TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND
ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 2004
COAL
PREPARATION
ACCIDENT UNDERGROUND SURFACE PLANTS
CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL
ELECTRICAL------------- 3 25 5 - 2 2 - 3 -
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 11 3 - 2 4 - - -
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - - 1 - - - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - 7 2 - - 1 1 3 -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- 1 48 13 1 7 2 - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- 2 152 64 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - 1 - 3 - - 2 -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 720 278 - 122 87 - 73 44
HAND TOOLS------------- - 135 219 - 35 50 - 29 31
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - 7 2 - - - - - 2
POWERED HAULAGE-------- 5 297 75 2 82 22 2 9 3
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - 7 5 1 53 17 1 1 -
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - - - 1 20 2 1 1 1
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- 5 290 70 - 9 3 - 7 2
HOISTING--------------- - 1 - - - - - - -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - 1 - - 2 - - - -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- 4 436 219 1 77 39 1 20 10
DOZER---------------- - 1 1 1 31 2 - 2 2
DRILL---------------- - - - - 4 3 - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- 4 435 218 - 42 34 1 18 8
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 439 46 - 197 26 - 75 17
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 45 3 - 5 1 - 2 -
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - 15 14 - 1 - - 3 2
OTHER------------------ - 22 2 - 14 3 - 3 -
TOTAL----------- 15 2,361 947 4 549 237 4 222 109
TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND
ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 2004
METAL
ACCIDENT UNDERGROUND SURFACE MILLS
CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL
ELECTRICAL------------- - 2 - - - 1 - 3 1
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 1 - - 1 - - - 1
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - - 1 - - - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - 2 - - - 1 - 1 -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - - 1 - - - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- - 2 7 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - - - - 1 - - -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 48 41 - 72 49 - 86 67
HAND TOOLS------------- - 10 19 - 9 21 - 21 36
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - - - - 1 - - 2 2
POWERED HAULAGE-------- 1 19 9 1 23 5 - 6 3
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- 1 6 3 1 17 4 - - -
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - - - - 2 - - 1 1
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- - 13 6 - 4 1 - 5 2
HOISTING--------------- - - - - 1 - - - -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - - - - - -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 31 22 - 29 22 - 26 26
DOZER---------------- - - - - 5 - - 2 -
DRILL---------------- - 1 - - 1 - - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 30 22 - 23 22 - 24 26
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 31 13 - 47 16 - 66 19
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 2 1 - 2 - - 6 1
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - 1 2 - - 2 - 1 2
OTHER------------------ - 1 3 - 3 5 - 2 3
TOTAL----------- 1 150 119 1 188 123 - 220 161
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR