Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Mining Industry Accident, Injuries, Employment,and Production Statistics Historical Data - Bituminous Mining Data - Table 05

Table 05. Number of FATAL Injuries and FATAL Incidence Rates (IR) at

Bituminous Coal Mines in the United States, by Primary Activity, 1978-2007

	Underground Mines						Surface Mines
	Underground		Surf at UG		Total		Strip		Auger			Culm Bank		Dredge		Total
Year	Fatals	IR	Fatals	IR	Fatals	IR	Fatals	IR		Fatals	IR	Fatals	IR	Fatals	IR	Fatals	IR
1978	67	.07	9	.08	76	.07	17	.03		-	-	-	-	-	-	17	.03
1979	105	.09	9	.07	114	.09	15	.02		-	-	-	-	-	-	15	.02
1980	91	.08	8	.06	99	.08	23	.03		-	-	-	-	-	-	23	.03
1981	112	.11	9	.08	121	.11	20	.03		-	-	-	-	-	-	20	.03
1982	83	.08	12	.11	95	.08	19	.03		1	.43	-	-	-	-	20	.03
1983¹	44	.06	7	.08	51	.06	11	.02		-	-	-	-	-	-	11	.02
1984	95	.11	2	.02	97	.11	13	.02		-	-	-	-	-	-	13	.02
1985	40	.05	7	.08	47	.05	7	.01		-	-	-	-	-	-	7	.01
1986	47	.06	8	.10	55	.07	17	.03		1	.58	-	-	-	-	18	.04
1987	36	.05	3	.04	39	.05	14	.03		-	-	-	-	-	-	14	.03
1988	25	.04	5	.07	30	.04	7	.02		-	-	-	-	-	-	7	.02
1989	43	.07	1	.02	44	.06	14	.03		-	-	-	-	-	-	14	.03
1990	43	.06	2	.03	45	.06	9	.02		-	-	-	-	-	-	9	.02
1991	39	.06	4	.06	43	.06	7	.02		-	-	-	-	-	-	7	.02
1992	34	.06	3	.05	37	.06	4	.01		-	-	-	-	-	-	4	.01
1993	25	.05	-	-	25	.05	7	.02		-	-	-	-	-	-	7	.02
1994	20	.04	1	.02	21	.04	10	.03		-	-	-	-	-	-	10	.03
1995	18	.04	4	.09	22	.04	8	.02		-	-	1	1.01	-	-	9	.03
1996	27	.06	4	.10	31	.06	3	.01		1	.21	-	-	-	-	4	.01
1997	18	.04	2	.05	20	.04	3	.01		-	-	-	-	-	-	3	.01
1998	20	.05	1	.03	21	.05	2	.01		-	-	-	-	-	-	2	.01
1999	17	.04	-	-	17	.04	7	.02		1	.21	-	-	-	-	8	.03
2000	16	.05	1	.03	17	.04	6	.02		-	-	-	-	-	-	6	.02
2001	31	.08	-	-	31	.08	3	.01		-	-	-	-	-	-	3	.01
2002	12	.03	-	-	12	.03	5	.02		1	.23	-	-	-	-	6	.02
2003	11	.03	2	.07	13	.04	7	.02		1	.28	-	-	-	-	8	.03
2004	13	.04	2	.07	15	.04	3	.01		-	-	1	.53	-	-	4	.01
2005	14	.03	1	.04	15	.03	1	(*)		-	-	-	-	-	-	1	(*)
2006	35	.08	-	-	35	.08	6	.02		-	-	-	-	-	-	6	.02
2007	18	.04	2	.07	20	.04	7	.02		-	-	-	-	-	-	7	.02

Table 05. Number of FATAL Injuries and FATAL Incidence Rates (IR) at

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

	Total Mining		Indp Shops/Yrds		Prep Plants		Total w/o Office		Office		Grand Total
Year	Fatals	IR	Fatals	IR	Fatals	IR	Fatals	IR	Fatals	IR	Fatals	IR
1978	93	.05	-	-	12	.08	105	.05	-	-	105	.05
1979	129	.07	2	.05	12	.06	143	.07	-	-	143	.06
1980	122	.06	2	.06	6	.03	130	.06	-	-	130	.06
1981	141	.08	-	-	10	.05	151	.08	-	-	151	.07
1982	115	.07	-	-	7	.04	122	.06	-	-	122	.06
1983¹	62	.04	1	.04	3	.02	66	.04	-	-	66	.04
1984	110	.07	-	-	7	.04	117	.07	-	-	117	.07
1985	54	.04	-	-	2	.01	56	.03	-	-	56	.03
1986	73	.05	1	.06	7	.05	81	.05	-	-	81	.05
1987	53	.04	-	-	5	.03	58	.04	-	-	58	.04
1988	37	.03	-	-	6	.04	43	.03	-	-	43	.03
1989	58	.05	-	-	4	.03	62	.05	-	-	62	.04
1990	54	.05	1	.10	2	.01	57	.04	-	-	57	.04
1991	50	.05	1	.10	3	.02	54	.04	-	-	54	.04
1992	41	.04	-	-	2	.02	43	.04	-	-	43	.04
1993	32	.04	-	-	3	.03	35	.03	-	-	35	.03
1994	31	.03	-	-	1	.01	32	.03	-	-	32	.03
1995	31	.04	-	-	3	.03	34	.04	-	-	34	.03
1996	35	.04	-	-	1	.01	36	.04	-	-	36	.04
1997	23	.03	-	-	1	.01	24	.03	-	-	24	.03
1998	23	.03	-	-	1	.01	24	.03	-	-	24	.03
1999	25	.04	-	-	3	.03	28	.03	-	-	28	.03
2000	23	.04	1	.18	4	.05	28	.04	-	-	28	.04
2001	34	.05	-	-	2	.02	36	.05	-	-	36	.04
2002	18	.03	-	-	2	.02	20	.03	-	-	20	.02
2003	21	.03	-	-	1	.01	22	.03	-	-	22	.03
2004	19	.03	-	-	3	.03	22	.03	-	-	22	.03
2005	16	.02	-	-	-	-	16	.02	-	-	16	.02
2006	41	.05	-	-	-	-	41	.05	-	-	41	.04
2007	27	.03	-	0	1	.01	28	.03	-	-	28	.03

* Less than .005

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