TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND
ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 1997
COAL
PREPARATION
ACCIDENT UNDERGROUND SURFACE PLANTS
CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL
ELECTRICAL------------- 1 39 4 - 4 1 - 2 2
ENTRAPMENT------------- - 1 - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 13 3 - 4 - - 1 -
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- 1 1 1 - - - - 1 -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - 4 3 - 1 1 - - -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- 3 96 16 - 7 1 - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- 6 292 118 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - 1 1 - 3 1 - - -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 1,355 440 - 220 124 - 123 66
HAND TOOLS------------- 1 276 301 - 57 100 - 43 44
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - 16 1 - 2 1 - 2 -
POWERED HAULAGE-------- 6 506 109 3 125 21 1 20 6
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - 13 5 3 84 14 1 3 2
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 3 1 - 22 1 - 5 2
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- 6 490 103 - 19 6 - 12 2
HOISTING--------------- - 1 - - - - - - -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - 5 - - 2 - - 3 -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- 2 668 252 - 121 75 - 22 25
DOZER---------------- - 2 1 - 45 16 - 2 1
DRILL---------------- - - - - 9 3 - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- 2 666 251 - 67 56 - 20 24
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 619 88 - 253 42 - 101 24
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 98 13 - 17 2 - 2 -
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - 60 26 - 4 3 - 4 2
OTHER------------------ - 82 8 - 10 13 - 9 4
TOTAL----------- 20 4,133 1,384 3 830 385 1 333 173
TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND
ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 1997
METAL
ACCIDENT UNDERGROUND SURFACE MILLS
CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL
ELECTRICAL------------- 1 - - - 3 3 1 4 2
ENTRAPMENT------------- - 1 - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 1 2 - 2 - - - 2
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - 2 1 - - - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - 4 1 - 1 - - 2 2
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - 10 9 - 3 2 - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- 2 36 26 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - - - 1 - - - 1
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 95 79 - 140 86 - 226 188
HAND TOOLS------------- - 29 44 - 31 53 - 84 108
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - 1 1 - 1 - - 5 7
POWERED HAULAGE-------- 1 47 25 - 65 25 1 26 9
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - 11 6 - 41 17 - 8 1
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 3 2 - 8 5 - 8 3
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- 1 33 17 - 16 3 1 10 5
HOISTING--------------- - 3 - - - 1 - 1 -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - 1 - - - 1
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 97 70 - 49 49 - 53 71
DOZER---------------- - 2 - - 10 4 - - -
DRILL---------------- - 5 5 - 2 5 - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 90 65 - 37 40 - 53 71
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- 1 71 18 - 98 40 - 154 57
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 14 1 - 9 1 - 16 6
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - 2 - - 1 1 - 6 6
OTHER------------------ - 3 9 - 7 9 - 16 17
TOTAL----------- 5 416 286 - 412 270 2 593 477
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR