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
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR