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Chile: Mining Deaths Below Trend Through July 2011

Categories: Latin America, Chile, Labor

Setty [1] asks: “Did Chile learn anything from the trapped miners?”, and argues that Chile apparently did learn something: “This year, only 14 died through July, well below trend. In fact, even if the same number again die by the end of the year, that would still make 2011 the least deadly year since 2002 [2]. Here’s hoping.”