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Table 05. Number of NONFATAL DAYS LOST (NFDL) Injuries and NFDL Incidence Rates at Metallic Operations in the United States, by Primary Activity, 1978-2007

 

 

Year

Underground Mines

Surface Mines

 

Underground

Surf at UG

Total

Strip

Dredge

Other

Total

 

NFDLs

IR

NFDLs

IR

NFDLs

IR

NFDLs

IR

NFDLs

IR

NFDLs

IR

NFDLs

IR

1978

2,182

11.88

194

4.83

2,376

10.61

920

3.79

11

2.73

5

7.22

936

3.78

1979

2,673

13.77

205

4.45

2,878

11.98

1,138

4.32

20

5.65

4

5.85

1,162

4.34

1980

2,290

11.96

242

4.71

2,532

10.42

955

3.85

14

4.06

4

4.00

973

3.86

1981

2,008

10.38

249

4.64

2,257

9.13

866

3.34

15

4.51

-

-

881

3.35

1982

947

7.78

103

2.84

1,050

6.64

436

2.88

20

5.74

1

15.39

457

2.95

19831

631

7.71

59

2.24

690

6.38

316

2.67

16

4.69

-

-

332

2.73

1984

550

6.70

67

3.17

617

5.98

302

2.63

10

2.99

-

-

312

2.64

1985

401

5.61

38

2.09

439

4.89

258

2.63

14

4.10

-

-

272

2.68

1986

451

6.91

51

3.23

502

6.19

249

2.61

7

1.77

-

-

256

2.58

1987

449

6.90

64

4.06

513

6.35

427

3.89

24

4.96

-

-

451

3.94

1988

642

8.73

73

4.29

717

7.87

515

3.76

24

4.27

-

-

539

3.78

1989

636

8.56

91

4.70

727

7.76

664

4.16

31

6.19