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Table 05. Number of NONFATAL DAYS LOST (NFDL) Injuries and NFDL Incidence Rates

 at Nonmetallic 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

410

7.17

104

9.54

514

7.55

408

3.93

7

36.17

48

19.36

463

4.34

1979

459

7.46

92

7.11

551

7.40

343

3.27

-

-

19

8.72

362

3.38

1980

436

7.06

105

6.13

541

6.85

298

2.75

-

-

3

2.54

301

2.74

1981

468

7.40

98

4.98

566

6.83

252

2.41

1

16.77

-

-

253

2.42

1982

257

4.85

49

2.39

306

4.16

140

2.07

2

17.35

-

-

142

2.08

1983  1/

230

5.68

25

3.33

255

5.31

144

2.13

8

6.52

1

5.79

153

2.21

1984

165

3.90

17

2.31

182

3.67

123

1.64

6

2.62

-

-

129

1.67

1985

157

4.11

34

5.01

191

4.25

141

1.98

4

1.84

-

-

145

1.97

1986

152

4.45

30

4.72

182

4.49

129

2.02

11

5.56

1

9.67

141

2.14

1987

145

4.38

34

5.43

179

4.55

178

2.80

5

3.99

-

-

183

2.83

1988

155

4.26

37

5.69

192

4.48

189

2.90

5

3.80

-

-

194

2.92

1989

183

4.83

37

5.31

220

4.90

237

3.64

4

2.77

-

-

241

3.62

1990

214

5.62

42

5.89

256

5.67

209

3.23

5

13.83

-

-

214

3.29

1991

174

4.69

49

8.05

223

5.16

174

2.86

13

14.13

-

-

187

3.03

1992

134

3.69

26

4.12

160

3.76

153

2.70

3

3.81

-

-

156

2.71

1993

163

4.86

27

4.49

190

4.80

144

2.65

1

5.02

-

-

145

2.66

1994

154

4.62

30

4.45

184

4.59

143

2.55

-

-

-

-

143

2.54

1995

122

3.76

24

4.20

146

3.83

137

2.42

-

-

-

-

137

2.41

1996

108

3.27

22

3.68

130

3.33

125

2.14

-

-

-

-

125

2.14

1997

121

3.75

14

3.40

135

3.71

112

1.96

-

-

-

-

112

1.96

1998

103

3.51

16

4.34

119

3.61

144

2.53

3

6.42

-

-

147

2.56

1999

105

3.86

16

3.83

121

3.86

141

2.58

4

6.76

-

-

145

2.61

2000

92

3.64

12

3.02

104

3.56

157

2.84

-

-

-

-

157

2.83

2001

118

4.55

9

2.26

127

4.25

133

2.58

-

-

-

-

133

2.57

2002

92

4.04

9

3.02

101

3.92

111

2.26

-

-

1

5.46

112

2.28

2003

80

3.47

17

5.17

97

3.68

87

1.79

-

-

-

-

87

1.77

2004

83

3.40

8

2.28

91

3.26

125

2.56

1

3.27

-

-

126

2.56

2005

80

3.35

13

3.48

93

3.37

101

2.14

2

2.36

-

-

103

2.13

2006

73

3.02

25

6.83

98

3.52

55

1.16

2

4.03

-

-

57

1.19

2007

91

3.67

29

7.39

120

4.18

77

1.67

7

6.81

-

-

84

1.78

 

 

Table 05. Number of NONFATAL DAYS LOST (NFDL) Injuries and NFDL Incidence Rates

 at Nonmetallic 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

977

5.59

3

3.54

1,401

5.41

2,381

5.48

6

.09

2,387

4.73

1979

913

5.03

1

.90

1,369

5.55

2,283

5.32

5

.07

2,288

4.58

1980

842

4.46

-

-

1,151

4.97

1,993

4.74

3

.05

1,996

4.10

1981

819

4.37

-

-

1,003

4.15

1,822

4.24

9

.13

1,831

3.69

1982

448

3.16

-

-

564

3.46

1,012

3.32

4

.07

1,016

2.81

1983  1/

408

3.48

-

-

595

3.32

1,003

3.39

3

.06

1,006

2.87

1984

311

2.45

-

-

621

3.28

932

2.94

6

.12

938

2.55

1985

336

2.83

1

3.49

517

2.83

854

2.83

1

.02

855

2.44

1986

323

3.04

1

3.70

455

2.68

779

2.82

3

.07

782

2.44

1987

362

3.48

2

9.63

637

3.72

1,001

3.63

4

.09

1,005

3.15

1988

386

3.53

-

-

830

4.66

1,216

4.23

6

.14

1,222

3.69

1989

461

4.14

-

-

805

4.51

1,266

4.36

4

.09

1,270

3.80

1990

470

4.26

-

-

803

4.56

1,273

4.45

5

.11

1,278

3.87

1991

410

3.91

-

-

708

4.14

1,118

4.05

8

.19

1,126

3.53

1992

316

3.16

-

-

647

3.89

963

3.61

3

.07

966

3.14

1993

335

3.56

-

-

580

3.67

915

3.63

3

.08

918

3.15

1994

327

3.40

-

-

533

3.34

860

3.36

3

.07

863

2.90

1995

283

2.98

-

-

528

3.29

811

3.17

2

.05

813

2.74

1996

255

2.62

-

-

443

2.75

698

2.70

4

.10

702

2.34

1997

247

2.64

-

-

488

3.03

735

2.88

4

.10

739

2.50

1998

266

2.94

-

-

441

2.81

707

2.86

1

.03

708

2.48

1999

266

3.06

-

-

446

2.99

712

3.02

1

.13

717

2.62

2000

261

3.08

-

-

414

2.86

675

2.94

5

.14

680

2.56

2001

260

3.19

-

-

428

3.14

688

3.15

3

.09

691

2.73

2002

213

2.84

-

-

381

2.92

594

2.89

3

.09

597

2.51

2003

184

2.44

-

-

322

2.52

506

2.49

2

.06

508

2.17

2004

217

2.81

-

-

333

2.67

550

2.73

4

.12

554

2.36

2005

196

2.58

-

-

313

2.52

509

2.54

4

.13

513

2.22

2006

155

2.04

-

-

262

2.10

417

2.08

10

.31

427

1.84

2007 2/

204

2.69

-

-

304

2.46

508

2.55

1

(*)

509

2.19

 

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

2/  If the computation is less than .01  after rounding then an asterisk inside parentheses (*) is printed.