UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Historical Data 1931 - 1977 Metal Mills |
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TABLE 18 - Injury experience and worktime data at metal mills in the United States, 1931-77 Injuries Year Nonfatal All Non- All Fatal disabling disabling disabling injuries 1931 6 439 445 NA 445 1932 - 259 259 NA 259 1933 5 296 301 NA 301 1934 5 460 465 NA 465 1935 7 631 638 NA 638 1936 18 800 818 NA 818 1937 14 1,119 1,133 NA 1,133 1938 9 848 857 NA 857 1939 11 865 876 NA 876 1940 12 979 991 NA 991 1941 16 967 983 NA 983 1942 12 897 909 NA 909 1943 14 862 876 NA 876 1944 17 1,220 1,237 NA 1,237 1945 9 1,032 1,041 NA 1,041 1946 10 866 876 NA 876 1947 7 871 878 NA 878 1948 9 834 843 NA 843 1949 7 798 805 NA 805 1950 7 785 792 NA 792 1951 6 778 784 NA 784 1952 4 852 856 NA 856 1953 4 826 830 NA 830 1954 10 830 840 NA 840 1955 3 795 798 NA 798 1956 9 679 688 NA 688 1957 9 743 752 NA 752 1958 3 467 470 NA 470 1959 5 353 358 NA 358 1960 5 488 493 NA 493 1961 3 458 461 NA 461 1962 14 482 496 NA 496 1963 5 410 415 NA 415 1964 5 406 411 NA 411 1965 3 472 475 NA 475 1966 7 575 582 NA 582 1967 7 587 594 NA 594 1968 2 539 541 NA 541 1969 6 620 626 NA 626 1970 8 722 730 NA 730 1971 9 601 610 NA 610 1972 5 505 510 NA 510 1973 5 412 417 664 1,081 1974 4 470 474 569 1,043 1975 2 604 606 677 1,283 1976 2 717 719 664 1,383 1977 8 631 639 678 1,317 NA Not available. 1/ Data for mill auxiliary works not available prior to 1944. Frequency rates per million man-hours Year Nonfatal All Non- All Fatal disabling disabling disabling Injuries 1931 0.32 23.18 23.50 NA 23.50 1932 0.00 24.94 24.94 NA 24.94 1933 0.47 27.98 28.45 NA 28.45 1934 0.35 32.16 32.50 NA 32.50 1935 0.31 27.95 28.26 NA 28.26 1936 0.65 29.02 29.67 NA 29.67 1937 0.43 34.61 35.04 NA 35.04 1938 0.37 34.49 34.86 NA 34.86 1939 0.40 31.47 31.87 NA 31.87 1940 0.39 31.60 31.99 NA 31.99 1941 0.46 27.95 28.42 NA 28.42 1942 0.36 26.88 27.24 NA 27.24 1943 0.43 26.63 27.06 NA 27.06 1944 0.38 27.09 27.46 NA 27.46 1945 0.23 26.94 27.18 NA 27.18 1946 0.31 26.99 27.31 NA 27.31 1947 0.19 24.05 24.25 NA 24.25 1948 0.25 23.10 23.35 NA 23.35 1949 0.20 22.82 23.02 NA 23.02 1950 0.20 22.55 22.75 NA 22.75 1951 0.15 19.86 20.01 NA 20.01 1952 0.10 20.59 20.69 NA 20.69 1953 0.09 17.64 17.73 NA 17.73 1954 0.24 19.71 19.94 NA 19.94 1955 0.08 19.96 20.03 NA 20.03 1956 0.20 14.94 15.14 NA 15.14 1957 0.18 14.92 15.10 NA 15.10 1958 0.07 11.17 11.24 NA 11.24 1959 0.13 9.14 9.27 NA 9.27 1960 0.09 9.10 9.19 NA 9.19 1961 0.06 9.24 9.30 NA 9.30 1962 0.28 9.80 10.09 NA 10.09 1963 0.11 9.34 9.46 NA 9.46 1964 0.11 8.97 9.08 NA 9.08 1965 0.06 9.70 9.76 NA 9.76 1966 0.14 11.26 11.40 NA 11.40 1967 0.15 12.50 12.65 NA 12.65 1968 0.04 10.74 10.78 NA 10.78 1969 0.11 11.31 11.42 NA 11.42 1970 0.14 12.60 12.74 NA 12.74 1971 0.18 11.82 12.00 NA 12.00 1972 0.11 11.15 11.26 NA 11.26 1973 0.11 8.72 8.83 14.06 22.89 1974 0.08 9.41 9.49 11.39 20.88 1975 0.04 11.43 11.47 12.81 24.27 1976 0.03 12.02 12.05 11.13 23.18 1977 0.15 11.61 11.76 12.48 24.24 NA Not available. 1/ Data for mill auxiliary works not available prior to 1944. Severity rates per million man-hours Year Nonfatal All Man-hours Fatal disabling disabling worked (thousands) 1931 1,901 NA NA 18,935 1932 - NA NA 10,386 1933 2,836 NA NA 10,580 1934 2,097 NA NA 14,306 1935 1,860 NA NA 22,578 1936 3,918 NA NA 27,566 1937 2,598 NA NA 32,331 1938 2,196 NA NA 24,586 1939 2,401 NA NA 27,490 1940 2,324 NA NA 30,978 1941 2,775 NA NA 34,592 1942 2,158 NA NA 33,365 1943 2,595 NA NA 32,367 1944 2,265 NA NA 45,042 1945 1,410 NA NA 38,305 1946 1,870 NA NA 32,082 1947 1,160 NA NA 36,213 1948 1,496 NA NA 36,104 1949 1,201 NA NA 34,974 1950 1,206 NA NA 34,815 1951 919 NA NA 39,179 1952 580 NA NA 41,370 1953 513 NA NA 46,813 1954 1,424 NA NA 42,121 1955 452 NA NA 39,837 1956 1,188 512 1700 45,440 1957 1,084 1,038 2,122 49,795 1958 431 614 1,045 41,799 1959 777 625 1,402 38,621 1960 559 449 1,008 53,638 1961 363 458 821 49,552 1962 1,709 416 2,124 49,163 1963 684 615 1,298 43,873 1964 663 382 1,045 45,243 1965 370 423 793 48,657 1966 823 740 1,563 51,050 1967 895 593 1,488 46,951 1968 239 649 888 50,182 1969 657 516 1,173 54,800 1970 838 721 1,559 57,297 1971 1,062 756 1,818 50,834 1972 662 507 1,169 45,294 1973 635 310 945 47,222 1974 480 602 1,082 49,956 1975 227 358 585 52,856 1976 201 627 828 59,661 1977 883 624 1,508 54,332 NA Not available. 1/ Data for mill auxiliary works not available prior to 1944. |