TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 1996 COAL PREPARATION ACCIDENT UNDERGROUND SURFACE PLANTS CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL ELECTRICAL------------- 1 48 5 - 4 3 - 5 1 ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - - EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 5 2 - 2 - - 1 - EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS---------------- - 1 2 - 2 1 - - - FALLING, ROLLING, OR SLIDING MATERIAL----- 2 6 3 - 1 1 - - - FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE OR HIGHWALL----------- 5 89 13 1 8 1 - - - FALL OF ROOF (UNDER- GROUND MINES ONLY)---- 8 306 92 - - - - - - FIRE------------------- - - - - 9 - - - - HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 1,491 448 - 200 106 - 129 63 HAND TOOLS------------- 1 281 301 - 67 89 - 43 63 NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - 11 1 - 1 - - - 2 POWERED HAULAGE-------- 11 581 118 1 112 37 - 21 13 HAULAGE TRUCKS------- 1 16 4 1 69 21 - 8 - FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 8 2 - 27 7 - 1 5 ALL OTHER POWERED HAULAGE------------- 10 557 112 - 16 9 - 12 8 HOISTING--------------- - 8 - - - - - - 1 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - 1 1 - - - IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - - INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - - MACHINERY-------------- 3 635 253 2 109 70 - 25 26 DOZER---------------- - - 3 - 43 12 - - - DRILL---------------- - 1 1 - 7 5 - - - ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- 3 634 249 2 59 53 - 25 26 SLIPS OR FALLS OF PERSON---------------- - 748 107 - 238 48 1 134 26 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT------------- - 107 14 - 15 2 - 6 1 STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - 51 28 - 1 2 - 3 4 OTHER------------------ 1 86 11 - 17 15 - 10 4 TOTAL----------- 32 4,454 1,398 4 787 376 1 377 204 TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 1996 METAL ACCIDENT UNDERGROUND SURFACE MILLS CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL ELECTRICAL------------- - 4 1 - - - - 5 1 ENTRAPMENT------------- - - 1 - - - - - - EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 1 1 - - - - 2 - EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS---------------- - 3 2 - - - - - - FALLING, ROLLING, OR SLIDING MATERIAL----- - 3 4 - - 1 - 1 2 FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE OR HIGHWALL----------- 1 11 4 - - - - - - FALL OF ROOF (UNDER- GROUND MINES ONLY)---- - 34 18 - - - - - - FIRE------------------- - - - - 2 - - 1 - HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 112 80 - 143 93 - 218 234 HAND TOOLS------------- - 42 43 - 34 54 - 78 87 NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - 3 - - - 1 - 6 3 POWERED HAULAGE-------- 2 62 19 2 72 26 - 18 13 HAULAGE TRUCKS------- 1 17 4 2 52 16 - 2 3 FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 3 - - 10 5 - 3 4 ALL OTHER POWERED HAULAGE------------- 1 42 15 - 10 5 - 13 6 HOISTING--------------- - 4 1 - - - - 2 - IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - 1 - - 2 2 IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - - INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - - MACHINERY-------------- - 90 92 - 47 57 - 58 68 DOZER---------------- - - - - 6 2 - 1 - DRILL---------------- - 5 2 - 4 3 - 2 - ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 85 90 - 37 52 - 55 68 SLIPS OR FALLS OF PERSON---------------- 1 85 30 - 131 39 - 140 52 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT------------- - 11 2 - 13 2 - 12 3 STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - - 1 - - - - 10 12 OTHER------------------ - 8 4 - 14 20 - 24 18 TOTAL----------- 4 473 303 2 457 293 - 577 495