TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND
ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 2002
COAL
PREPARATION
ACCIDENT UNDERGROUND SURFACE PLANTS
CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL
ELECTRICAL------------- 4 34 7 - 3 1 - 3 1
ENTRAPMENT------------- - 1 - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 8 3 - 3 1 1 2 2
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - - - - 1 - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - 4 - 1 1 - - - -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - 55 10 1 4 - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- 4 188 61 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - - - - - - 2 -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 1,012 293 - 188 92 - 124 49
HAND TOOLS------------- - 169 161 - 51 39 - 23 40
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - 5 1 - 1 1 - 2 1
POWERED HAULAGE-------- 2 323 54 1 106 25 1 16 1
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - 14 3 1 67 16 1 4 -
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 4 - - 24 4 - 7 1
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- 2 305 51 - 15 5 - 5 -
HOISTING--------------- - 1 - - - - - 1 1
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - - - - - -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- 2 476 226 1 100 55 - 27 17
DOZER---------------- - 2 - - 48 17 - 7 -
DRILL---------------- - - - - 6 3 - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- 2 474 226 1 46 35 - 20 17
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 486 69 1 259 41 - 78 13
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 43 9 - 11 2 - 2 -
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - 28 14 - 1 2 - - 2
OTHER------------------ - 28 4 1 3 9 - 4 -
TOTAL----------- 12 2,861 912 6 732 268 2 284 127
TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND
ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 2002
METAL
ACCIDENT UNDERGROUND SURFACE MILLS
CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL
ELECTRICAL------------- - - - - 1 - - - -
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - - 1 - - 1 - 3 1
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - - - - - - - 1 -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - 1 - - 1 - - - -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - 3 3 - - - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- - 10 9 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - - - - - - - 1
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 55 40 - 80 34 - 132 99
HAND TOOLS------------- - 18 18 - 10 26 - 28 48
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - - - - - - - - 4
POWERED HAULAGE-------- - 9 7 - 22 11 1 7 5
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - 5 2 - 17 8 - - 1
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - - - - 4 1 - 1 2
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- - 4 5 - 1 2 1 6 2
HOISTING--------------- - 2 - - - - - - -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - - - - - -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 28 28 - 20 19 1 30 24
DOZER---------------- - - - - 5 1 - 1 -
DRILL---------------- - 1 - - 1 2 1 - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 27 28 - 14 16 - 29 24
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 30 7 - 53 16 - 71 29
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 4 2 - 6 1 - 5 2
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - 1 1 - - 2 - - 4
OTHER------------------ 2 2 1 - 4 2 - 3 4
TOTAL----------- 2 163 117 - 197 112 2 280 221
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR