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Table 06. Number of NONFATAL DAYS LOST (NFDL) Injuries and NFDL Incidence Rates (IR)

 at Anthracite Mines,in the United States, by Primary Activity, 1978-2007

 

 

 

Underground Mines

Surface Mines

Year

Underground

Surf at UG

Total

Strip

Auger

Culm Bank

Dredge

Total

 

NFDLs

IR

NFDLs

IR

NFDLs

IR

NFDLs

IR

NFDLs

IR

NFDLs

IR

NFDLs

IR

NFDLs

IR

1978

56

20.05

1

2.03

57

17.35

83

10.03

-

-

5

4.68

-

-

88

9.37

1979

53

20.09

2

5.40

55

18.28

67

7.77

-

-

3

2.35

-

-

70

7.03

1980

32

11.05

-

-

32

9.68

102

8.48

-

-

1

.81

-

-

103

7.73

1981

47

14.94

2

3.83

49

13.36

96

7.56

-

-

5

4.33

-

-

101

7.26

1982

41

11.92

3

5.36

44

11.00

84

6.81

-

-

12

10.16

1

12.09

97

7.14

19831

23

8.17

-

-

23

6.94

48

5.31

-

-

6

5.15

-

-

54

5.25

1984

28

9.27

1

1.68

29

8.02

41

4.62

-

-

5

4.16

1

10.90

47

4.62

1985

27

9.20

1

1.58

28

7.85

48

6.38

-

-

25

19.24

-

-

73

8.21

1986

21

6.35

2

2.56

23

5.62

62

7.32

-

-

11

6.61

-

-

73

7.15

1987

11

4.27

-

-

11

3.27

46

7.96

-

-

15

9.42

-

-

61

8.23

1988

21

8.71

4

4.96