Upper Big Branch Mine Final Death Toll: 29 Guys, 0 Women.
The final death toll is in: 29 guys, 0 women.
Zero.
It was the worst mining disaster in 40 years. That one, at Hurricane Creek in Kentucky, claimed 38 guys.
And Zero women.
Zero.
Two years before Hurricane Creek, there was an even worse mining disaster in which 99 guys were killed.
And Zero women.
Adding the three together is 166 guys, 0 women dead.
In 2008, the most recent year for which the Bureau of Labor Statistics has issued its annual report, guys represented 93 percent of all workplace deaths in the United States mining or otherwise, even though women were responsible for 43 percent of all hours worked.
Funny – we never hear women complaining about these statistics.
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