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Table 07.  TOTAL Number of Injuries and TOTAL Incidence Rates (IR) at Metallic Operations in the United States,

by Primary Activity, 1978-2007

 

 

 

Underground Mines

Surface Mines

 

Underground

Surf at UG

Total

Strip

Dredge

Other

Total

Year

All

Injs

IR

All

 Injs

IR

All

 Injs

IR

All

Injs

IR

All

 Injs

IR

All

Injs

IR

All

 Injs

IR

1978

3,787

20.61

415

10.33

4,202

18.77

1,673

6.90

20

4.97

6

8.66

1,699

6.87

1979

4,288

22.09

384

8.34

4,672

19.45

1,945

7.39

38

10.73

5

7.31

1,988

7.43

1980

3,643

19.02

461

8.97

4,104

16.89

1,542

6.22

19

5.51

4

4.00

1,565

6.20

1981

3,328

17.21

496

9.24

3,824

15.47

1,374

5.30

19

5.71

-

-

1,393

5.30

1982

1,695

13.92

211

5.82

1,906

12.06

  659

4.35

25

7.18

1

15.39

  685

4.42

19831

1,084

13.25

125

4.74

1,209

11.17

  518

4.38

22

6.45

-

-

  540

4.44

1984

  981

11.94

153

7.24

1,134

10.98

   525

4.57

35

10.47

-

-

  560

4.74

1985

  825

11.54

 94

5.16

   919

10.24

   473

4.82

27

7.92

-

-

  500

4.92

1986

  786

12.04

106

6.72

   892

11.00

   417

4.38

29

7.34

-

-

  446

4.49

1987

  838

12.88

131

8.30

   969

5.57

   671

6.12

65

13.43

-

-

  736

6.43

1988

1,114

15.14

162

9.26

1,276

14.01

  874

6.38

63

11.21

-

-

  937

6.57

1989

1,142

15.36

170

8.79

1,312

14.01

1,154

7.23

86

17.16

-

-

1,240

7.53

1990

  994