Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Mining Industry Accident, Injuries, Employment,and Production Statistics Historical Data - Table 07. TOTAL Number of Injuries and TOTAL Incidence Rates (IR) at Metallic Operations in the United States, by Primary Activity, 1978-2006

Table 07. TOTAL Number of Injuries and TOTAL Incidence Rates (IR) at Metallic Operations in the United States,

by Primary Activity, 1978-2007

	Underground Mines						Surface Mines
	Underground		Surf at UG		Total		Strip		Dredge			Other		Total
Year	All Injs	IR	All Injs	IR	All Injs	IR	All Injs	IR		All Injs	IR	All Injs	IR	All Injs	IR
1978	3,787	20.61	415	10.33	4,202	18.77	1,673	6.90		20	4.97	6	8.66	1,699	6.87
1979	4,288	22.09	384	8.34	4,672	19.45	1,945	7.39		38	10.73	5	7.31	1,988	7.43
1980	3,643	19.02	461	8.97	4,104	16.89	1,542	6.22		19	5.51	4	4.00	1,565	6.20
1981	3,328	17.21	496	9.24	3,824	15.47	1,374	5.30		19	5.71	-	-	1,393	5.30
1982	1,695	13.92	211	5.82	1,906	12.06	659	4.35		25	7.18	1	15.39	685	4.42
19831	1,084	13.25	125	4.74	1,209	11.17	518	4.38		22	6.45	-	-	540	4.44
1984	981	11.94	153	7.24	1,134	10.98	525	4.57		35	10.47	-	-	560	4.74
1985	825	11.54	94	5.16	919	10.24	473	4.82		27	7.92	-	-	500	4.92
1986	786	12.04	106	6.72	892	11.00	417	4.38		29	7.34	-	-	446	4.49
1987	838	12.88	131	8.30	969	5.57	671	6.12		65	13.43	-	-	736	6.43
1988	1,114	15.14	162	9.26	1,276	14.01	874	6.38		63	11.21	-	-	937	6.57
1989	1,142	15.36	170	8.79	1,312	14.01	1,154	7.23		86	17.16	-	-	1,240	7.53
1990	994	13.32	184	8.96	1,178	12.38	971	5.55		56	11.95	-	-	1,027	5.72
1991	851	12.91	129	7.20	980	11.69	996	5.69		14	3.32	-	-	1,010	5.64
1992	671	11.72	103	5.63	774	10.24	885	5.18		34	7.94	-	-	919	5.25
1993	599	11.72	108	6.86	707	10.57	790	4.58		30	7.10	2	2.63	822	4.64
1994	625	11.72	107	7.96	732	10.96	716	4.33		16	4.55	43	6.37	775	4.41
1995	613	10.44	98	6.91	711	9.75	736	4.21		24	6.66	26	3.59	786	4.23
1996	672	11.03	108	7.69	780	10.40	682	3.71		21	5.25	35	5.70	738	3.80
1997	630	10.10	77	5.70	707	9.32	628	3.63		14	3.54	22	4.19	664	3.64
1998	572	9.93	88	7.79	660	9.58	612	4.00		14	4.18	16	5.53	642	4.03
1999	500	10.11	59	6.00	559	9.42	502	3.66		19	6.02	11	4.78	532	3.73
2000	437	9.92	59	5.80	496	9.14	464	3.72		16	5.65	20	8.37	500	3.85
2001	339	7.62	40	4.63	379	7.13	364	3.13		9	3.84	5	4.53	378	3.15
2002	252	6.78	30	4.28	282	6.38	295	2.98		2	.93	3	5.03	300	2.95
2003	226	6.25	40	5.44	266	6.11	268	2.91		6	3.02	1	2.25	275	2.91
2004	236	6.19	34	4.31	270	5.87	295	2.88		5	4.79	6	9.66	306	2.94
2005	258	6.17	28	3.40	286	5.71	358	3.35		3	2.90	9	10.18	370	3.40
2006	228	4.98	33	3.69	261	4.77	384	3.22		1	.94	4	2.82	389	3.20
2007	285	5.24	62	6.68	347	5.45	407	3.06		1	.92	4	3.25	412	3.04

Table 07. TOTAL Number of Injuries and TOTAL 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
		All Injs		IR	All Injs		IR	All Injs		IR	All Injs		IR	All Injs		IR	All Injs		IR
1978		5,901		12.52	173		6.73	2,600		9.16	8,674		11.11	39		.35	8,713		9.77
1979		6,660		13.12	157		7.29	2,775		8.62	9,592		11.27	27		.23	9,619		9.93
1980		5,669		11.45	77		6.03	2,252		7.23	7,998		9.76	30		.25	8,028		8.56
1981		5,217		10.23	60		4.21	2,265		6.67	7,542		8.73	28		.23	7,570		7.68
1982		2,591		8.28	20		2.74	1,107		5.06	3,718		6.90	20		.22	3,738		5.94
19831		1,749		7.61	18		2.40	949		5.31	2,716		6.53	20		.30	2,736		5.67
1984		1,694		7.65	23		2.58	1,022		5.59	2,739		6.63	14		.25	2,753		5.87
1985		1,419		7.42	19		2.31	851		5.36	2,289		6.39	12		.26	2,301		5.68
1986		1,338		7.42	34		6.16	823		5.92	2,195		6.76	8		.19	2,203		6.00
1987		1,705		8.73	38		6.64	1,295		8.25	3,038		8.49	12		.11	3,050		7.58
1988		2,213		9.47	33		8.95	1,730		9.62	3,976		9.53	16		.31	3,992		8.52
1989		2,552		9.88	27		7.15	1,797		8.88	4,376		9.42	21		.36	4,397		8.40
1990		2,205		8.03	33		8.66	1,379		6.71	3,617		7.47	21		.35	3,638		6.69
1991		1,990		7.57	34		8.99	1,396		6.82	3,420		7.25	22		.36	3,442		6.47
1992		1,693		6.76	26		7.09	1,246		6.27	2,965		6.55	15		.25	2,980		5.81
1993		1,529		6.26	20		5.59	1,189		6.24	2,738		6.24	14		.27	2,752		5.61
1994		1,507		6.22	17		4.56	1,029		5.56	2,553		5.92	14		.27	2,567		5.32
1995		1,497		5.79	15		3.37	1,050		5.54	2,562		5.66	17		.33	2,579		5.11
1996		1,518		5.64	14		3.87	1,072		5.51	2,604		5.57	11		.21	2,615		5.03
1997		1,371		5.31	18		4.90	1,072		5.57	2,461		5.42	10		.19	2,471		4.86
1998		1,302		5.71	15		4.36	1,007		5.57	2,324		5.64	12		.23	2,336		5.02
1999		1,091		5.40	14		4.48	888		5.35	1,993		5.37	5		.11	1,998		4.79
2000		996		5.41	24		7.39	728		4.65	1,748		5.08	11		.25	1,759		4.54
2001		757		4.37	20		7.01	567		4.35	1,344		4.39	8		.21	1,352		3.93
2002		582		3.99	9		3.32	504		4.55	1,095		4.22	3		.09	1,098		3.75
2003		541		3.92	5		2.06	389		3.73	935		3.82	5		.15	940		3.39
2004		576		3.84	6		2.83	381		3.50	963		3.69	10		.27	973		3.27
2005		656		4.13	10		4.24	452		3.88	1,118		4.03	6		.15	1,124		3.55
2006		650		3.69	11		5.36	387		3.24	1,048		3.52	7		.17	1,055		3.11
2007		759		3.81	7		3.13	473		3.61	1,239		3.73	5		.11	1,244		3.30

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

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