Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Mining Industry Accident, Injuries, Employment,and Production Statistics Historical Data - Table 05. Number of NONFATAL DAYS LOST (NFDL) Injuries and NFDL Incidence Rates at Metallic Operations in the United States, by Primary Activity, 1978-2006

Table 05. Number of NONFATAL DAYS LOST (NFDL) Injuries and NFDL Incidence Rates at Metallic Operations in the United States, by Primary Activity, 1978-2007

Year	Underground Mines						Surface Mines
	Underground		Surf at UG		Total		Strip		Dredge		Other		Total
	NFDLs	IR	NFDLs	IR	NFDLs	IR	NFDLs	IR	NFDLs	IR	NFDLs	IR	NFDLs	IR
1978	2,182	11.88	194	4.83	2,376	10.61	920	3.79	11	2.73	5	7.22	936	3.78
1979	2,673	13.77	205	4.45	2,878	11.98	1,138	4.32	20	5.65	4	5.85	1,162	4.34
1980	2,290	11.96	242	4.71	2,532	10.42	955	3.85	14	4.06	4	4.00	973	3.86
1981	2,008	10.38	249	4.64	2,257	9.13	866	3.34	15	4.51	-	-	881	3.35
1982	947	7.78	103	2.84	1,050	6.64	436	2.88	20	5.74	1	15.39	457	2.95
1983¹	631	7.71	59	2.24	690	6.38	316	2.67	16	4.69	-	-	332	2.73
1984	550	6.70	67	3.17	617	5.98	302	2.63	10	2.99	-	-	312	2.64
1985	401	5.61	38	2.09	439	4.89	258	2.63	14	4.10	-	-	272	2.68
1986	451	6.91	51	3.23	502	6.19	249	2.61	7	1.77	-	-	256	2.58
1987	449	6.90	64	4.06	513	6.35	427	3.89	24	4.96	-	-	451	3.94
1988	642	8.73	73	4.29	717	7.87	515	3.76	24	4.27	-	-	539	3.78
1989	636	8.56	91	4.70	727	7.76	664	4.16	31	6.19	-	-	696	4.22
1990	567	7.60	84	4.09	651	6.84	647	3.70	44	9.39	-	-	691	3.85
1991	464	7.04	67	3.74	531	6.33	655	3.74	8	1.90	-	-	663	3.70
1992	354	6.18	44	2.41	398	5.27	534	3.13	15	3.50	-	-	549	3.14
1993	328	6.42	57	3.62	385	5.76	483	2.80	17	3.50	-	-	500	2.82
1994	390	7.31	65	4.84	455	6.81	425	2.57	12	3.41	33	4.89	470	2.68
1995	367	6.25	55	3.88	422	5.79	435	2.49	17	4.71	17	2.35	469	2.52
1996	412	6.76	61	4.34	473	6.31	412	2.24	15	3.75	27	4.40	454	2.34
1997	374	6.00	42	3.11	416	5.48	382	2.21	10	2.53	15	2.86	407	2.23
1998	370	6.42	50	4.43	420	6.09	351	2.29	11	3.28	13	4.49	375	2.36
1999	313	6.33	32	3.25	345	5.82	305	2.22	11	3.49	8	3.48	324	2.27
2000	257	5.83	35	3.44	292	5.38	265	2.13	10	3.53	16	6.69	291	2.24
2001	184	4.13	19	2.20	203	3.82	215	1.85	6	2.56	4	3.63	225	1.88
2002	149	4.01	14	2.00	163	3.69	188	1.90	2	.93	1	1.68	191	1.88
2003	147	4.07	26	3.53	173	3.98	178	1.93	6	3.02	1	2.25	185	1.96
2004	130	3.41	20	2.53	150	3.26	181	1.77	2	1.91	3	4.83	186	1.79
2005	154	3.68	11	1.33	165	3.30	227	2.13	2	1.93	5	5.66	234	2.15
2006	141	3.08	24	2.68	165	3.02	260	2.18	-	-	1	.70	261	2.15
2007	178	3.27	33	3.56	211	3.32	274	2.06	1	.92	4	3.25	279	2.06

Table 05. Number of NONFATAL DAYS LOST (NFDL) Injuries and NFDL Incidence Rates at Metallic Operations in the United States, by Primary Activity, 1978-2007– continued:

Year	Total Mining		Indp Shops/Yrds		Mills		Total w/o Office		Office		Grand Total
	NFDLs	IR	NFDLs	IR	NFDLs	IR	NFDLs	IR	NFDLs	IR	NFDLs	IR
1978	3,312	7.03	76	2.96	1,293	4.55	4,681	5.99	18	.16	4,699	5.27
1979	4,040	7.91	68	3.16	1,535	4.77	5,643	6.63	12	.10	5,655	5.84
1980	3,505	7.08	44	3.44	1,335	4.29	4,884	5.96	14	.12	4,898	5.22
1981	3,138	6.15	39	2.73	1,321	3.89	4,498	5.21	15	.12	4,513	4.58
1982	1,507	4.81	8	1.10	622	2.84	2,137	3.96	9	.10	2,146	3.41
1983¹	1,022	4.45	12	1.60	514	2.88	1,548	3.72	12	.18	1,560	3.23
1984	929	4.19	13	1.46	590	3.23	1,532	3.71	5	.09	1,537	3.28
1985	711	3.72	2	.24	493	3.11	1,206	3.37	7	.15	1,213	2.99
1986	758	4.20	18	3.26	476	3.43	1,252	3.85	3	.07	1,255	3.42
1987	964	4.93	19	3.32	720	4.59	1,703	4.76	7	.16	1,710	4.25
1988	1,218	5.37	19	5.42	933	5.36	2,239	5.37	4	.08	2,243	4.79
1989	1,422	5.50	15	3.97	892	4.41	2,329	5.01	11	.19	2,351	4.47
1990	1,342	4.88	15	3.94	773	3.76	2,130	4.40	7	.12	2,137	3.93
1991	1,194	4.54	22	5.81	806	3.94	2,022	4.29	8	.13	2,030	3.82
1992	947	3.78	15	4.09	648	3.26	1,610	3.55	10	.17	1,620	3.16
1993	885	3.62	8	2.24	627	3.29	1,520	3.47	8	.15	1,528	3.12
1994	925	3.82	8	2.14	508	2.74	1,441	3.34	8	.16	1,449	3.00
1995	891	3.44	11	2.47	501	2.64	1,403	3.10	8	.15	1,411	2.80
1996	927	3.44	3	.83	577	2.96	1,507	3.22	6	.11	1,513	2.91
1997	823	3.19	5	1.36	593	3.08	1,421	3.13	5	.09	1,426	2.81
1998	795	3.48	3	.87	453	2.51	1,251	3.03	8	.15	1,259	2.71
1999	669	3.31	9	2.88	456	2.75	1,134	3.06	1	.02	1,135	2.72
2000	583	3.17	6	1.85	350	2.24	939	2.73	5	.12	944	2.44
2001	428	2.47	7	2.45	300	2.30	735	2.40	6	.16	741	2.15
2002	354	2.43	6	2.21	280	2.53	640	2.47	2	.06	642	2.19
2003	358	2.59	3	1.24	218	2.09	579	2.37	3	.09	582	2.10
2004	336	2.24	2	.94	220	2.02	558	2.14	6	.16	564	1.90
2005	399	2.51	2	.85	277	2.37	678	2.44	4	.10	682	2.15
2006	426	2.42	4	1.95	235	1.97	665	2.23	5	.12	670	1.97
2007	490	2.46	2	.89	306	2.34	798	2.40	3	.07	801	2.12

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

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