TABLE 8. - NUMBER OF CONTRACTOR 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 - - 1 - - 1 -
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - 1 - - 1 - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - - - - - - - - -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - 6 1 - 2 1 - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- - 10 3 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - - - - - - 1 -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 52 13 - 47 21 - 32 9
HAND TOOLS------------- - 14 13 - 26 10 - 7 5
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - - - - - - - 1 -
POWERED HAULAGE-------- - 39 3 - 18 5 - 11 1
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - 8 1 - 14 3 - 7 -
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 1 - - - - - 2 -
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- - 30 2 - 4 2 - 2 1
HOISTING--------------- - - - - - 1 - 1 -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - 1 - - 2 - - - -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 44 10 1 22 19 - 19 11
DOZER---------------- - 3 - - 2 - - - -
DRILL---------------- - 1 1 - 1 - - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 40 9 1 19 19 - 19 11
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- 1 39 8 - 38 6 - 32 6
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 5 1 - 3 - - 2 1
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - 1 1 - - - - - -
OTHER------------------ - 2 5 - 1 5 - 1 -
TOTAL----------- 1 215 58 1 161 68 - 108 33
TABLE 8. - NUMBER OF CONTRACTOR 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------------- - - - - 1 1 - - -
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - - - - - 1 - - 1
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - - - - - - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - - - - - - - 1 2
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - 1 2 - 2 - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- - 1 - - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - - - 2 - - - -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 21 19 - 55 29 - 19 22
HAND TOOLS------------- 1 4 8 - 19 19 - 10 9
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - 1 - - - - - - -
POWERED HAULAGE-------- - 3 4 1 7 3 - 5 2
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - 1 - 1 4 2 - 1 1
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - - - - - - - 1 -
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- - 2 4 - 3 1 - 3 1
HOISTING--------------- - 1 - - - - - - -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - - - - - -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 16 13 - 23 28 - 10 13
DOZER---------------- - - - - - 2 - - -
DRILL---------------- - 2 - - 8 4 - 1 -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 14 13 - 15 22 - 9 13
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 20 2 - 34 11 - 20 10
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 2 - - 2 1 - 2 -
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - - 1 - 1 1 - - -
OTHER------------------ - 1 1 - 3 4 - - 1
TOTAL----------- 1 71 50 1 149 98 - 67 60
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR