TABLE 8. - NUMBER OF CONTRACTOR 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------------- - 1 2 - 1 - - - -
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - - - - 1 1 - - -
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - 1 - - 1 - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - 1 - 1 - - - - -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - 6 - - 1 - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- - 9 2 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - 1 - - 2 - - 2 -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 50 24 - 31 17 - 26 5
HAND TOOLS------------- - 21 15 - 13 14 - 10 7
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - - - - - - - 1 -
POWERED HAULAGE-------- 1 22 6 2 23 3 - 11 -
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - 3 1 1 17 3 - 8 -
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - - - 1 1 - - 1 -
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- 1 19 5 - 5 - - 2 -
HOISTING--------------- - - 1 - - - - - -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - - - - - -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 38 9 1 24 17 1 14 3
DOZER---------------- - 1 - - 2 - - - -
DRILL---------------- - - - - 2 - - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 37 9 1 20 17 1 14 3
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 37 4 1 37 7 1 38 8
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 1 - - 1 2 - 2 -
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - 2 1 - - 1 - 1 1
OTHER------------------ - - 1 1 3 2 - 1 -
TOTAL----------- 1 190 65 6 138 64 2 106 24
TABLE 8. - NUMBER OF CONTRACTOR 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 2 - 1 -
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - - - - - - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - 1 - - - - - - -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - - 1 1 1 - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- - 1 3 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - - - - - - - 1
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 13 17 - 49 22 - 14 21
HAND TOOLS------------- - 6 9 - 18 25 - 8 3
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - - - - 1 - - - 2
POWERED HAULAGE-------- 1 9 2 2 9 6 1 4 1
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - - - 2 4 1 1 - -
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - - - - 1 1 - 2 -
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- 1 9 2 - 4 4 - 2 1
HOISTING--------------- - - - - - - - - -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - 1 - - - 1
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 17 11 1 28 33 - 7 7
DOZER---------------- - - - - - 2 - - -
DRILL---------------- - 4 - - 8 2 - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 13 11 1 20 29 - 7 7
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 13 8 - 30 15 - 14 7
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 1 2 - 3 2 - - -
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - 1 - - - 1 - - -
OTHER------------------ - - 1 - 1 3 - 1 1
TOTAL----------- 1 62 54 4 143 109 1 49 44
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR