TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND
ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 1999
COAL
PREPARATION
ACCIDENT UNDERGROUND SURFACE PLANTS
CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL
ELECTRICAL------------- - 33 9 - 8 - 1 - -
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - 1 - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 5 3 - 1 2 - - -
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - 2 1 2 2 - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- 2 9 1 - - - - 1 -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- 3 77 9 3 3 - - - 1
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- 9 256 85 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - 3 1 - 2 - - 1 1
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 1,190 302 - 165 95 - 115 41
HAND TOOLS------------- - 205 220 - 40 65 - 31 30
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - 9 2 - - - - 3 2
POWERED HAULAGE-------- - 404 79 2 87 14 - 14 3
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - 10 1 2 51 11 - 5 -
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 3 - - 23 1 - - 1
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- - 391 78 - 13 2 - 9 2
HOISTING--------------- - 1 - - - - - - -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - 1 3 - 1 - - 1 -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- 2 602 219 1 96 54 1 17 12
DOZER---------------- - - - - 37 7 1 6 -
DRILL---------------- - 3 - - 7 2 - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- 2 599 219 1 52 45 - 11 12
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- 1 568 56 - 215 48 1 103 17
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 79 11 - 19 4 - 8 1
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - 39 25 - - 2 - 6 2
OTHER------------------ - 49 3 1 7 21 - 5 2
TOTAL----------- 17 3,532 1,029 9 647 305 3 305 112
TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND
ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 1999
METAL
ACCIDENT UNDERGROUND SURFACE MILLS
CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL
ELECTRICAL------------- - 1 2 - 1 - - 5 1
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 1 - - - - - 4 -
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - 2 - - - - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - 2 1 - - 1 - - 1
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- 1 6 4 - - - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- 2 27 14 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - - - - 1 - 4 1
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 90 56 - 108 85 - 177 163
HAND TOOLS------------- 1 29 35 - 24 33 - 55 102
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - - - - 3 - - 3 3
POWERED HAULAGE-------- 2 28 24 - 48 15 1 18 10
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- 1 10 7 - 37 11 - 6 4
FRONT-END LOADERS---- 1 1 - - 7 3 1 5 1
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- - 17 17 - 4 1 - 7 5
HOISTING--------------- 1 4 1 - - - - - -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - - - - 13 1
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 70 45 - 33 32 1 51 61
DOZER---------------- - - - - 5 2 - 2 -
DRILL---------------- - 3 1 - 4 1 - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 67 44 - 24 29 1 49 61
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 76 18 - 97 38 - 102 57
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 7 1 - 12 1 - 9 4
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - 1 - - 1 - - 4 7
OTHER------------------ 1 1 5 - 6 7 - 11 19
TOTAL----------- 8 345 206 - 333 213 2 456 430
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR