Mine Safety

Quick: under which administration were mine deaths lower; Bush or Clinton? If the deaths at Sago and the media converage thereafter is any indication, you would think that deaths were greater under Bush, but you would be wrong.

From TCS:

Mining fatalities have dropped every year President Bush has been in the White House, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Since 2001, mining deaths averaged 63 a year, which is 30% lower than during the Clinton administration. The fatality rate has dropped as well -- it was 31% lower in 2004 than it was in the last year of the Clinton administration.

In fact, it was during the Clinton years that the long-term decline in mining deaths stalled out, only to return to its historic downward trend after he left for private life.

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