One of my great-grandfathers was a railroad worker who died in a workplace accident in the 1890s; he was only in his 20s.
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Seth Cotlar
In the American railroad industry in those years 8.5 out of every 1000 workers died from a workplace accident PER YEAR. In the mining industry it was 3.5 out of 1000. Their descendants usually received no compensation.
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