Production of Coal and Coke 1863 - 2021 - WV Office of Miners' Health Safety and Training

Year	Estimated Mining Empl.	Estimated Indep. Contr. Empl.	Estimated Coal Prep. Empl.	Estimated Total Empl.	Coal Production	Coke Production	Fatalities	Injuries
1863	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	444,648	N/A	N/A	N/A
1864	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	454,888	N/A	N/A	N/A
1865	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	487,897	N/A	N/A	N/A
1866	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	512,068	N/A	N/A	N/A
1867	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	589,360	N/A	N/A	N/A
1868	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	609,227	N/A	N/A	N/A
1869	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	603,148	N/A	N/A	N/A
1870	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	608,878	N/A	N/A	N/A
1871	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	618,830	N/A	N/A	N/A
1872	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	700,000	N/A	N/A	N/A
1873	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	1,000,000	N/A	N/A	N/A
1874	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	1,120,000	N/A	N/A	N/A
1875	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	1,120,000	N/A	N/A	N/A
1876	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	896,000	N/A	N/A	N/A
1877	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	1,200,000	N/A	N/A	N/A
1878	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	1,200,000	N/A	N/A	N/A
1879	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	1,400,000	N/A	N/A	N/A
1880	3,726	N/A	N/A	3,726	1,829,844	121,715	N/A	N/A
1881	4,470	N/A	N/A	4,470	1,680,000	164,058	N/A	N/A
1882	5,214	N/A	N/A	5,214	2,240,000	202,103	N/A	N/A
1883	6,394	N/A	N/A	6,394	2,335,833	190,889	20	31
1884	6,351	N/A	N/A	6,351	3,360,000	182,000	N/A	N/A
1885	7,292	N/A	N/A	7,292	3,369,062	187,619	23	33
1886	7,262	N/A	N/A	7,262	4,005,796	228,923	49	58
1887	7,436	N/A	N/A	7,436	4,881,620	164,160	31	N/A
1888	8,456	N/A	N/A	8,456	5,498,800	517,317	8	N/A
1889	9,006	N/A	N/A	9,006	6,231,880	624,033	27	N/A
1890	11,497	N/A	N/A	11,497	7,394,564	892,490	39	N/A
1891	13,023	N/A	N/A	13,023	9,220,665	1,208,418	36	66
1892	13,894	N/A	N/A	13,894	9,738,755	1,333,439	36	93
1893	15,290	N/A	N/A	15,290	10,708,578	1,090,909	72	140
1894	17,584	N/A	N/A	17,584	11,627,757	1,067,156	59	N/A
1895	18,588	N/A	N/A	18,588	11,387,961	1,204,657	83	N/A
1896	22,071	N/A	N/A	22,071	12,876,296	1,594,691	65	132
1897	21,422	N/A	N/A	21,422	14,248,159	1,374,497	63	167
1898	23,262	N/A	N/A	23,262	16,700,999	1,742,256	87	121
1899	25,108	N/A	N/A	25,108	19,252,995	1,950,179	89	193
1900	29,017	N/A	N/A	29,017	22,647,207	2,496,107	141	176
1901	32,386	N/A	N/A	32,386	24,068,402	1,932,912	130	180
1902	35,147	N/A	N/A	35,147	24,570,826	2,249,744	120	238
1903	39,452	N/A	N/A	39,452	29,337,241	2,483,376	159	223
1904	45,492	N/A	N/A	45,492	32,406,752	2,276,451	140	211
1905	49,950	N/A	N/A	49,950	37,791,580	2,738,777	194	250
1906	53,769	N/A	N/A	53,769	43,290,350	3,534,314	268	299
1907	56,256	N/A	N/A	56,256	48,091,583	3,828,649	356	448
1908	60,397	N/A	N/A	60,397	49,000,000	2,978,263	625	842
1909	62,189	N/A	N/A	62,189	49,697,018	3,096,561	364	1,032
1910	68,135	N/A	N/A	68,135	59,274,708	4,217,381	320	942
1911	70,644	N/A	N/A	70,644	60,517,167	2,697,047	332	819
1912	69,611	N/A	N/A	69,611	66,731,587	1,992,696	409	840
1913	70,321	N/A	N/A	70,321	69,182,791	2,521,800	308	668
1914	76,041	N/A	N/A	76,041	73,666,981	1,957,401	541	870
1915	81,328	N/A	N/A	81,328	71,812,917	1,103,004	455	1,628
1916	80,058	N/A	N/A	80,058	89,165,772	1,957,632	399	1,177
1917	88,665	N/A	N/A	88,665	89,383,449	2,533,314	394	933
1918	92,132	N/A	N/A	92,132	90,766,636	2,843,636	404	795
1919	91,566	N/A	N/A	91,566	84,980,551	1,956,068	378	942
1920	97,426	N/A	N/A	97,426	89,590,271	1,172,217	320	848
1921	116,726	N/A	N/A	116,726	90,452,996	836,728	346	842
1922	107,709	N/A	N/A	107,709	79,394,786	175,156	330	542
1923	121,280	N/A	N/A	121,280	97,475,177	823,912	388	908
1924	115,964	N/A	N/A	115,964	156,570,631	649,574	551	1,250
1925	111,708	N/A	N/A	111,708	123,061,985	503,789	686	3,394
1926	120,638	N/A	N/A	120,638	144,603,574	591,375	574	2,854
1927	119,618	N/A	N/A	119,618	146,088,121	515,528	590	3,443
1928	112,715	N/A	N/A	112,715	133,866,587	431,068	475	4,560
1929	107,393	N/A	N/A	107,393	139,297,146	499,357	489	4,801
1930	107,832	N/A	N/A	107,832	122,429,767	427,679	412	2,960
1931	97,953	N/A	N/A	97,953	102,698,420	116,685	348	2,938
1932	86,829	N/A	N/A	86,829	86,114,506	49,323	263	2,654
1933	95,367	N/A	N/A	95,367	94,130,508	113,082	249	7,854
1934	106,590	N/A	N/A	106,590	98,441,233	171,990	278	9,953
1935	109,779	N/A	N/A	109,779	99,441,233	153,690	311	11,573
1936	111,625	N/A	N/A	111,625	118,134,202	230,857	337	13,757
1937	115,052	N/A	N/A	115,052	118,965,066	276,778	367	14,862
1938	103,735	N/A	N/A	103,735	93,511,099	146,092	239	9,198
1939	104,022	N/A	N/A	104,022	108,515,665	80,310	266	9,223
1940	130,457	N/A	N/A	130,457	126,619,825	217,943	376	10,739
1941	112,875	N/A	N/A	112,875	140,944,744	267,243	290	11,318
1942	112,817	N/A	N/A	112,817	156,752,598	295,814	380	13,912
1943	105,585	N/A	N/A	105,585	160,429,576	408,837	325	14,120
1944	103,146	N/A	N/A	103,146	164,954,218	351,071	313	14,657
1945	97,380	N/A	N/A	97,380	151,909,714	275,922	269	14,007
1946	102,393	N/A	N/A	102,393	143,977,874	153,787	243	14,595
1947	116,421	N/A	N/A	116,421	173,653,816	256,372	254	14,857
1948	125,669	N/A	N/A	125,669	168,589,033	222,614	277	14,049
1949	121,121	N/A	N/A	121,121	122,913,540	106,203	151	10,141
1950	119,568	N/A	N/A	119,568	145,563,295	169,528	185	10,142
1951	111,562	N/A	N/A	111,562	163,448,001	300,580	191	10,918
1952	100,862	N/A	N/A	100,862	142,181,271	223,541	163	9,629
1953	84,093	N/A	N/A	84,093	131,872,563	93,991	113	7,498
1954	64,849	N/A	N/A	64,849	113,039,046	33,447	129	5,767
1955	54,321	N/A	N/A	54,321	137,073,372	82,346	125	7,141
1956	68,318	N/A	N/A	68,318	150,401,233	36,494	147	5,747
1957	66,792	N/A	N/A	66,792	150,220,548	78,968	184	7,008
1958	55,065	N/A	N/A	55,065	115,245,791	26,366	148	6,035
1959	52,352	N/A	N/A	52,352	117,770,002	55,772	86	4,593
1960	48,696	N/A	N/A	48,696	120,107,994	0	115	4,571
1961	42,557	N/A	N/A	42,557	111,370,863	0	84	4,362
1962	43,456	N/A	N/A	43,456	117,018,419	0	77	4,322
1963	44,854	N/A	N/A	44,854	128,924,165	0	126	4,305
1964	44,205	N/A	N/A	44,205	139,361,204	0	85	4,327
1965	44,885	N/A	N/A	44,885	149,236,013	0	93	4,540
1966	43,344	N/A	N/A	43,344	148,826,592	327,447	81	4,354
1967	42,742	N/A	N/A	42,742	152,461,567	42,952	60	4,248
1968	41,573	N/A	N/A	41,573	145,113,550	29,784	152	3,845
1969	41,941	N/A	N/A	41,941	139,315,720	43,200	69	3,955
1970	45,261	N/A	N/A	45,261	143,132,284	79,800	63	4,614
1971	48,858	N/A	N/A	48,858	118,317,785	64,789	41	4,689
1972	48,190	N/A	N/A	48,190	122,856,378	35,600	48	5,064
1973	45,041	N/A	N/A	45,041	115,239,146	70,600	41	4,632
1974	46,026	N/A	N/A	46,026	101,713,580	90,000	36	4,129
1975	55,256	N/A	N/A	55,256	109,048,898	52,420	34	4,996
1976	59,802	N/A	N/A	59,802	108,793,594	88,360	32	6,863
1977	61,815	N/A	N/A	61,815	95,405,977	11,225	28	5,097
1978	62,982	N/A	N/A	62,982	84,697,048	6,000	29	4,210
1979	58,565	N/A	N/A	58,565	112,380,883	3,900	35	6,015
1980	55,502	N/A	N/A	55,502	121,583,762	0	33	5,715
1981	55,411	N/A	N/A	55,411	112,813,972	0	28	4,842
1982	53,941	N/A	N/A	53,941	128,778,076	0	22	4,358
1983	35,831	N/A	N/A	35,831	115,135,454	0	13	2,934
1984	39,950	N/A	N/A	39,950	131,040,566	0	16	2,370
1985	35,913	N/A	N/A	35,913	127,867,375	0	16	1,691
1986	32,329	N/A	N/A	32,329	130,787,233	0	18	1,505
1987	28,885	N/A	N/A	28,885	137,672,276	0	11	2,595
1988	28,100	N/A	N/A	28,100	144,917,788	0	12	2,544
1989	28,323	N/A	N/A	28,323	151,834,721	0	9	2,337
1990	28,876	N/A	N/A	28,876	171,155,053	0	12	2,406
1991	27,479	N/A	N/A	27,479	166,715,271	0	22	2,271
1992	27,065	N/A	N/A	27,065	163,797,710	0	16	1,979
1993	22,386	N/A	N/A	22,386	133,700,856	0	11	1,533
1994	21,414	N/A	N/A	21,414	164,200,572	0	10	1,544
1995	21,602	N/A	N/A	21,602	167,096,211	0	15	1,530
1996*	18,939	N/A	2,357	21,296	174,008,217	0	11	1,285
1997*	18,165	N/A	2,377	20,542	181,914,000	0	6	1,139
1998*	17,383	N/A	2,262	19,645	180,794,012	0	6	1,299
1999*	14,845	N/A	2,795	17,640	169,206,834	0	9	1,084
2000*	14,281	N/A	1,991	16,272	169,370,602	0	9	1,019
2001*	15,729	N/A	2,082	17,811	175,052,857	0	14	1,219
2002*	15,377	N/A	2,081	17,458	163,896,890	0	6	1,394
2003**	14,871	5,407	2,143	22,421	145,899,599	0	8	1,206
2004**	16,037	4,988	2,006	23,031	153,631,633	0	12	1,076
2005**	18,474	6,087	2,087	26,648	159,498,069	0	4	1,100
2006**	20,533	6,499	2,387	29,419	158,835,584	0	25	1,039
2007**	19,175	4,804	2,342	26,321	160,043,930	0	9	939
2008**	21,190	5,274	2,368	28,832	165,750,817	0	9	973
2009**	20,753	5,100	2,343	28,196	144,017,758	0	3	1,140
2010**	20,456	19,350	2,228	42,034	142,944,106	0	35	1,137
2011**	22,336	20,161	2,368	44,865	139,424,080	0	6	1,248
2012**	22,326	29,375	2,233	53,934	129,538,515	0	7	978
2013**	19,432	30,481	2,300	52,213	120,342,846	0	6	974
2014**	18,180	45,308	1,940	65,428	123,543,712	0	5	994
2015**	16,009	30,431	1,887	48,327	102,954,676	0	2	780
2016**	12,671	32,284	1,384	46,339	88,427,169	0	3	605
2017**	13,681	34,625	1,340	49,646	105,034,815	0	8	744
2018**	13,670	36,362	1,577	51,609	104,969,188	0	4	754
2019**	14,451	38,066	1,492	54,009	100,308,370	0	4	734
2020**	12,295	36,378	1,416	50,089	72,951,374	0	2	447
2021**	11,927	36,003	1,753	49,683	89,911,443	0	6	438
TOTAL					14,796,580,711	80,004,748	21,204	490,871

Notes

Data compiled from Annual Statistical Reports
1887: Figures are estimated
1888: Figures based on fiscal year
1924: 18 Month data (end of fiscal year data)
1985: D.O.E. Created
1991: WV Office of Miners’ Health Safety & Training Created
2003: Independent Contractors Required to Report Monthly

**Independent Contractor employment figures were first estimated beginning in 1996. However, previously released estimates may have been under-stated. As more accurate data is provided, figures may be revised. The estimates for Coal Preparation facilities are based on WVOMHST Inspection Reports or information provided by the individual company on their permit application or renewal. Coal Preparation Facilities are not currently required to report to WVOMHST.

**Beginning with 2010 Independent Contractor employment figures are based on the approved Comprehensive Safety Programs filed and monthly reports filed with WVMHST.

West Virginia Office of Miners' Health Safety & Training MHS&T

Production of Coal and Coke 1863 – 2021

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