TABLE 8. - NUMBER OF CONTRACTOR 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------------- - 2 1 - - - - - -
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 1 - - 2 1 - 1 -
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - - - - 1 1 - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - 1 1 - 1 1 - - -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- 1 7 - - 2 - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- 1 15 8 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - - - - - - - -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 126 22 - 68 15 - 44 8
HAND TOOLS------------- - 22 18 - 17 18 - 9 5
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - - - - - - - 1 -
POWERED HAULAGE-------- 1 36 5 2 30 3 - 11 4
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- 1 1 - 2 22 2 - 6 3
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 2 - - 2 - - 2 -
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- - 33 5 - 6 1 - 3 1
HOISTING--------------- - 4 - - - - - - -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - - - - - -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- 1 50 14 1 18 16 - 10 6
DOZER---------------- - - - - 2 - - 1 1
DRILL---------------- - - - - - - - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- 1 50 14 1 16 16 - 9 5
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 54 15 - 59 6 - 27 5
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 5 1 - 3 1 - 1 -
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - - - - - - - 1 -
OTHER------------------ - 3 - - 2 5 - 7 -
TOTAL----------- 4 326 85 3 203 67 - 112 28
TABLE 8. - NUMBER OF CONTRACTOR 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-------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - - - - - - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - - - - - - - - -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - - - - - - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- - 1 - - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - - - - - - - -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 4 13 - 16 8 - 8 14
HAND TOOLS------------- - 1 4 - - 6 - 2 7
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - - - - - - - - -
POWERED HAULAGE-------- - 3 2 - 5 2 - 1 -
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - - - - 2 - - - -
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - - - - - - - - -
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- - 3 2 - 3 2 - 1 -
HOISTING--------------- - - - - - - - - -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - - - - - -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 5 5 - 5 7 - 4 3
DOZER---------------- - - - - - - - - -
DRILL---------------- - 1 1 - 2 1 - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 4 4 - 3 6 - 4 3
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 4 2 - 11 6 - 10 5
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - - - - - - - 1 -
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - - - - - - - - -
OTHER------------------ - - - - - - - - 1
TOTAL----------- 1 18 26 - 37 29 - 26 30
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR