TABLE 8. - NUMBER OF CONTRACTOR 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 2 1 - 1 - - 1 1
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - - - - 1 - - 1 -
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - - - - - - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - 1 - - 1 - - - -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - 11 - - 1 - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- - 30 6 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - - - - - - - 1
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 132 24 - 50 24 - 36 6
HAND TOOLS------------- - 24 20 - 16 12 - 7 5
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - - - - 2 - - 1 -
POWERED HAULAGE-------- 2 47 7 1 31 2 - 6 4
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- 1 4 2 1 24 1 - 6 3
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 1 - - - - - - -
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- 1 42 5 - 7 1 - - 1
HOISTING--------------- - 2 - - - - - - -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - 1 - - - -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 44 28 1 24 11 - 19 3
DOZER---------------- - - - - 3 - - - -
DRILL---------------- - - 1 - 4 - - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 44 27 1 17 11 - 19 3
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 66 18 - 50 12 1 35 10
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 4 - - 5 - - - 1
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - 2 1 - 1 2 - 2 -
OTHER------------------ - 2 3 - 6 5 - - -
TOTAL----------- 3 367 108 2 190 68 1 108 31
TABLE 8. - NUMBER OF CONTRACTOR 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------------- - - - - - - - - -
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - - - - - - - - 2
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - - - - - - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - - - - 1 - - - -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - - 1 - - - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- - - 4 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - - - - - - - -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 4 8 - 16 13 - 9 7
HAND TOOLS------------- - 4 5 - 4 6 - 3 4
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - - - - - - - 1 -
POWERED HAULAGE-------- 1 2 3 - 3 3 - 3 1
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - - 1 - 2 2 - 1 1
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - - - - 1 - - 2 -
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- 1 2 2 - - 1 - - -
HOISTING--------------- - - - - - - - - -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - - - - - -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 13 8 - 4 3 - 2 3
DOZER---------------- - - - - - - - 1 -
DRILL---------------- - - - - 1 - - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 13 8 - 3 3 - 1 3
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 6 5 - 13 6 - 8 3
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 1 2 - 1 - - - -
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - - - - - - - - -
OTHER------------------ - 1 - - 1 - - - -
TOTAL----------- 1 31 36 - 43 31 - 26 20
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR