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Table 08. TOTAL Number of Injuries and TOTAL Incidence Rates (IR) at

 Anthracite Mines in the United States, by Primary Activities, 1978-2007

 

 

 

Underground Mines

Surface Mines

Year

Underground

Surf at UG

Total

Strip

Auger

Culm Bank

Dredge

Total

 

All

Injs

IR

All

Injs

IR

All

Injs

IR

All

Injs

IR

All

Injs

IR

All

Injs

IR

All

Injs

IR

All

Injs

IR

1978

67

23.98

3

6.10

70

21.31

120

14.51

-

-

14

13.12

-

-

134

14.26

1979

58

21.99

2

5.40

60

19.95

125

14.49

-

-

8

6.26

-

-

133

13.36

1980

42

14.50

-

-

42

12.70

170

14.13

-

-

12

9.75

-

-

182

13.67

1981

49

15.57

2

3.83

51

13.90

162

12.76

-

-

22

19.03

-

 

184

13.22

1982

42

12.21

3

5.36

45

11.25

102

8.27

-

-

16

13.54

1

12.09

119

8.76

19831

23

8.17

-

-

23

6.94

57

6.30

-

-

7

6.00

-

-

64

6.22

1984

29

9.60

2

3.36

31

8.57

47

5.29

-

-

8

6.65

1

10.90

56

5.51

1985

33

11.25

1

1.58

34

9.53

56

7.44

-

-

29

22.32

-

-

85

9.56

1986

25

7.56

2

2.56

27

6.60

65

7.67

-

-

13

7.81

-

-

78

7.64

1987

14

5.44

-

-

14

4.16

52

8.99

-

-

16

10.05

-

-

68

9.18

1988

21

8.71

4

4.96

25

7.77

56

10.56

-

-

5

4.20

-

-

61

9.36

1989

28

12.64

3

4.29

31

10.64

76

12.97

-

-

10

8.00

-

-

86

12.04

1990

11

5.57

3

4.87

14

5.40

91

13.81

-

-

19

9.82

-

-

110

12.88

1991

9

5.08

-

-

9

3.89

79

13.45

-

-

17

8.73

-

-

96

12.23

1992

8

4.76

-

-

8

3.54

77

13.34

-

-

19

7.74

-

-

96

11.63

1993

18

12.24

3

6.21

21

10.75

64

13.48

-

-

41

12.45

-

-

105

13.02

1994

9

6.62

-

-

9

5.07

64

12.77

-

-

30

11.88

-

-

94

12.42

1995

12

8.23

-

-

12

6.28

63

13.06

-

-

22

8.02

-

-

85

11.20

1996

11

7.82

4

10.91

15

8.46

45

8.12

-

-

25

9.12

-

-

70

8.77

1997

10

7.64

1

2.30

11

6.31

43

7.28

-

-

20

8.12

-

-

63

7.51

1998

10

7.84

2

4.51

12

6.98

62

10.62

-

-

10

4.65

-

-

72

9.01

1999

8

7.40

-

-

8

5.37

41

7.10

-

-

8

5.46

-

-

49

6.77

2000

4

5.05

1

3.11

5

4.49

50

10.20

-

-

7

3.92

-

-

57

8.52

2001

4

4.08

2

6.54

6

4.66

18

5.44

-

-

4

2.87

-

-

22

4.68

2002

5

5.77

-

-

5

4.29

24

7.26

-

-

5

4.80

-

-

29

6.67

2003

2

2.61

-

-

2

1.88

29

8.44

-

-

-

-

-

-

29

6.52

2004

8

10.71

-

-

8

7.66

20

5.39

-

-

1

.87

-

-

21

4.32

2005

2

2.86

2

6.55

4

3.99

20

5.41

-

-

2

1.36

-

-

22

4.26

2006

3

4.18

1

3.25

4

3.90

22

6.77

-

-

2

1.35

-

-

24

5.08

2007

2

2.84

1

4.49

3

3.23

26

6.99

-

-

2

1.31

-

-

28

5.34

 

 

 

Table 08. TOTAL Number of Injuries and TOTAL Incidence Rates (IR) at

 Anthracite Mines in the United States, by Primary Activities, 1978-2007-- continued

 

Year

Total Mining

Indp Shops/Yds

Prep Plants

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

204

16.09

33

66.06

198

27.44

435

21.33

-

-

435

20.44

1979

193

14.89

20

58.45

202

25.16

415

19.45

-

-

415

18.65

1980

224

13.47

15

22.62

180

18.32

419

15.46

-

-

419

14.95

1981

235

13.36

5

6.85

176

18.13

416

14.84

-

-

416

14.34

1982

164

9.32

11

22.60

85

9.07

260

9.47

-

-

260

9.13

19831

87

6.39

5

14.68

53

7.55

145

6.92

2

1.83

147

6.66

1984

87

6.31

7

15.67

72

8.93

166

7.45

-

-

166

7.08

1985

119

9.55

1

2.07

68

9.06

188

9.20

-

-

188

8.68

1986

105

7.35

2

3.87

76

9.76

183

8.10

-

-

183

7.67

1987

82

7.61

4

9.96

77

10.79

163

8.90

-

-

163

8.46

1988

86

8.84

4

9.86

83

12.13

173

10.19

1

1.11

174

9.73

1989

117

11.64

-

-

121

18.43

238

14.03

-

-

238

13.36

1990

124

11.14

6

15.12

101

14.56

231

12.51

-

-

231

11.85

1991

105

10.34

6

16.15

97

15.59

208

12.42

-

-

208

11.71

1992

104

9.89

4

18.80

95

16.77

203

12.38

-

-

203

11.61

1993

126

12.57

3

14.51

85

15.92

214

13.75

1

.88

215

12.87

1994

103

11.02

3

10.96

111

19.70

217

14.23

1

.87

218

13.29

1995

97

10.21

3

12.50

124

24.31

224

15.09

2

1.73

226

14.13

1996

85

8.71

3

29.14

93

17.19

181

11.85

-

-

181

10.97

1997

74

7.31

5

91.82

67

11.97

146

9.25

-

-

146

8.62

1998

84

8.65

3

59.07

51

9.88

138

9.25

-

-

138

8.55

1999

57

6.53

-

-

45

8.19

102

7.16

-

-

102

6.59

2000

62

7.95

-

-

49

9.52

111

8.57

1

.92

112

7.98

2001

28

4.68

-

-

36

8.19

64

6.16

1

1.08

65

5.74

2002

34

6.17

-

-

33

7.95

67

6.91

-

-

67

6.31

2003

31

5.63

-

-

28

7.61

59

6.42

-

-

59

5.81

2004

29

4.91

-

-

30

8.53

59

6.26

-

-

59

5.69

2005

26

4.22

-

-

19

5.65

45

4.72

-

-

45

4.32

2006

28

4.87

-

-

20

5.90

48

5.25

-

-

48

4.78

2007

31

5.02

-

-

25

7.02

56

5.75

-

-

56

5.20

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

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