TABLE 8. - NUMBER OF CONTRACTOR 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------------- - 2 - - 3 1 - 1 -
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 1 1 - 3 - - - 1
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - - - - - - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - - - - - - - - -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - 6 1 - - - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- 1 11 1 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - - - - - - - -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 83 20 - 39 23 1 39 4
HAND TOOLS------------- - 18 10 - 16 14 - 17 6
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - - - - 2 - - - -
POWERED HAULAGE-------- 1 37 8 - 16 3 2 8 3
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - 5 2 - 13 3 2 6 2
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 1 - - 1 - - 1 -
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- 1 31 6 - 2 - - 1 1
HOISTING--------------- - 1 - - - - - - -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - 1 - - - -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- 1 34 13 - 27 10 - 15 7
DOZER---------------- - - - - 3 2 - 1 -
DRILL---------------- - - - - 3 1 - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- 1 34 13 - 21 7 - 14 7
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 34 6 - 46 4 - 26 4
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 4 - - 2 - - - -
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - - - - - - - - 1
OTHER------------------ - 2 2 - 3 3 - 2 -
TOTAL----------- 3 233 62 - 158 58 3 108 26
TABLE 8. - NUMBER OF CONTRACTOR 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 - - - -
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - - - - - - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - - - - - - - - 2
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - 2 2 - - - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- 1 - 1 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - - - - - - - -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 13 6 - 19 18 - 12 15
HAND TOOLS------------- - 2 5 - 9 9 - 7 11
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - 1 - - 1 - - - 1
POWERED HAULAGE-------- - 1 - 1 4 2 1 2 2
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - - - 1 2 1 1 - 1
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - - - - - 1 - - -
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- - 1 - - 2 - - 2 1
HOISTING--------------- - - - - - - - - -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - - - - 2 1
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 6 8 - 11 16 - 7 8
DOZER---------------- - - - - 1 - - - -
DRILL---------------- - 2 - - 4 1 - 1 -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 4 8 - 6 15 - 6 8
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- 1 3 6 1 20 4 - 9 10
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 1 - - - 1 - 1 -
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - - - - 1 - - - -
OTHER------------------ - - - - 2 2 - 2 1
TOTAL----------- 2 29 28 2 68 52 1 42 51
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR