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