Chapman, Hon. Oscar L., Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D. C Eadie, Walter, director, Department of Mines and Minerals, State of Ferguson, Charles, acting director, safety division, United Mine Forbes, John J., Director, Bureau of Mines; accompanied by M. J. Ankeny, Chief, Coal Mine Inspection Branch, Washington, D. C.; James Westfield, Chief, Accident Prevention and Health Division, Region 8, Pittsburgh, Pa.; and Donald G. Welsh, Chief Counsel, Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior Hall, R. E. L., counsel, National Coal Association, Washington. Hartman, R. H., Kingwood, W. Va.; member, Central West Virginia Howes, A. L., president, Central West Virginia Coal Producers Associa- Hyslop, James, president, Hanna Coal Co. division, Pittsburgh Con- solidation Coal Co.; chairman, safety committee, Ohio Coal Associa- Lewis, John L., president, United Mine Workers of America Mohney, F. H., executive secretary, Mineral Producers' Association, Saylor, Hon. John P., a Representative in Congress from the State of Schorr, Ed D., attorney at law, Columbus, Ohio, representing the Ohio Coal Association, Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers' Association, Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators' Association, Northern West Virginia Coal Association, Northern Panhandle of West Virginia Coal Operators' Association, the Illinois Coal Oper- ators' Association, and other bituminous coal-mine operators who are not members of said associations____ Sittler, Hon. E. L., Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State 368 Tetrick, W. Guy, member, House of Delegates, State of West Virginia_ Thurmond, W. R., secretary, Southern Coal Producers Association, Federal Coal-Mine Inspection-A Decade of Progress. Annual Report for Fiscal Year 1951 and 10-Year Review, United States Bureau of Mines Coal-mine accident-prevention course for miners.. Appendix A.-Personnel of Coal-Mine Inspection Branch em- ployed as of June 30, 1951, and coal area covered by each field Appendix C.-Number of fatal and nonfatal injuries and injuries per million man-hours exposure, portal-to-portal, in coal mines Table 1.-Number of regular Federal inspections, surveys, Federal Coal-Mine Inspection-A Decade of Progress. Annual Report Appendix F.-Miscellaneous work, fiscal year 1951. Nonfatal injury rates in bituminous-coal mines of the United Appendix G.-Coal-mine injury statistics- Table 1.-Average injuries per million man-hours exposure Table 2.-Major coal-mine disasters in the United States. Appendix J.-Record of compliance with recommendations of Appendix K.-Violations of the Federal Mine Safety Code for Fizel, John, Thompsonville, Ill., letter to Hon. C. W. Bishop.- Page 420 421 422 423 424 425 425 426 428 428 429 489 1 Alexander, Arch J.. 367 134 Miles, C. R., letter to Hon. Augustine B. Kelley, in behalf of Chamber of 286 Notes on power of Congress to delegate to the Secretary of the Interior the 135 489 268 287 302 489 484 314 112 Opinion of Attorney General, State of West Virginia, re H. R. 268_ Baima, George, president, Progressive Mine Workers of America, Bishop, Hon. C. W. (Runt), a Representative in Congress from the Chapman, Hon. Oscar L.. Recommendations of Federal mine inspectors regarding Carpen- White, Mastin G., Solicitor, Department of the Interior, letter Estimated costs of injuries in coal mines in 1951. Statement of Governor A. E. Stevenson before Senate investigat- Statement of-Continued Pago Ferguson, Charles__ 372 Coal-mine disasters in States in which five or more men were Wyoming 382 Statistics on all catastrophes according to States, 1905 to 1951, 382 Data on fatal accidents, all coal mines specifying catastrophe 383 List of gas or dust explosions in coal mines in which fatalities 386 Coal-mine disasters in Illinois in which five or more men were 387 Data on Federal mine safety code compliance, according to 388 Recapitulation, Federal mine safety code compliance, anthracite, 393 393 Average number of men at work, average number of days worked, 430 430 Summary of training in coal-mine accident-prevention course, 433 Letters to local unions regarding training, and attitude of inter- 434 Letter to chairman of subcommittee as to examples of "imminent 440 Flood, Hon. Daniel J., a Representative in Congress from the State 487 Forbes, J. J., James Westfield, and Donald G. Welsh, United States 24, 31 Inspection procedure for coal mines under Public Law 49, remarks Fatalities in coal mines caused by falls of roof and falls of face or Principal difference between Orient No. 2 and Carpentertown Historical statement giving the actual facts about Government |