TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND
ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 1995
COAL
PREPARATION
ACCIDENT UNDERGROUND SURFACE PLANTS
CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL
ELECTRICAL------------- 5 50 13 1 4 3 - 5 -
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - 1 - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 9 1 - 6 1 - 4 1
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - - - - - 1 - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- 1 6 2 - 1 - - 1 -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- 3 116 16 - 8 - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- 6 294 98 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - 3 3 - 5 2 - 2 1
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 1,895 481 - 283 145 - 176 73
HAND TOOLS------------- 1 341 319 - 87 109 - 69 55
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - 18 4 - 1 - - 6 -
POWERED HAULAGE-------- 6 642 112 5 129 19 2 23 9
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- 1 6 2 4 80 14 - 5 1
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 4 1 - 24 2 - 2 5
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- 5 632 109 1 25 3 2 16 3
HOISTING--------------- - 2 - - - - - - 1
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - 3 - - 2 - - - -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - 3 - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- 3 864 272 2 119 77 1 42 39
DOZER---------------- - 1 3 1 52 6 1 8 2
DRILL---------------- - 4 1 - 6 4 - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- 3 859 268 1 61 67 - 34 37
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 899 111 2 291 65 - 158 29
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 91 13 - 9 2 - 6 2
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - 80 30 - 4 3 - 1 2
OTHER------------------ - 110 8 - 18 26 - 10 5
TOTAL----------- 25 5,426 1,483 10 967 454 3 503 217
TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND
ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 1995
METAL
ACCIDENT UNDERGROUND SURFACE MILLS
CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL
ELECTRICAL------------- - 2 1 - - - 1 2 4
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - 1 - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 3 - - 1 - - 2 1
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - 3 1 - 2 1 - 1 -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- 1 1 2 1 - - - 1 3
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - 7 9 - - - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- 1 27 21 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - - 1 3 - - - 1
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 112 82 - 152 108 - 186 209
HAND TOOLS------------- - 32 40 - 38 71 - 61 132
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - 4 - - - 1 - 4 3
POWERED HAULAGE-------- 1 44 22 2 65 27 - 27 12
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- 1 7 4 2 44 13 - 5 2
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 1 - - 10 3 - 3 3
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- - 36 18 - 11 11 - 19 7
HOISTING--------------- - 3 1 - - - - - -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - - - - 2 1
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 93 68 - 53 50 - 53 93
DOZER---------------- - - - - 9 - - - -
DRILL---------------- - 5 3 - 4 - - - 1
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 88 65 - 40 50 - 53 92
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 77 26 1 145 38 - 140 67
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 7 1 - 7 4 - 6 4
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - 1 1 - - 1 - 2 3
OTHER------------------ - 6 11 - 14 14 - 14 15
TOTAL----------- 3 422 286 5 480 316 1 501 548
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR