Contents 
Foreword, by John F. O'Leary III 
Acknowledgments, by Albert E. Schreck V 
Statistical summary, by Kathleen J. D'Amico 1 
Injury experience and worktime in the mineral industries, by States, 
 by Forrest T. Moyer 39 
The mineral industry of— 
 Alabama, by Ronald P. Hollenbeck and W. Everett Smith  53 
 Alaska, by Kevin Malone, Donald P. Blasko, and James A. 
  Williams 69 
 Arizona, by Leonard P. Larson and William C. Henkes 91 
 Arkansas, by Raymond B. Stroud 121 
 California, by L. E. Davis 137 
 Colorado, by Carl L. Bieniewski and William C. Henkes  181 
 Connecticut, by Curtis D. Edgerton 215 
 Delaware, by Samuel A. Gustavson 221 
 Florida, by John W. Sweeney and Robert 0. Vernon 225 
 Georgia, by Robert G. Hobbs and A. S. Furcron 241 
 Hawaii, by Roy Y. Ashizawa 253 
 Idaho, by Fred V. Carrillo, Ronald P. Collins, and Norman S. 
  Petersen 259 
 Illinois, by Robert G. Bottge 275 
 Indiana, by Donald F. Klyce and Mary B. Fox 295 
 Iowa, by Ronald W. Michelson 313 
 Kansas, by George T. McIntyre, A. L. Hornbaker, and R. G. 
  Hardy 327 
 Kentucky, by H. L. Riley and Preston McGrain 347 
 Louisiana, by Owen W. Jones and Leo W. Hough 363 
 Maine, by Robert E. Ela 385 
 Maryland, by Curtis D. Edgerton 391 
 Massachusetts, by Melvin E. Hinkle  399 
 Michigan, by Donald F. Klyce 407 
 Minnesota, by Keith S. Olson 427 
 Mississippi, by Nicholas A. Kendall and William H. Moore  449 
 Missouri, by Joseph C. Arundale and James A. Martin 465 
 Montana, by Fred V. Carrillo, Ronald P. Collins, and William 
  N. Hale 485 
 Nebraska, by George M. Deutman and William C. Henkes  505 
 Nevada, by L. E. Davis 517 
 New Hampshire, by William Cochran 535 
 New Jersey, by Joseph Krickich 51 
 New Mexico, by R. B. Stotelmeyer and William C. Henkes  551 
 New York, by Robert G. Clarke 579 
 North Carolina, by V. A. Danielson and Stephen G. Conrad  59? 
 North Dakota, by Paul Mcllroy and William C. Henkes  613 
 Ohio, by Joseph Krickich 625 
 Oklahoma, by Robert B. McDougal and William E. Ham  645 
 Oregon, by Ronald P. Collins, Jerry J. Gray, and Gary A. 
  Kingston 663 
 Pennsylvania, by Charles C. Yeloushan 675 
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