Table 06.
Number of NONFATAL DAYS LOST (NFDL) Injuries and NFDL Incidence Rates (IR) at
Coal Mines,
in the United
States, by Primary Activity, 1978-2007
|
|
Underground Mines
|
Surface Mines
|
|
|
Underground
|
Surf at UG
|
Total
|
Strip
|
Auger
|
Culm Bank
|
Dredge
|
Total
|
|
Year
|
NFDLs
|
IR
|
NFDLs
|
IR
|
NFDLs
|
IR
|
NFDLs
|
IR
|
NFDLs
|
IR
|
NFDLs
|
IR
|
NFDLs
|
IR
|
NFDLs
|
IR
|
|
1978
|
10,534
|
10.87
|
784
|
6.65
|
11,318
|
10.41
|
2,240
|
3.48
|
29
|
7.93
|
13
|
6.88
|
2
|
16.72
|
2,284
|
3.52
|
|
1979
|
14,184
|
12.32
|
1,072
|
8.08
|
15,256
|
11.88
|
2,379
|
3.51
|
14
|
4.68
|
8
|
3.65
|
2
|
6.93
|
2,403
|
3.52
|
|
1980
|
14,004
|
12.57
|
1,071
|
8.34
|
15,075
|
12.13
|
2,352
|
3.48
|
12
|
5.51
|
3
|
1.35
|
3
|
6.40
|
2,370
|
3.48
|
|
1981
|
11,348
|
11.30
|
839
|
7.21
|
12,187
|
10.88
|
2,242
|
3.43
|
10
|
5.04
|
6
|
2.89
|
-
|
-
|
2,258
|
3.43
|
|
1982
|
10,467
|
10.33
|
741
|
6.46
|
11,208
|
9.94
|
2,050
|
3.25
|
14
|
5.99
|
15
|
5.54
|
3
|
4.33
|
2,082
|
3.27
|
|
1983
|
6,692
|
8.61
|
492
|
5.25
|
7,184
|
8.25
|
1,556
|
2.70
|
12
|
4.21
|
10
|
4.52
|
2
|
2.56
|
1,580
|
2.71
|
|
1984
|
7,227
|
8.60
|
544
|
5.60
|
7,771
|
8.28
|
1,667
|
2.64
|
19
|
6.92
|
9
|
3.69
|
1
|
1.26
|
1,696
|
2.66
|
|
1985
|
6,259
|
7.71
|
479
|
4.89
|
6,738
|
7.40
|
1,570
|
2.70
|
10
|
3.08
|
26
|
11.08
|
2
|
3.17
|
1,608
|
2.72
|
|
1986
|
6,410
|
8.48
|
437
|
4.59
|
6,847
|
8.05
|
1,743
|
3.19
|
16
|
5.25
|
12
|
4.07
|
2
|
3.54
|
1,773
|
3.21
|
|
1987
|
8,913
|
12.76
|
613
|
7.36
|
9,526
|
12.19
|
1,770
|
3.37
|
17
|
3.87
|
19
|
5.80
|
2
|
|
