TABLE 8. - NUMBER OF CONTRACTOR 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------------- - 2 - - - - - - -
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 2 - - 1 1 - 1 -
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - - - - - - - - 1
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- 1 1 - - 2 - - - -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - 4 2 - 1 1 - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- - 12 3 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - - - - - - - -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 103 23 - 42 18 - 39 8
HAND TOOLS------------- - 15 20 - 14 8 - 7 10
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - 1 - - - - - - 1
POWERED HAULAGE-------- - 37 11 2 25 5 1 9 1
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - - - 2 17 4 1 8 -
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 2 1 - 3 - - - -
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- - 35 10 - 5 1 - 1 1
HOISTING--------------- - - - - - - - - -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - - 1 - 2 -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 50 21 - 33 10 - 7 4
DOZER---------------- - - - - 3 1 - - -
DRILL---------------- - 2 2 - 3 - - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 48 19 - 27 9 - 7 4
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 46 7 - 54 5 - 40 3
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 2 1 - - - - 3 -
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - 1 1 - - - - - -
OTHER------------------ - 1 2 - 1 7 - 1 1
TOTAL----------- 1 277 91 2 173 56 1 109 29
TABLE 8. - NUMBER OF CONTRACTOR 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------------- - - - - - - - - -
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 1 - - - - - - -
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - - 1 - - - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - - - - - - - - -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - 3 - - - - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- - 6 3 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - - - - - - - -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 16 17 - 36 17 - 19 13
HAND TOOLS------------- - 4 6 - 5 14 - 5 9
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - - - - - - - 1 -
POWERED HAULAGE-------- - 9 - 1 8 5 2 4 4
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - 1 - 1 2 4 1 2 -
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 1 - - 3 - 1 - 1
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- - 7 - - 3 1 - 2 3
HOISTING--------------- - - - - - - - - -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - 1 - - - -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - 2
MACHINERY-------------- 1 12 7 - 5 9 - 9 10
DOZER---------------- - - - - - - - 1 1
DRILL---------------- - 1 3 - 2 2 - 1 -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- 1 11 4 - 3 7 - 7 9
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 17 5 - 18 2 - 23 3
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 1 - - 2 1 - 1 -
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - - - - - - - - -
OTHER------------------ - - 5 - 1 2 - - 2
TOTAL----------- 1 69 44 1 76 50 2 62 43
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR