Coal manpower projections, 1980. Final report

Technical Report · Fri Sep 27 04:00:00 EDT 1974

OSTI ID:7146862

Clague, E

Bituminous coal production of 910 million tons in 1980 was projected by the National Petroleum Council in their report on U.S. Energy Outlook, 1971-85. On that foundation this manpower study estimates the manpower which would be required to produce that volume of coal output. Productivity of labor in coal mining declined about 30 percent during 1970-73 under the impact of higher safety and health standards established by congressional legislation. On the assumption of a productivity increase of 2 percent per year from 1974 onwards, the 1980 coal output would require a work force of about 200,000 workers, about 45,000 above 1973 employment. Additional workers needed to replace those who die or retire would raise new manpower requirements to about 15,000 men a year for the remainder of the decade. The most critical requirement will be for highly skilled workers, such as mining machine operators, roof bolters, and others, who will be needed to man the increasing mechanization of coal production. There will be urgent need of training programs for young miners, both in work safety and in mining skills. (GRA)

• Research Organization: Kramer Associates, Inc., Washington, D.C. (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7146862
• Report Number(s): PB-241785
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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