Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Mining Industry Accident, Injuries, Employment,and Production Statistics Historical Data - Table 06. Number of NO DAYS LOST (NDL) Injuries and NDL Incidence Rates (IR) at Metallic Operations in the United States, by Primary Activity, 1978-2006

Table 06. Number of NO DAYS LOST (NDL) Injuries and NDL Incidence Rates (IR) at Metallic Operations

in the United States, by Primary Activity, 1978-2007

Year	Underground Mines						Surface Mines
	Underground		Surf at UG		Total		Strip		Dredge		Other		Total
	NDLs	IR	NDLs	IR	NDLs	IR	NDLs	IR	NDLs	IR	NDLs	IR	NDLs	IR
1978	1,578	8.59	219	5.45	1,797	8.03	743	3.06	9	2.23	1	1.44	753	3.04
1979	1,602	8.25	176	3.82	1,778	7.40	799	3.03	18	5.08	1	1.46	818	3.06
1980	1,337	6.98	217	4.22	1,554	6.40	579	2.34	5	1.45	-	-	584	2.31
1981	1,294	6.69	245	4.56	1,539	6.23	498	1.92	4	1.20	-	-	502	1.91
1982	732	6.01	106	2.92	838	5.30	223	1.47	5	1.44	-	-	228	1.47
19831	447	5.46	65	2.46	512	4.73	199	1.68	6	1.76	-	-	205	1.69
1984	420	5.11	82	3.88	502	4.86	219	1.91	25	7.48	-	-	244	2.06
1985	414	5.79	54	2.96	468	5.22	213	2.17	13	3.81	-	-	226	2.22
1986	331	5.07	54	3.42	385	4.75	167	1.75	22	5.57	-	-	189	1.90
1987	383	5.89	67	4.25	450	5.57	240	2.19	41	8.47	-	-	281	2.45
1988	467	6.35	86	4.92	553	6.07	357	2.60	39	6.94	-	-	396	2.77
1989	498	6.70	79	4.08	577	6.16	489	3.06	55	10.98	-	-	544	3.30
1990	423	5.67	97	4.73	520	5.47	317	1.81	12	2.56	-	-	329	1.83
1991	379	5.75	62	3.46	441	5.26	336	1.92	6	1.42	-	-	342	1.91
1992	313	5.47	59	3.23	372	4.92	348	2.04	19	4.43	-	-	367	2.10
1993	263	5.15	51	3.24	314	4.70	306	1.78	13	3.08	2	2.63	321	1.81
1994	229	4.29	42	4.84	271	4.06	289	1.75	4	1.14	10	1.48	303	1.72
1995	243	4.14	43	3.03	286	3.92	296	1.69	7	1.94	9	1.24	312	1.68
1996	257	4.22	46	3.27	303	4.04	268	1.46	6	1.50	8	1.30	282	1.45
1997	252	4.04	34	2.52	286	3.77	246	1.42	4	1.01	7	1.33	257	1.41
1998	199	3.45	37	3.28	236	3.42	261	1.71	3	.90	3	1.04	267	1.68
1999	181	3.66	25	2.54	206	3.47	197	1.44	8	2.53	3	1.30	208	1.46
2000	174	3.95	24	2.36	198	3.65	198	1.59	6	2.12	4	1.67	208	1.60
2001	148	3.33	21	2.43	169	3.18	147	1.26	3	1.28	1	.91	151	1.26
2002	101	2.72	16	2.28	117	2.65	107	1.08	-	-	2	3.35	109	1.07
2003	79	2.18	14	1.90	93	2.14	90	.98	-	-	-	-	90	.95
2004	105	2.76	14	1.77	119	2.59	113	1.10	3	2.87	3	4.83	119	1.14
2005	103	2.46	16	1.94	119	2.38	131	1.23	1	.97	4	4.52	136	1.25
2006	87	1.90	9	1.01	96	1.76	123	1.03	1	.94	3	2.11	127	1.04
2007	104	1.91	28	3.02	132	2.07	131	.98	-	-	-	-	131	.97

Table 06. Number of NO DAYS LOST (NDL) Injuries and NDL Incidence Rates (IR) at Metallic Operations

in the United States, by Primary Activity, 1978-2007 – continued:

Year	Total Mining		Indp Shops/Yrds		Mills		Total w/o Office		Office		Grand Total
	NDLs	IR	NDLs	IR	NDLs	IR	NDLs	IR	NDLs	IR	NDLs	IR
1978	2,550	5.41	97	3.78	1,297	4.57	3,944	5.05	21	.19	3,965	4.45
1979	2,596	5.11	89	4.13	1,234	3.83	3,919	4.60	15	.13	3,934	4.06
1980	2,138	4.32	33	2.58	914	2.93	3,085	3.76	16	.14	3,101	3.31
1981	2,041	4.00	21	1.47	940	2.77	3,002	3.47	13	.11	3,015	3.06
1982	1,066	3.41	11	1.51	483	2.21	1,560	2.89	11	.12	1,571	2.49
19831	717	3.12	6	.80	431	2.41	1,154	2.77	8	.12	1,162	2.41
1984	746	3.37	10	1.12	429	2.35	1,185	2.87	9	.16	1,194	2.55
1985	694	3.63	17	2.06	357	2.25	1,068	2.98	5	.11	1,073	2.65
1986	574	3.18	15	2.72	347	2.50	936	2.88	5	.12	941	2.56
1987	731	3.74	19	3.32	571	3.64	1,321	3.69	5	.11	1,326	3.30
1988	949	4.06	13	3.52	766	4.26	1,728	4.14	12	.23	1,740	3.71
1989	1,121	4.34	12	3.18	903	4.46	2,036	4.38	10	.17	2,046	3.91
1990	849	3.09	18	4.73	605	2.94	1,472	3.04	14	.24	1,486	2.73
1991	783	2.98	12	3.17	590	2.88	1,385	2.94	14	.23	1,399	2.63
1992	739	2.95	11	3.00	597	3.00	1,347	2.97	5	.08	1,352	2.63
1993	635	2.60	12	3.36	561	2.94	1,208	2.76	6	.12	1,214	2.48
1994	574	2.37	9	2.41	519	2.80	1,102	2.55	6	.12	1,108	2.30
1995	598	2.31	4	.90	548	2.89	1,150	2.54	9	.17	1,159	2.30
1996	585	2.17	11	3.04	495	2.54	1,091	2.33	5	.21	1,096	2.11
1997	543	2.10	13	3.54	477	2.48	1,033	2.27	5	.09	1,038	2.04
1998	503	2.20	12	3.48	552	3.05	1,067	2.59	4	.08	1,071	2.30
1999	414	2.05	5	1.60	430	2.59	849	2.29	4	.09	853	2.05
2000	406	2.21	18	5.54	378	2.42	802	2.33	6	.14	808	2.09
2001	320	1.85	13	4.56	267	2.05	600	1.96	2	.05	1,352	1.75
2002	226	1.55	3	1.11	221	2.00	450	1.73	1	.03	451	1.54
2003	183	1.33	2	.82	170	1.63	355	1.45	2	.06	357	1.29
2004	238	1.59	4	1.89	161	1.48	403	1.54	4	.11	407	1.37
2005	255	1.61	8	3.39	172	1.47	435	1.57	2	.05	437	1.38
2006	223	1.26	7	3.41	150	1.25	380	1.28	2	.05	382	1.12
2007	263	1.32	5	2.23	166	1.27	434	1.31	2	.04	436	1.16

1Beginning in 1983, only operator data are available at this level of detail.

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