TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND
ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 2000
COAL
PREPARATION
ACCIDENT UNDERGROUND SURFACE PLANTS
CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL
ELECTRICAL------------- 1 18 3 - 3 1 - 3 -
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 3 2 - - - 1 1 -
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - - - - - - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - 7 - - 2 - - - 1
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- 1 73 10 - 2 - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- 3 255 74 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - 1 - 3 1 - 3 -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 1,109 300 - 157 112 - 88 53
HAND TOOLS------------- - 199 205 - 46 64 - 29 38
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - 5 4 - - - - 5 -
POWERED HAULAGE-------- 3 364 72 3 104 19 2 17 5
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - 8 2 3 62 12 1 6 -
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 1 1 - 30 4 1 4 2
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- 3 355 69 - 12 3 - 7 3
HOISTING--------------- - 1 1 - - 1 - - -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- 2 9 - 1 - - - - -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- 6 530 211 2 100 48 - 12 12
DOZER---------------- - - 1 2 41 11 - 2 1
DRILL---------------- - - - - 3 2 - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- 6 530 210 - 56 35 - 10 11
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 544 64 1 235 36 1 110 21
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 62 3 - 8 1 - 3 -
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - 55 19 - 3 1 - 2 4
OTHER------------------ 1 36 8 - 9 25 - 3 3
TOTAL----------- 17 3,270 977 7 672 309 4 276 137
TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND
ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 2000
METAL
ACCIDENT UNDERGROUND SURFACE MILLS
CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL
ELECTRICAL------------- - 2 1 - - - - 2 -
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - - - - 2 - - 1 1
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - 1 - - - 1 - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - 2 - - 1 - - 3 -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- 1 7 6 - 2 1 - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- - 15 12 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - 1 - 1 2 1 - - -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 84 65 - 77 76 - 137 147
HAND TOOLS------------- - 28 21 - 20 55 - 47 84
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - 1 - - 1 - - 3 4
POWERED HAULAGE-------- 4 40 15 - 43 20 - 9 12
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- 1 12 3 - 32 16 - - 4
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 3 1 - 3 1 - 2 2
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- 3 25 11 - 8 3 - 7 6
HOISTING--------------- 1 1 - - - - - 2 1
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - - - - 1 -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 46 52 - 31 27 - 27 43
DOZER---------------- - - - - 3 1 - - -
DRILL---------------- - 3 - - 3 2 - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 43 52 - 25 24 - 27 43
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 54 20 - 100 33 - 100 55
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 9 1 - 9 2 - 5 2
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - - 1 - 3 1 - 3 11
OTHER------------------ - 1 4 - 6 9 - 10 18
TOTAL----------- 6 292 198 1 297 226 - 350 378
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR