TABLE 8. - NUMBER OF CONTRACTOR 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------------- 2 2 2 - - - - 2 -
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 1 - - - - - - -
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - - - - - - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - - - - - - - - -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - 10 1 - - - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- - 14 4 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - - - 3 - - - -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 66 28 - 48 26 - 27 11
HAND TOOLS------------- - 21 14 - 14 11 1 9 5
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - - - - 1 - - - 1
POWERED HAULAGE-------- - 38 10 2 19 2 - 11 2
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - 7 1 1 12 2 - 7 1
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 3 - - 2 - - 1 -
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- - 28 9 1 5 - - 3 1
HOISTING--------------- - 1 - - - - - 1 -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - - - - 1 1
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 47 17 1 30 22 - 10 6
DOZER---------------- - 1 - - 5 2 - 1 -
DRILL---------------- - 3 - - 3 1 - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 43 17 1 22 19 - 9 6
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 38 4 - 38 7 - 27 5
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 4 - - 2 - - - 1
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - - 2 - - 1 - - 1
OTHER------------------ - 1 - - 5 5 - 1 -
TOTAL----------- 2 243 82 3 160 74 1 89 33
TABLE 8. - NUMBER OF CONTRACTOR 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 - 1 -
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - - - - - - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - - - - - - - - -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - 4 - - - - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- - 1 1 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - - - - - - - -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 17 11 - 36 27 - 14 18
HAND TOOLS------------- - 1 2 - 14 16 - 6 11
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - 1 - - - - - - -
POWERED HAULAGE-------- 1 9 1 2 8 2 - - 2
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- 1 7 - 2 3 2 - - -
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - - - - - - - - -
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- - 2 1 - 5 - - - 2
HOISTING--------------- 1 4 - - - - - 1 -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - 1 - - - - - 1 -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 20 13 1 16 13 - 12 14
DOZER---------------- - - - - 1 - - - 2
DRILL---------------- - 5 2 1 4 5 - 1 -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 15 11 - 11 8 - 11 12
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 9 4 - 20 12 - 20 6
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - - - - 3 1 - - -
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - - - - 1 - - - 1
OTHER------------------ - - 1 - 1 6 - 1 1
TOTAL----------- 2 67 33 3 99 78 - 56 53
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR