TABLE 8. - NUMBER OF CONTRACTOR 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 1 - - 1 - - 4 -
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - 1 - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - 1 - - - - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - - - - - - - - -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - 6 1 1 2 - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- - 24 4 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - 1 - - - 1 - 1 -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 123 29 - 44 15 - 39 8
HAND TOOLS------------- - 30 10 - 13 18 - 8 7
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - - - - - - - - -
POWERED HAULAGE-------- - 30 5 1 26 6 1 5 4
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - 3 - - 23 6 1 4 3
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 1 - - 1 - - - 1
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- - 26 5 1 2 - - 1 -
HOISTING--------------- 2 - - - - - - - -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - - - - - -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 44 13 1 14 11 1 7 4
DOZER---------------- - - - 1 3 1 - 1 1
DRILL---------------- - 1 - - 1 - - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 43 13 - 10 10 1 6 3
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 58 10 1 39 9 1 26 6
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 3 1 - 4 1 - 3 -
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - - 3 - 1 - - - -
OTHER------------------ - 1 - - 2 3 - 1 -
TOTAL----------- 3 322 76 4 147 64 3 94 29
TABLE 8. - NUMBER OF CONTRACTOR 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------------- - - 1 - - 1 - 2 -
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - - - - - - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - 1 - - 1 - - 1 -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - - 1 - - - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- - 1 - - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - 1 - - - - - - -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 25 10 - 21 7 - 17 22
HAND TOOLS------------- - 5 11 - 4 5 - 8 5
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - - - - - - - 1 -
POWERED HAULAGE-------- - 5 - - 4 - - 3 1
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - 1 - - 4 - - 1 -
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 1 - - - - - - -
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- - 3 - - - - - 2 1
HOISTING--------------- - 1 - - - - - - -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - - - - - -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 17 14 1 14 3 1 14 11
DOZER---------------- - - - - 1 - - - -
DRILL---------------- - 3 - 1 4 1 - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 14 14 - 9 2 1 14 11
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 13 5 1 15 3 - 18 8
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 1 1 - - - - 2 1
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - 1 1 - - - - - 1
OTHER------------------ - 1 1 - 1 1 - 3 3
TOTAL----------- - 72 45 2 60 20 1 69 52
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR