Year Number of accidents Deaths Death rate per million tons of coal 2000 2,863 5,798 5.80 2001 3,082 5,670 5.11 2002 4,344 6,995 4.93 2003 4,143 6,434 4.00 2004 3,639 6,027 3.01 2005 3,341 5,986 2.73 2006 2,945 4,746 1.99 2007 3,770 1.44 2008 3,210 1.18 2009 1,616 2,631 0.89 2010 2,433[62] 2011 1,973[63] 2012 1,301 2013 1,049