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Links to PDF versions of Pennsylvania coal mine accident registers, providing
documentation on mining accidents for the commonwealth's anthracite and bituminous
coal districts, are listed above. The information contained within each report
changed over time, with a few additional columns of data included in the later
reports, as the volume of accidents dimished. Topics covered in both the early
and later reports include: name of the inspector, name of mine, operator of
the mine, name of the injured miner, mine district number, date of the accident,
cause of accident, county in which the accident occurred, whether fatal, whether
the accident occurred inside or outside the mine, citizenship status, nationality,
job classification, marital status, and the number of children.
These documents were created by
Jerry Sherard, who donated them to the State Archives in 2009 and 2010.
Any errors and imperfections are the responsibility of the donor.
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