 
Average days active. 
State. 
Ore-dressing plants. 
Smelting plants. 
Ore-dressing plants. 
Smelting plants. 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 1917 
1918 
1913 
1 
1914 1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
Alabama 
31,250 
17,250 
5,572 
16,488 
44,715 
57,429 
240 
173 
98 
179 
232 
182 
Alaska 
458,681 
76,016 
159,078 
333,360 
139,960 
111,896 
1,064,714 
875,543 
1,210.377 
1,627,441 
347 
338 
300 
360 
300 
333 
357 
351 
364 
Arizona 
437,061 
551,719 
790,821 
803,567 
1,119,017 
910,120 
1,520,283 
333 
311 
332 
30<i 
337 
324 
349 
346 
Arkansas 
22,400 
42,730 
38.343 
17,090 
75.240 
182,575 
162,975 
.... 
252 
247 
235 
231 
184 
344 
350 
California 
193,403 
153,471 
243,708 
234,004 
271,806 
442,391 
351,61C 
314.162 
371,847 
382,190 
212,400 
229.886 
290 
264 
318 
295 
360 
380 
322 
343 
354 
333 
360 
360 
Colorado 
260,052 
292,491 
365,678 
414,681 
514,500 
565,648 
989,335 
1,006,670 
839,587 
929,559 
859,200 
801,270 
331 
305 
300 
300 
300 
300 
362 
358 
361 
300 
300 
300 
Georgia 
105,023 
116,527 
14,540 
19,430 
24.769 
135,221 
264 
255 
286 
302 
299 
Idaho 
131,352 
188,673 
179,238 
282 
279 
309 
279 
Illinois 
44,794 
36,325 
10,742 
43,008 
45,84C 
697,12C 
1,167,544 
1,247,666 
1,630.241 
1,319,525 
1,341,285 
252 
221 
185 
276 
304. 
358 
362 
360 
344 
354 
361 
Kansas 
25,584 
23,853 
32,190 
31,005 
268,870 
337,890 
736,108 
1,224,975 
623,042 
169,679 
.... 
224 
298 
156 
211 
336 
359 
285 
339 
290 
200 
Maryland 
Michigan 
152,121 
493,875 
721,634 
1,395 
703,788 
5,432 
752,874 
596,086 
224,250 
456,500 
326,669 
1,117,802 
371,479 
854,689 
306,790 
201 
280 
307 
155 
312 
209 
310 
306 
310 
351 
326 
327 
310 
325 
309 
Minnesota 
489,091 
401,615 
48,385 
71,663 
80,703 
94,522 
392,467 
353,126 
569,400 
334,238 
274 
201 
251 
239 
168 
273 
Missouri 
394,850 
399,764 
392,225 
294,256 
400,689 
541,880 
29b 
270 
291 
258 
274 
358 
360 
347 
354 
365 
Montana 
903,414 
517,458 
796,575 
645,679 
605,705 
747,166 
446,645 
792,731 
1,200,496 
979,580 
752,157 
765,125 
358 
303 
325 
300 
295 
317 
365 
316 
359 
306 
314 
312 
Nevada 
509,108 
457,581 
462,322 
514,024 
486,255 
521,58C 
303,846 
253,006 
259,972 
305,372 
413,423 
467,130 
353 
328 
330 
330 
311 
360 
362 
348 
360 
351 
362 
360 
New Jersey 
115,420 
135,312 
182,230 
241,165 
165,308 
203,831 
275,288 
1,214,362 
1,487,345 
1,778,862 
1,536,773 
1,503,858 
301 
308 
324 
337 
308 
304 
364 
340 
361 
365 
356 
364 
New Mexico... 
252,772 
235,843 
263,494 
464,224 
290,846 
252,373 
16,464 
22,680 
364 
318 
346 
345 
326 
326 
343 
149 
New York.... 
31,151 
104,382 
152,632 
156,601 
107,088 
35,500 
64,500 
154,200 
215 
282 
269 
277 
246 
323 
307 
271 
North Carolina 
Oklahoma. 
83,795 
118,217 
18,265 
26,397 
15,186 
21,283 
11,285 
103,933 
13,436 
115,516 
431,065 
424,145 
612,835 
1,646,034 
1,827,884 
994,487 
330 
293 
194 
234 
276 
226 
245 
230 
292 
245 
365 
351 
365 
318 
361 
325 
Oregon 
11,033 
33,960 
16,879 
11,969 
23,637 
20,854 
549,640 
452,803 
7,568 
276 
239 
245 
155 
244 
311 
344 
Pennsylvania. 
7,830 
5,165 
12,771 
661,376 
931,710 
1,332,500 
1,382,795 
313 
215 
228 
360 
354 
328 
361 
360 
364 
Sou th Dakota. 
il7,458 
129,410 
138,182 
115,978 
87,475 
96,189 
2,359 
326 
361 
350 
320 
350 
3161 
147 
Tennessee 
51,822 
27,131 
79,091 
120,370 
114,513 
66,536 
164,700 
105,229 
70,200 
405,521 
238 
312 
241 
262 
269 
250 
358 
352 
351 
Texas 
18,964 
18,465 
17,370 
29,330 
18,375 
335,435 
351,495 
400,962 
263 
324 
290 
293 
255 
365 
365 
365 
363 
Utah 
841,164 
719,243 
601,358 
1,073,745 
1,459,383 
691,255 
587,285 
1,013,095 
802,270 
878,426 
952,918 
1,158,145 
361 
350 
361 
356 
356 
356 
365 
365 
365 
365 
359 
365 
Vermont 
57,874 
24,330 
36,822 
42,074 
136,038 
58.308 
57,419 
400 
243 
281 
307 
271 
298 
50 
"Virginia 
153,39i 
206,921 
155,43b 
315,725 
86,956 
333 
314 
286 
292 
283 
365 
346 
Washington... 
960 
3,520 
4,059 
11,800 
37,775 
329,605 
294,015 
351,275 
380,578 
253,608 
34 
196 
239 
187 
257 
336 
356 
W est A irginia. 
53,678 
39,624 
80,296 
112,854 
64,011 
58,667 
304,368 
339,024 
272 
226 
301 
359 
356 
365 
364 
349 
W isconsin 
1,500 
37,225 
316 
268 
259 
300 
329 
Other States.. 
94,461 
51,623 
87,994 
93,211 
107,699 
68,294 
405,076 
1,031,948 
168,403 
129,990 
764,837 
872,679 
237 
178 
247 
274 
239 
213 
314 
332 
327 
361 
346 
350 
Total... 
4,846,338 
4,567,529 5,732,184 
7,041,083 
7,311,499 
6,754,962 
7,292,766 
9,700,769 
10,878,486 
14,809,046 
15,197,643 
13,631,601 
323 
302 
309 
315 
303 
310 
355 
348 
347 
338 
342 
342 
Table 9.- Metallurgical plants: Days of labor performed and average number of days plants were operated, by States, 1913 to 1918. ACCIDENTS AT METALLURGICAL WORKS DURING 1918. 
19 
Metallurgical plants. 
Table 10.-Injuries and number injured per 1,000 300-day workers employed, by causes, 
1913 to 1918. 
7 
Cause of accident. 
Number injured. 
Number injured per 1,000 300-day 
workers. 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
Ore-dressing plants: 
1. Haulage system 
(cars, motors, etc.) 
2. Railway cars and 
locomotives 
3. Crushers, rolls, or 
stamps 
4. Tables, jigs, etc 
5. Other machinery... 
6. Falls of persons.... 
7. Suffocation in ore 
bins 
8. Falling objects 
(rocks, timbers, 
etc.) 
9. Cyanide or other 
poisoning 
10. Scalding (steam or 
water) 
11. Electricity 
12. Hand tools, axes, 
bars, etc 
13. Nails, splinters, etc. 
14. Flying pieces of 
rock from sledg- 
ing or crushing... 
15. Other causes 
98 
34 
64 
65 
219 
238 
367 
8 
24 
21 
199 
74 
132 
434 
79 
38 
64 
46 
170 
205 
2 
222 
9 
9 
30 
133 
78 
50 
299 
106 
17 
129 
59 
299 
249 
3 
192 
23 
12 
38 
235 
131 
76 
526 
146 
42 
168 
82 
336 
373 
4 
363 
13 
35 
53 
360 
171 
109 
929 
135 
29 
112 
61 
282 
399 
6 
371 
24 
18 
40 
249 
193 
302 
731 
107 
68 
111 
92 
368 
414 
11 
389 
45 
15 
63 
298 
165 
198 
798 
6.07 
2.10 
3.96 
4.02 
13.56 
14. 73 
22.72 
.49 
1.49 
1.30 
12.32 
4.58 
8.17 
26.87 
5.19 
2.50 
4.20 
3.02 
11.17 
13.47 
.13 
14.58 
.59 
.59 
1.97 
8.74 
5.12 
3.28 
19.64 
5.55 
.89 
6.75 
3.09 
15. 65 
13.03 
.16 
10.05 
1.20 
.63 
1.99 
12.30 
6.85 
3.98 
27.53 
6.22 
1.79 
7.16 
3.49 
14.32 
15.89 
.17 
15.47 
.55 
1.49 
2.26 
15.34 
7.29 
4.64 
39.58 
5.54 
1.19 
4.60 
2.50 
11.57 
16.37 
.25 
15.22 
.98 
.74 
1.64 
10.22 
7.92 
12.39 
29.99 
4. 75 
3.02 
4.93 
4.08 
16.34 
18.39 
.49 
17.28 
2.00 
.67 
2.80 
13.23 
7.33 
8.79 
35.44 
Total 
1,977 
1,434 
2,095 
3,184 
2,952 
3,142 
122.38 
94.19 
109. 65 
135. 66 
121.12 
139.54 
Number of 300-day 
workers 
16,154 
15,225 
19,107 
23,470 
24,372 
22,517 
Smelting plants: 
16. Haulage system 
(cars, motors, etc.) 
17. Railway cars and 
locomotives 
18. Cranes 
19. Other machinery... 
20. Falls of persons 
21. Suffocation in ore 
bins 
22. Flying or falling 
objects (rocks, 
timbers, etc.) 
23. Gas (burns or as- 
phyxiation) 
24. Scalding (steam or 
water) 
25. Electricity 
26. Hand tools, axes, 
bars, etc 
27. Nails, splinters, etc. 
28. Burns from matte, 
slag, or molten 
metal (pouring or 
spilling) 
29. Hot-metal explo- 
sions 
30. Other causes 
386 
75 
68 
253 
364 
13 
603 
18 
45 
57 
423 
79 
777 
148 
938 
495 
111 
55 
250 
620 
1 
1,052 
59 
62 
49 
586 
96 
959 
162 
1,116 
529 
61 
58 
290 
499 
8 
914 
68 
46 
46 
633 
146 
894 
160 
1,366 
814 
117 
130 
385 
757 
1 
1,438 
112 
132 
36 
875 
252 
2,163 
217 
2,227 
693 
113 
146 
375 
564 
73 
1,107 
48 
76 
37 
736 
208 
1,488 
242 
1,839 
559 
87 
97 
377 
496 
5 
1,050 
136 
68 
41 
562 
163 
1,290 
255 
1,557 
15.88 
3.09 
2.80 
10. 41 
14.97 
.53 
24.81 
.74 
1.85 
2.34 
17.40 
3.25 
31.96 
6.09 
38.59 
15.31 
3.43 
1.70 
7.73 
19.17 
.03 
32.53 
1.83 
1.92 
1.52 
18.12 
2.97 
29.66 
5.01 
34.51 
14.59 
1.68 
1.60 
8.00 
13.76 
.22 
25.21 
1.87 
1.27 
1.27 
17.46 
4.03 
24.65 
4.41 
37. 67 
16.49 
2.37 
2.63 
7.80 
15.34 
.02 
29.13 
2.27 
2.67 
.73 
17.73 
5.10 
43.82 
4.40 
45.11 
13.68 
2.23 
2.88 
7.40 
11.13 
1.44 
21.85 
.95 
1.50 
.73 
14.53 
4.11 
29.37 
4.78 
36.30 
12.30 
1.91 
2.13 
8.30 
10.92 
.11 
23.11 
2.99 
1.50 
.90 
12.37 
3.59 
28.39 
5.61 
34.27 
Total 
4,247 
5,673 
5,718 
9,656 
7,745 
6,743 
174. 71 
175. 44 
157.69 
195.61 
152. 88 
148.40 
Number of 300-day 
workers.' 
24,309 
32,336 
36,262 
49,363 
50,659 
45,439 
•- -- 20 
ACCIDENTS AT METALLURGICAL WORKS DURING 1918. 
Table 11.-Summary of labor and accidents at selected copper metallurgical plants, 1916, 
1917, and 1918. 
1916 
1917 
1918 
Mills. 
Smelters. 
Mills. 
Smelters. 
Mills. 
Smelters. 
Number of plants 
17 
19 
20 
17 
44 
25 
Men employed 
8,388 
8,719 
10,059 
13,099 
8,222 
12,363 
Number of 300-day workers 
9,422 
9,826 
11,145 
14,530 
9,037 
14,038 
Total days' labor (shifts) 
2,826,710 
2,947,719 
3,343,377 
4,359,002 
2,711,186 
4,211,381 
Average days active 
337 
338 
332 
333 
330 
341 
Number killed 
10 
8 
10 
19 
13 
13 
Number injured 
1,493 
2,187 
1,232 
2,154 
1,521 
2,227 
Number killed per 1,000, 300-day 
workers.... 
1.06 
.81 
.90 
1.31 
1.44 
.93 
Number injured per 1,000, 300-day 
workers....! 
158.46 
222.57 
110.54 
148.25 
168.31 
158.64 
Table 12.--Accidents by causes, at selected copper metallurgical plants, 1917 and 1918. 
Cause of accident. 
1917 
1918 
Mills. 
Smelters. 
Mills. 
Smelters. 
Killed. 
Injured. 
Killed. 
Injured. 
Killed. 
Injured. 
Killed. 
Injured. 
Haulage system (cars, motors, etc.) 
1 
57 
4 
166 
2 
41 
2 
147 
Railway cars and locomotives.... 
10 
2 
59 
32 
43 
Crushers, rolls, or stamps 
27 
26 
Tables, jigs, etc 
18 
85 
79 
44 
43 
114 
Cranes 
Other machinery 
4 
101 
1 
3 
7 
161 
1 
3 
Falls of persons 
184 
2 
177 
1 
230 
1 
178 
Suffocation in ore bins 
1 
1 
68 
7 
4 
Falling objects(rocks, timbers,etc.) 
Cyanide or other poisoning 
Gas (burns or asphyxiation) 
3 
194 
272 
208 
402 
10 
13 
31 
11 
Scalding (steam or water) 
6 
1 
29 
6 
15 
Electricity 
1 
1 / 
3 
8 
42 
1 
22 
Hand tools, axes, bars, etc 
Nails, splinters, etc 
Flying pieces of rock from slodg- 
116 
169 
175 
237 
95 
29 
97 
66 
ing or crushing 
Burns from matte, slag, or molten 
20 
42 
metal 
1 
309 
3 
328 
Hot-metal explosions 
376 
2 
45 
379 
2 
66 
Other causes 
646 
3 
551 
Total 
10 
1,232 
19 
2,154 
13 
1,521 
13 
2,227 ACCIDENTS AT METALLURGICAL WORKS DURING 1918. 
21 
Table 13.-Fatality rates in different branches of mineral industries in 1918 compared 
on a 300-day basis. 
[Length of shift not considered.] 
Branch of mineral industry. 
Average 
days 
active. 
Men employed. 
Days of 
labor per- 
formed. 
Killed. 
Number killed 
per 1,000 
employed. 
Actual 
number. 
Equivalent 
in 300-day 
workers 
(calcu- 
lated). 
On 
actual 
time 
basis. 
On 
300- 
day 
basis. 
Metal mines 
297 
182,606 
181,006 
54,301,748 
646 
3.54 
3.57 
Metallurgical works: 
Ore-dressing plants 
310 
21,809 
22,517 
6,754,962 
35 
1.60 
1.55 
Smelters a....* 
342 
39,899 
45'439 
13^631; 601 
42 
1.05 
.92 
Auxiliary works 
334 
18' 044 
20, 111 
6' 033' 184 
17 
.94 
.85 
Coal mines .J 
258 
762,426 
654,973 
196,491,984 
2,579 
3.38 
3.94 
Coke ovens: 
Beehive 
300 
16,442 
' 16,436 
4,930,694 
19 
1.16 
1.16 
By-product 
358 
15j947 
19,040 
5' 711,' 994 
54 
3.39 
2.84 
Quarries (inside) 
252 
44', 082 
37' 042 
11,112,556 
81 
1.84 
2.19 
Quarries (outside) 
275 
24,250 
22', 243 
6,672,948 
44 
1.81 
1.98 
Total, 1918 
272 
1,125,505 
1,018,642 
305,641,671 
3,517 
3.13 
3.45 
Total,1917 
266 
1,156,645 
i;025;916 
307,774,565 
3; 871 
3.35 
3.77 
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The Bureau of Mines issues a list showing all its publications avail- 
able for free distribution as well as those obtainable only from the 
Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, on pay- 
ment of the price of printing. Interested person^ should apply to 
the Director, Bureau of Mines, for a copy of the latest list. 
PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION. 
Bulletin 115. Coal-mine fatalities in the United States, 1870-1914, with statistics 
of coal production, labor, and mining methods, by States and calendar years, com- 
piled by A. H. Fay. 1916. 570 pp., 3 pls., 13 figs. 
Bulletin 140. Occupational hazards at blast-furnace plants and accident preven- 
tion, based on records of accidents at blast furnaces in Pennsylvania in 1915, by 
F. H. Willcox. 1917. 155 pp., 16 pls. 
Technical Paper 46. Quarry accidents in the United States during the calendar 
year 1911, compiled by A. H. Fay. 1913. 32 pp. 
Technical Paper 61. Metal-mine accidents in the United States during the calen- 
dar year 1912, compiled by A. II. Fay. 1913. 76 pp., 1 fig. 
Technical Paper 92. Quarry accidents in the United States during the calendar 
year 1913, compiled by A. II. Fay. 1914. 76 pp. 22 
ACCIDENTS AT METALLURGICAL WORKS DURING 1018. 
Technical Paper 118. Coke-oven accidents in the United States during the cal- 
endar years 1913 and 1914, compiled by A. H. Fay. 1915. 16 pp. 
Technical Paper 124. Accidents at metallurgical works in the United States 
during the calendar years 1913 and 1914, compiled by A. H. Fay. 1915. 28 pp. 
Technical Paper 128. Quarry accidents in the United States during the calendar 
year 1914, compiled by A. H. Fay. 1915. 45 pp. 
Technical Paper 129. Metal-mine accidents in the United States during the cal- 
endar year 1914, compiled by A. H. Fay. 1915. 96 pp., 1 pl., 3 figs. 
Technical Paper 151. Coke-oven accidents in the United States during the calen- 
dar year 1915, compiled by A. H. Fay. 1916. 18 pp. 
Technical Paper 164. Accidents at metallurgical works in the United States dur- 
ing the calendar year 1915, compiled by A. H. Fay. 1916. 20 pp. 
Technical Paper 165. Quarry accidents in the United States during the calendar 
year 1915, compiled by A. H. Fay. 1917. 77 pp., 1 pl. 
Technical Paper 168. Metal-mine accidents in the United States during the cal- 
endar year 1915, compiled by A. H. Fay. 1917. 114 pp., 2 figs. 
Technical Paper 193. Quarry accidents in the United States during the calendar 
year 1916, compiled by A. H. Fay. 1917. 21 pp. 
Technical Paper 201. Accidents at metallurgical works in the United States dur- 
ing the calendar year 1916, compiled by A. H. Fay. 1918. 18 pp. 
Technical Paper 202. Metal-mine accidents in the United States during the cal- 
endar year 1916, compiled by A. H. Fay. 1918. 91 pp. 
Technical Paper 206. Coke-oven accidents in the United 'States during the calen- 
dar year 1917, compiled by A. H. Fay. 1918. 19 pp. 
Technical Paper 213. Quarry accidents in the United States during the calendar 
year 1917, compiled by A. H. Fay. 1918. 62 pp. 
Technical Paper 215. Accidents at metallurgical works in the United States dur- 
ing the calendar year 1917, compiled by A. H. Fay. 1919. 23 pp. 
Technical Paper 239. Coke-oven accidents in the United States during the cal- 
endar year 1918, by A. H. Fay. 1919. 26 pp. 
Technical Paper 245. Quarry accidents in the United States during the calendar 
year 1918, compiled by A. H. Fay. 1920. - pp. 
Technical Paper 252. Metal-mine accidents in the United States, 1918, compiled 
by A. H. Fay. 1919. -pp. 
Coal-mine fatalities in the United States, 1916, compiled by A. H. Fay. 1917. 
42 pp. 
Coal-mine fatalities in the United States, 1917, compiled by A. H. Fay. 1918. 
37 pp. 
Coal-mine fatalities in the United States, 1918, compiled by A. H. Fay. 1919. 
61 pp. 
PUBLICATIONS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED ONLY THROUGH THE SUPERIN- 
TENDENT OF DOCUMENTS. 
Bulletin 69. Coal-mine accidents in the United States and foreign countries, com- 
piled by F. W. Horton. 1913. 102 pp., 3 pls., 40 figs. 25 cents. 
Technical ..Paper 27. Monthly statement of coal-mine accidents in the United- 
States, January to August, 1912, and statistics for 1910 and 1911, compiled by F. W. 
Horton. 1912. 24 pp. 5 cents. 
Technical Paper 40. Metal-mine accidents in the United States during the calen- 
dar year 1911, compiled by A. H. Fay. 1913. 54 pp. 5 cents. 
Technical Paper 48. Coal,mine accidents in the United States, 1896-1912, with 
monthly statistics for 1912, by F. W. Horton. 1913. 74 pp., 10 figs. 10 cents. ACCIDENTS AT METALLURGICAL WORKS DURING 1918. 
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Technical Pater 73. Quarry accidents in the United States during the calendar 
year 1912, compiled by A. H. Fay. 1914. 45 pp. 5 cents. 
Technical Paper 94. Metal-mine accidents in the United States during the cal- 
endar year 1913, compiled by A. H. Fay. 1914. 73 pp. 10 cents. 
Technical Paper 173. Coke-oven accidents in the United States during the cal- 
endar year 1916, compiled by A. H. Fay. 1917. 22 pp. 5 cents. 
Coal-mine fatalities in the United States during the calendar year 1915, with de- 
tailed figures for December, compiled by A. H. Fay. 1916. 80 pp., 3 figs. 10 cents. 
Coal-mine fatalities in the United States during the calendar year 1916, compiled 
by A. H. Fay. 1917. 80 pp., 8 figs. 10 cents.