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doubtful that such systems will be incorporated in very many small companies and
mines; they simply do not have the resources to do it.
With that said, US fatality and injury rates will continue to be reduced significantly
over time, particularly as it has over the recent past. It is quite feasible that soon there
will be no coal-mining deaths in a particular year, especially since the size of the US
industry is now diminishing, primarily because of market forces responding to US
environmental initiatives, which target coal use for huge reductions.

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