Citation

Weeks JL, Fox M. Am. J. Public Health 1983; 73(11): 1278-1280.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, American Public Health Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

6625032

PMCID

PMC1651134

Abstract

In the eleven years prior to the passage of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, fatality rates changed little for underground miners and were increasing for surface miners. Following implementation of the 1969 Act, both rates decreased. Beginning in 1979, and continuing into the first six months of 1982, both rates increased. These associations suggest that current relaxation of regulations and policies for coal mine safety are unwarranted.

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