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Table 7. Number of Contractor Injuries, Average Number of Employees,
Employee-Hours and Coal Production by
Work Location, State, and Mineral Industry

                                  January - December --  1994

                         Underground Mines 
       State                      
        And      Number of Injuries        Avg
      Mineral                              No.            Emp     Production
      Industry     Fatal  NFDL   NDL       Emp           Hours   (Short Tons)

Alabama            
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------       17     6

Alaska             
  Metal------------        3     1
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------        3     1

  Coal-------------

Arizona            
  Metal------------       17    18
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------       17    18

  Coal-------------

Arkansas           
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------

California         
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

 Coal-------------

Colorado           
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------       16     6

Florida            
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------

Georgia            
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------

Idaho              
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------

Illinois           
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------        2

Indiana            
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------        1
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------        1

  Coal-------------       25     1

Iowa               
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------

Kansas             
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------        1     1
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------        1     1

  Coal-------------

Kentucky           
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------        1     1
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------        1     1

  Coal-------------       67    10

Louisiana          
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------        2     2
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------        2     2

  Coal-------------

Maryland           
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------        1
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------        1

  Coal-------------        8     2

Massachusetts      
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------

Michigan           
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------

 Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------

Minnesota          
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------

Mississippi        
  Metal------------
 Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------

Missouri           
  Metal------------        1
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------        1

  Coal-------------

Montana            
  Metal------------        8     9
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------        8     9

  Coal-------------

Nebraska           
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------

Nevada             
  Metal------------       13    16
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------       13    16

 Coal-------------

New Hampshire      
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------

New Mexico         
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------              1

New York           
  Metal------------              1
  Nonmetal---------        1     1
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------        1     2

  Coal-------------

North Carolina     
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------

North Dakota       
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------

Ohio               
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------        2     1
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------        2     1

  Coal-------------        3     2

Oklahoma           
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------

Pennsylvania       
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-anthracite--        1
       Bituminous--        4     4

South Carolina     
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------

South Dakota       
  Metal------------        1     2
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------        1     2

  Coal-------------

Tennessee          
  Metal------------        1     1
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------        1     1

  Coal-------------

Texas              
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------

Utah               
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
 Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------        6     1

Vermont            
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------

Virginia           
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------       10     6

Washington         
  Metal------------        1     1
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------        1     1

  Coal-------------

West Virginia      
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------  1    69    11

Wisconsin          
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------

  Coal-------------

Wyoming            
  Metal------------
  Nonmetal---------        3     3
  Stone------------
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------        3     3

  Coal-------------        6     2

Nation             
  Metal------------       45    49
  Nonmetal---------        9     8
  Stone------------        3     1
  Sand and Gravel--
       Total-------       57    58       3,031       2,379,538

  Coal-------------  1   234    52       8,809       8,153,411       313,818


Surface Mines State And Number of Injuries Avg Mineral No. Emp Production Industry Fatal NFDL NDL Emp Hours (Short Tons) Alabama Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- 1 Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 1 Coal------------- 1 Alaska Metal------------ 4 Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 4 Coal------------- Arizona Metal------------ 41 30 Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 1 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 41 31 Coal------------- 4 Arkansas Metal------------ 1 Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 1 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 1 1 Coal------------- California Metal------------ 1 Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 2 Sand and Gravel-- 1 1 Total------- 1 4 Coal------------- Colorado Metal------------ 1 Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- 1 Total------- 2 Coal------------- 3 5 Florida Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- 19 9 Stone------------ 2 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 21 9 Coal------------- Georgia Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- 1 3 1 Stone------------ 4 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 1 7 1 Coal------------- Idaho Metal------------ 4 1 Nonmetal--------- 1 Stone------------ 2 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 7 1 Coal------------- Illinois Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 1 2 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 1 2 Coal------------- 1 Indiana Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 3 Sand and Gravel-- 1 Total------- 4 Coal------------- 1 6 4 Iowa Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 2 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 2 Coal------------- Kansas Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 2 1 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 2 1 Coal------------- Kentucky Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 1 Sand and Gravel-- 1 Total------- 1 1 Coal------------- 2 54 12 Louisiana Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- Coal------------- 1 1 Maryland Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 1 1 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 1 1 Coal------------- 1 Massachusetts Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 1 1 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 1 1 Coal------------- Michigan Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 2 7 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 2 7 Coal------------- Minnesota Metal------------ 3 Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 1 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 3 1 Coal------------- Mississippi Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- Coal------------- Missouri Metal------------ 1 Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 6 4 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 7 4 Coal------------- Montana Metal------------ 1 Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 1 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 2 Coal------------- 2 Nebraska Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- Coal------------- Nevada Metal------------ 57 30 Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 5 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 62 30 Coal------------- New Hampshire Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 1 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 1 Coal------------- New Mexico Metal------------ 5 1 Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 1 2 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 6 3 Coal------------- 6 3 New York Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 1 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 1 Coal------------- North Carolina Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- 1 Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 1 Coal------------- North Dakota Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- Coal------------- 2 2 Ohio Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 3 2 Sand and Gravel-- 1 Total------- 4 2 Coal------------- 4 2 Oklahoma Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 2 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 2 Coal------------- 1 Pennsylvania Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 1 10 Sand and Gravel-- 2 Total------- 1 12 Coal-anthracite-- 1 Bituminous-- 18 3 South Carolina Metal------------ 1 1 Nonmetal--------- 2 Stone------------ 2 Sand and Gravel-- 1 Total------- 6 1 Coal------------- South Dakota Metal------------ 2 4 Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 2 4 Coal------------- Tennessee Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 1 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 1 Coal------------- Texas Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 3 1 Sand and Gravel-- 1 Total------- 3 2 Coal------------- 1 21 18 Utah Metal------------ 9 4 Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- 1 Total------- 10 4 Coal------------- Vermont Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- Coal------------- Virginia Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 1 5 1 Sand and Gravel-- 1 Total------- 1 6 1 Coal------------- 4 1 Washington Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- Coal------------- West Virginia Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 4 2 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 4 2 Coal------------- 1 43 7 Wisconsin Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- 5 1 Total------- 5 1 Coal------------- Wyoming Metal------------ 1 Nonmetal--------- 1 Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 2 Coal------------- 1 21 17 Nation Metal------------ 131 72 Nonmetal--------- 1 27 11 Stone------------ 3 63 31 Sand and Gravel-- 15 3 Total------- 4 236 117 17,558 19,771,371 Coal------------- 6 186 83 13,779 14,602,543 1,935,773
Mills/Prep Plants State And Number of Injuries Avg Mineral No. Emp Industry Fatal NFDL NDL Emp Hours Alabama Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 2 4 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 2 4 Coal------------- 2 1 Alaska Metal------------ 4 Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 4 Coal------------- Arizona Metal------------ 5 4 Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 5 4 Coal------------- 1 Arkansas Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- Coal------------- California Metal------------ 1 Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 4 2 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 4 3 Coal------------- Colorado Metal------------ 3 2 Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 3 2 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 6 4 Coal------------- 1 4 Florida Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- 7 5 Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 7 5 Coal------------- Georgia Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- 8 5 Stone------------ 1 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 9 5 Coal------------- Idaho Metal------------ 10 5 Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 10 5 Coal------------- llinois Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 4 1 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 4 1 Coal------------- 2 1 Indiana Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- Coal------------- 2 1 Iowa Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- Coal------------- Kansas Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 4 5 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 4 5 Coal------------- Kentucky Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 1 15 17 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 1 15 17 Coal------------- 1 31 15 Louisiana Metal------------ 1 Nonmetal--------- 2 Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 3 Coal------------- Maryland Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 1 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 1 Coal------------- 1 Massachusetts Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- Coal------------- Michigan Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 19 11 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 19 11 Coal------------- Minnesota Metal------------ 3 2 Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 3 2 Coal------------- Mississippi Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- 1 1 Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 1 1 Coal------------- Missouri Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- 1 1 Stone------------ 3 2 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 4 3 Coal------------- Montana Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- Coal------------- Nebraska Metal------------ 1 Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 1 Coal------------- Nevada Metal------------ 43 18 Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 1 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 44 18 Coal------------- New Hampshire Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- Coal------------- New Mexico Metal------------ 1 Nonmetal--------- 1 Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 2 Coal------------- 1 1 New York Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- 1 Stone------------ 1 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 2 Coal------------- North Carolina Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- 2 1 Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 2 1 Coal------------- North Dakota Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- Coal------------- Ohio Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 3 2 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 3 2 Coal------------- 1 Oklahoma Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 1 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 1 Coal------------- Pennsylvania Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 3 3 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 3 3 Coal-anthracite-- 2 1 Bituminous-- 6 South Carolina Metal------------ 1 1 Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 2 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 3 1 Coal------------- South Dakota Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- Coal------------- Tennessee Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- Coal------------- 2 Texas Metal------------ 5 10 Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 15 8 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 20 18 Coal------------- Utah Metal------------ 1 5 Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 1 5 Coal------------- 10 6 Vermont Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 1 6 2 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 1 6 2 Coal------------- Virginia Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- Coal------------- 1 Washington Metal------------ 2 Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 2 Coal------------- 1 West Virginia Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ 1 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 1 Coal------------- 1 43 10 Wisconsin Metal------------ Nonmetal--------- Stone------------ Sand and Gravel-- Total------- Coal------------- Wyoming Metal------------ 2 Nonmetal--------- 1 6 Stone------------ 1 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 3 7 Coal------------- 4 Nation Metal------------ 81 49 Nonmetal--------- 24 19 Stone------------ 2 88 61 Sand and Gravel-- Total------- 2 193 129 8,568 10,272,994 Coal------------- 2 110 41 6,469 6,762,975