TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND
ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 1998
COAL
PREPARATION
ACCIDENT UNDERGROUND SURFACE PLANTS
CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL
ELECTRICAL------------- 1 32 7 - 5 1 - 4 -
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 11 1 - 2 1 - 3 -
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - 2 - - 1 - - 1 -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - 10 1 - 2 1 - 2 1
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- 1 76 11 1 6 2 - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- 13 311 95 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - 1 1 - 6 1 - 1 -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 1,345 406 - 209 121 - 121 53
HAND TOOLS------------- - 275 256 - 61 70 - 37 27
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - 11 1 - 1 1 - 6 -
POWERED HAULAGE-------- 4 541 116 1 82 24 - 16 6
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - 8 4 1 60 12 - 7 -
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 9 - - 14 5 - 1 2
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- 4 524 112 - 8 7 - 8 4
HOISTING--------------- - 3 - - - - - 1 1
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- 1 2 1 - 1 - - 1 -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- 2 666 274 - 134 70 1 27 12
DOZER---------------- 1 1 - - 63 8 1 4 -
DRILL---------------- - - - - 7 1 - - 1
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- 1 665 274 - 64 61 - 23 11
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 653 84 - 250 58 - 120 18
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 114 16 - 14 4 - 6 2
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - 46 37 - 1 3 - 3 4
OTHER------------------ - 84 14 - 10 17 - 6 3
TOTAL----------- 22 4,183 1,321 2 785 374 1 355 127
TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND
ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 1998
METAL
ACCIDENT UNDERGROUND SURFACE MILLS
CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL
ELECTRICAL------------- - 1 1 - 1 1 - 2 1
ENTRAPMENT------------- - 1 1 - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - 1 - - 1 - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - 1 1 - - 1 - 2 2
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- 1 13 5 - 1 - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- 2 31 16 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - - - - - - 1 -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 120 62 - 112 97 - 185 239
HAND TOOLS------------- - 40 33 - 29 69 - 54 121
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - 2 - - 1 2 - 5 1
POWERED HAULAGE-------- - 42 20 - 53 19 - 14 18
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - 16 4 - 44 10 - 3 1
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 1 - - 5 6 - 4 4
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- - 25 16 - 4 3 - 7 13
HOISTING--------------- - 2 2 - - - - - -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - - - - 3 1
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 73 69 - 51 32 - 52 76
DOZER---------------- - - - - 7 2 - 1 -
DRILL---------------- - 6 5 - 2 3 - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 67 64 - 42 27 - 51 76
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- 1 76 20 - 112 39 - 117 52
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 14 1 - 9 5 - 8 2
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - - 1 - 1 2 - 4 12
OTHER------------------ - 2 3 - 6 11 1 5 26
TOTAL----------- 4 420 236 - 378 279 2 453 552
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR