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Table 4
Coal mines - Workforce data

Number of employees and contractors¹
  Apr-Jun Jul-Sep Oct-Dec Jan-Mar
2000/2001 8,405
2001/2002 8,324
2002/2003 6,984
2003/2004 6,343 6,046 5,839 5,598
Employee workshifts²
  Apr-Jun Jul-Sep Oct-Dec Jan-Mar
2000/2001 1,888,466
2001/2002 1,786,563
2002/2003 1,562,455
2003/2004 363,251 331,638 343,154 322,249
Contractor workshifts²
  Apr-Jun Jul-Sep Oct-Dec Jan-Mar
2000/2001 457,325
2001/2002 429,856
2002/2003 250,484
2003/2004 49,693 47,720 48,623 49,913
Total workshifts²
  Apr-Jun Jul-Sep Oct-Dec Jan-Mar
2000/2001 2,345,821
2001/2002 2,216,419
2002/2003 1,812,939
2003/2004 412,944 379,358 391,777 372,162

¹ Source: Coal Authority

² Source: UK Coal, Blenkinsopp, Tower, Betws, Coal Authority