TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND
ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 2003
COAL
PREPARATION
ACCIDENT UNDERGROUND SURFACE PLANTS
CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL
ELECTRICAL------------- 3 18 1 - 3 1 - 1 2
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 7 4 1 4 1 - 1 1
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- 1 2 - - 1 - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - 10 - - 1 1 - 1 -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- 1 42 7 - - - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- 2 155 56 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - 1 - - 5 2 - 2 -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 817 246 - 148 89 - 91 43
HAND TOOLS------------- - 147 198 - 32 38 - 35 26
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - 7 1 - - 2 - 1 1
POWERED HAULAGE-------- 2 265 68 5 100 22 - 13 3
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - 5 4 5 70 16 - 3 1
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 1 1 - 21 5 - 3 -
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- 2 259 63 - 9 1 - 7 2
HOISTING--------------- - 1 - - - - - 2 1
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - 1 - - - -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - 3 - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- 4 426 175 2 75 48 - 17 20
DOZER---------------- - 1 - 1 27 7 - 3 -
DRILL---------------- - 1 - - 6 1 - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- 4 424 175 1 42 40 - 14 20
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 455 54 - 210 40 1 86 13
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 47 3 - 6 3 - 3 1
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - 34 18 - 1 3 - 6 3
OTHER------------------ - 27 2 - 11 7 - 1 4
TOTAL----------- 13 2,464 833 8 598 257 1 260 118
TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND
ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 2003
METAL
ACCIDENT UNDERGROUND SURFACE MILLS
CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL
ELECTRICAL------------- - - - - 1 - - 1 -
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - - - - - - - 2 1
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - 1 - - - - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - 2 1 - - - - 1 1
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - 3 - - - - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- - 8 4 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - - - 2 1 - - 1
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 47 26 - 61 32 - 92 74
HAND TOOLS------------- - 15 14 - 10 16 - 29 43
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - - - - - - - - 1
POWERED HAULAGE-------- - 18 5 - 22 6 - 6 5
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - 7 - - 18 4 - - -
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 1 - - 1 1 - 1 2
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- - 10 5 - 3 1 - 5 3
HOISTING--------------- - 1 - - - - - - -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - - - - - -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 27 28 - 23 21 - 12 21
DOZER---------------- - - - - 3 - - - -
DRILL---------------- - - 1 - 1 1 - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 27 27 - 19 20 - 12 21
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 45 9 - 64 12 - 70 14
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 3 1 - 1 - - 2 -
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - 1 - - 1 2 - - 5
OTHER------------------ - 2 5 - 3 2 1 3 4
TOTAL----------- - 173 93 - 188 92 1 218 170
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR