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

Stone Operations in the United States, by Primary Activity, 1978-2007

 

 

 

Underground Mines

Surface Mines

Year

Underground

Surf at UG

Total

Strip

Dredge

Other

Total

 

 

NFDLs

IR

NFDLs

IR

NFDLs

IR

NFDLs

IR

NFDLs

IR

NFDLs

IR

NFDLs

IR

1978

144

7.71

36

7.91

180

7.75

1,581

4.82

11

2.58

-

-

1,592

4.79

1979

150

7.75

38

7.89

188

7.78

1,759

5.06

25

5.01

-

-

1,784

5.06

1980

120

6.75

14

3.35

134

6.10

1,354

4.12

40

9.16

-

-

1,394

4.18

1981

87

5.52

19

4.62

106

5.34

1,007

3.55

21

5.17

-

-

1,028

3.58

1982

59

4.32

13

3.21

72

4.07

352

2.66

4

2.97

-

-

356

2.66

1983 1/

56

4.34

22

6.04

78

4.72

845

3.24

4

2.50

-

-

849

3.24

1984

69

4.82

22

5.68

91

5.00

9.32

3.30

12

5.77

-

-

944

3.31

1985

68

4.86

26

6.33

94

5.19

931

3.17

14

4.83

-

-

945

3.19

1986

61

4.18

18

4.96

79

4.34

1,170

3.82

-

-

-

-

1,170

3.82

1987

72

4.99

25

6.73

97

5.35

1,348

4.39

9

3.52

-

-

1,357

4.38

1988

92

6.12

34

8.24

126

6.58

1,567

5.14

3

1.56

-

-

1,570

5.12

1989

104

6.87

32

7.70

136

7.05

1,553

5.36

8

4.30

-

-

1,561

5.36

1990

88

5.63

35

7.69

123

6.10

1,551

5.48