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Table 05. Number of NONFATAL DAYS LOST (NFDL) Injuries and NFDL Incidence Rates

 at Nonmetallic 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

410

7.17

104

9.54

514

7.55

408

3.93

7

36.17

48

19.36

463

4.34

1979

459

7.46

92

7.11

551

7.40

343

3.27

-

-

19

8.72

362

3.38

1980

436

7.06

105

6.13

541

6.85

298

2.75

-

-

3

2.54

301

2.74

1981

468

7.40

98

4.98

566

6.83

252

2.41

1

16.77

-

-

253

2.42

1982

257

4.85

49

2.39

306

4.16

140

2.07

2

17.35

-

-

142

2.08

1983  1/

230

5.68

25

3.33

255

5.31

144

2.13

8

6.52

1

5.79

153

2.21

1984

165

3.90

17

2.31

182

3.67

123

1.64

6

2.62

-

-

129

1.67

1985

157

4.11

34

5.01

191

4.25

141

1.98

4

1.84

-

-

145

1.97

1986

152

4.45

30

4.72

182

4.49

129

2.02

11

5.56

1

9.67

141

2.14

1987

145

4.38

34

5.43

179

4.55

178

2.80

5

3.99

-

-

183

2.83

1988

155

4.26

37

5.69

192

4.48

189

2.90

5

3.80

-

-

194

2.92

1989

183

4.83

37

5.31

220

4.90

237

3.64

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