Cristobal Division / Labor Ledger
Plate 07 / 1914 Works Review

The canal's straight line rests on 5,609 names.

Isthmus Works Human Cost Register Open-water draft

Mortality register by labor origin, 1904-1914

Total: 5,609
Bar chart of recorded worker deaths by labor origin West Indian laborers account for 4,500 recorded deaths, with other groups shown as smaller contextual bars. 5K 4K 3K 2K 1K 4,500 350 350 409 220 180 WEST INDIAN EUROPEAN U.S. WORKERS PANAMANIAN OTHER UNLISTED Primary labor force carried the heaviest recorded loss. GATUN SCALE