Table 06. Number of NONFATAL DAYS LOST (NFDL) Injuries and NFDL Incidence Rates (IR) at 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	NFDLs	IR	NFDLs	IR	NFDLs		IR		NFDLs	IR		NFDLs	IR		NFDLs		IR	NFDLs	IR	NFDLs	IR
1978	10,534	10.87	784	6.65	11,318		10.41		2,240	3.48		29	7.93		13	6.88		2	16.72	2,284	3.52
1979	14,184	12.32	1,072	8.08	15,256		11.88		2,379	3.51		14	4.68		8	3.65		2	6.93	2,403	3.52
1980	14,004	12.57	1,071	8.34	15,075		12.13		2,352	3.48		12	5.51		3	1.35		3	6.40	2,370	3.48
1981	11,348	11.30	839	7.21	12,187		10.88		2,242	3.43		10	5.04		6	2.89		-	-	2,258	3.43
1982	10,467	10.33	741	6.46	11,208		9.94		2,050	3.25		14	5.99		15	5.54		3	4.33	2,082	3.27
1983	6,692	8.61	492	5.25	7,184		8.25		1,556	2.70		12	4.21		10	4.52		2	2.56	1,580	2.71
1984	7,227	8.60	544	5.60	7,771		8.28		1,667	2.64		19	6.92		9	3.69		1	1.26	1,696	2.66
1985	6,259	7.71	479	4.89	6,738		7.40		1,570	2.70		10	3.08		26	11.08		2	3.17	1,608	2.72
1986	6,410	8.48	437	4.59	6,847		8.05		1,743	3.19		16	5.25		12	4.07		2	3.54	1,773	3.21
1987	8,913	12.76	613	7.36	9,526		12.19		1,770	3.37		17	3.87		19	5.80		2	2.66	1,808	3.39
1988	9,018	13.49	663	8.26	9,681		12.93		1,760	3.49		25	5.16		12	4.08		1	1.17	1,798	3.51
1989	8,539	13.07	578	7.02	9,117		12.39		1,775	3.53		23	5.25		16	4.74		-	-	1,814	3.54
1990	8,657	12.73	655	7.56	9,312		12.15		1,806	3.51		33	7.89		27	6.82		3	3.12	1,869	3.57
1991	8,045	12.93	613	7.41	8,658		12.28		1,546	3.27		36	8.15		26	6.88		2	2.83	1,610	3.34
1992	7,154	12.33	522	6.42	7,676		11.61		1,441	3.12		26	6.51		21	4.90		2	3.48	1,490	3.17
1993	5,857	11.99	392	5.07	6,249		11.04		1,323	3.08		26	6.03		34	6.39		1	2.77	1,384	3.14
1994	6,097	11.89	431	5.67	6,528		11.09		1,345	3.07		19	4.06		31	6.67		1	2.04	1,396	3.12
1995	5,247	10.89	369	5.27	5,616		10.18		1,028	2.56		31	6.72		15	3.25		1	1.82	1,075	2.61
1996	4,328	9.25	341	4.93	4,669		8.70		888	2.27		17	2.92		23	5.16		-	-	928	2.31
1997	4,093	8.90	283	4.10	4,376		8.28		926	2.33		23	3.67		22	4.75		-	-	971	2.37
1998	4,206	9.53	255	3.95	4,461		8.82		894	2.28		26	4.43		12	2.78		1	0.52	933	2.31
1999	3,535	8.77	230	3.95	3,765		8.16		752	2.02		26	4.47		6	1.88		2	2.45	786	2.06
2000	3,365	9.01	227	3.95	3,592		8.34		771	2.20		19	3.85		9	2.49		2	2.09	801	2.23
2001	3,173	7.94	174	3.00	3,347		7.32		810	2.09		16	2.67		12	3.42		2	1.99	840	2.11
2002	2,981	7.99	206	3.73	3,187		7.44		877	2.33		25	4.24		14	4.45		-	-	916	2.37
2003	2,520	6.95	152	2.91	2,672		6.44		707	1.97		19	4.12		8	2.44		-	-	734	2.00
2004	2,438	6.24	156	2.88	2,594		5.83		676	1.74		11	2.01		7	1.58		1	1.83	695	1.75
2005	2,447	5.66	148	2.53	2,595		5.28		677	1.62		20	2.96		11	1.97		1	1.58	709	1.64
2006	2,433	5.35	156	2.47	2,589		5.00		665	1.52		19	2.58		5	.87		-	-	689	1.53
2007	2,297	5.07	189	3.03	2,486		4.82		623	1.45		25	3.78		5	.76		1	1.77	654	1.48

Table 06. Number of NONFATAL DAYS LOST (NFDL) Injuries and NFDL Incidence Rates (IR) at Coal Mines,

the United States, by Primary Activity, 1978-2007– continued:

	Total Mining		Indp Shops/Yrds		Prep Plants		Total w/o Office		Office		Grand Total
Year	NFDLs	IR	NFDLs	IR	NFDLs	IR	NFDLs	IR	NFDLs	IR	NFDLs	IR
1978	13,602	7.84	143	4.62	1,020	6.11	14,765	7.63	23	.30	14,788	7.35
1979	17,659	8.98	150	3.95	1,203	5.91	19,012	8.61	27	.31	19,039	8.29
1980	17,445	9.07	132	3.70	1,112	5.26	18,689	8.61	31	.33	18,720	8.27
1981	14,445	8.12	88	2.98	952	4.59	15,485	7.68	38	.40	15,523	7.35
1982	13,290	7.53	75	2.70	850	4.19	14,215	7.13	12	.12	14,227	6.79
1983	8,764	6.03	71	2.77	710	4.06	9,545	5.77	17	.18	9,562	5.46
1984	9,467	6.01	46	1.88	731	3.85	10,244	5.72	17	.18	10,261	5.45
1985	8,346	5.56	54	2.84	673	3.60	9,073	5.32	9	.10	9,082	5.06
1986	8,620	6.14	55	3.37	727	4.10	9,402	5.88	15	.18	9,417	5.60
1987	11,334	8.62	55	4.18	946	5.60	12,335	8.24	19	.24	12,354	7.84
1988	11,479	9.10	60	5.51	895	5.35	12,434	8.64	15	.19	12,449	8.20
1989	10,931	8.76	49	5.21	992	5.72	11,972	8.37	28	.35	12,000	7.94
1990	11,181	8.67	73	6.72	973	5.47	12,227	8.27	20	.26	12,247	7.88
1991	10,268	8.65	56	5.25	968	5.66	11,292	8.25	33	.46	11,325	7.86
1992	9,166	8.10	50	5.05	814	4.97	10,030	7.68	24	.33	10,054	7.29
1993	7,633	7.59	51	6.01	691	4.72	8,375	7.21	24	.34	8,399	6.82
1994	7,924	7.65	44	5.38	733	4.64	8,701	7.24	19	.28	8,720	6.86
1995	6,691	6.95	30	4.15	609	4.21	7,330	6.58	9	.14	7,339	6.22
1996	5,597	5.96	26	4.48	486	3.41	6,109	5.62	9	.15	6,118	5.33
1997	5,347	5.70	19	4.04	422	3.05	5,788	5.35	17	.28	5,805	5.08
1998	5,394	5.93	25	4.81	464	3.39	5,883	5.59	16	.28	5,899	5.32
1999	4,551	5.40	19	3.68	413	3.23	4,983	5.10	7	.13	4,990	4.85
2000	4,393	5.56	18	3.11	370	3.04	4,781	5.21	13	.26	4,794	4.95
2001	4,187	4.90	22	3.94	363	2.76	4,572	4.61	6	.12	4,578	4.39
2002	4,103	5.03	19	3.25	396	2.97	4,518	4.74	2	.04	4,520	4.51
2003	3,406	4.35	13	2.27	344	2.71	3,763	4.11	10	.22	3,773	3.93
2004	3,289	3.90	12	1.71	300	2.31	3,601	3.67	9	.20	3,610	3.52
2005	3,304	3.58	10	1.21	283	1.98	3,597	3.35	6	.12	3,603	3.21
2006	3,278	3.38	13	1.60	287	1.88	3,578	3.17	6	.13	3,584	3.05
2007	3,140	3.28	12	1.61	250	1.74	3,402	3.06	3	.06	3,405	2.94

All numbers include contractors.