IC 6917 Pebble Phosphate Accident Experience ? Introduction

The data in this circular were compiled so that individual phosphate companies might have the benefit of the experience of other phosphate companies, and that industries in general might compare experiences (taking into consideration relative hazards), thereby promoting accident preven¬tion. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The descriptive matter is taken in part from a. paper by Cash and von Bernewitz.4/ Production figures ore from Mineral Resources of the United States;5/ accident data were furnished by each of the operating companies in the pebble-phosphate district, and their assistance in making this report possible is gratefully acknowledged.