TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND
ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 2001
COAL
PREPARATION
ACCIDENT UNDERGROUND SURFACE PLANTS
CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL
ELECTRICAL------------- 1 27 7 - 3 3 - - 1
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 7 2 - 2 3 - - -
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - 1 - - - - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - 8 3 1 1 - - - -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- 2 45 11 - 7 1 - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- 9 178 80 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - 2 - 2 1 - - -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 1,036 338 - 167 88 - 97 47
HAND TOOLS------------- - 173 228 - 51 57 - 33 27
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - 3 1 - - - - 1 -
POWERED HAULAGE-------- 3 327 65 1 100 17 - 15 4
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - 8 3 1 63 9 - 6 -
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - - - - 24 5 - 4 1
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- 3 319 62 - 13 3 - 5 3
HOISTING--------------- 1 - - - - - - 1 -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- 13 6 - - - - - - -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- 2 595 208 1 93 60 - 15 16
DOZER---------------- - 1 - 1 45 10 - 5 2
DRILL---------------- - 3 - - 4 - - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- 2 591 208 - 44 50 - 10 14
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 447 66 - 227 57 2 84 18
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 60 4 - 11 3 - 4 2
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - 26 20 - 1 5 - 3 2
OTHER------------------ - 41 4 - 7 10 - 2 4
TOTAL----------- 31 2,980 1,039 3 672 305 2 255 121
TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND
ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 2001
METAL
ACCIDENT UNDERGROUND SURFACE MILLS
CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL
ELECTRICAL------------- - - - - - 1 - 2 3
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 1 - - - 1 - - -
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - - 1 - - - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - - 1 - - - - 1 -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - 1 3 - - - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- 4 8 9 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - 1 - 2 1 - 1 -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 57 46 - 81 58 - 118 122
HAND TOOLS------------- - 16 29 - 17 36 - 29 62
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - - 1 - - 1 - 2 -
POWERED HAULAGE-------- 3 25 12 2 30 13 - 13 2
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- 1 10 4 2 25 12 - 2 -
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 1 1 - 2 - - 2 1
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- 2 14 7 - 3 1 - 9 1
HOISTING--------------- - - - - - - - 1 -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - - - - - -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 38 35 - 20 31 - 30 29
DOZER---------------- - - - - 6 3 - 1 -
DRILL---------------- - 1 1 - 1 1 - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 37 34 - 13 27 - 29 29
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 52 26 - 70 18 - 87 38
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 4 3 - 4 - - 7 1
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - - - - - 2 - 2 2
OTHER------------------ - 1 2 - 8 2 - 7 8
TOTAL----------- 7 203 169 2 232 164 - 300 267
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR