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Table 07.  TOTAL Number of Injuries and TOTAL Incidence Rates (IR) at Stone

 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

202

10.81

59

12.96

261

11.23

2,778

8.47

16

3.76

-

-

2,794

8.41

1979

184

9.51

52

10.80

236

9.76

2,630

7.57

25

5.01

-

-

2,655

7.53

1980

144

8.11

24

5.74

168

7.65

1,960

5.96

41

9.39

-

-

2,001

6.00

1981

105

6.67

25

6.08

130

6.54

1,446

5.10

22

5.42

-

-

1,468

5.11

1982

75

5.49

17

4.19

92

5.20

522

3.94

4

2.97

-

-

526

3.93

1983 1/

71

5.51

24

6.59

95

5.75

1,189

4.56

4

2.50

-

-

1,193

4.55

1984

86

6.01

29

7.49

115

6.32

1,312

4.64

12

5.77

-

-

1,324

4.65

1985

84

6.00

39

9.50

123

6.79

1,306

4.45

15

5.17

-

-

1,321

4.45

1986

94

6.45

25

6.89

119

6.53

1,637

5.35

-

-

-

-

1,637

5.30

1987

109

7.55

35

9.42

144

7.94

2,112

6.87

9

3.52

-

-

2,121

6.84

1988

142

9.44

61

14.79

203

10.59

2,525

8.29

4

2.08

-

-

2,529

8.25

1989

151

9.97

58

13.96

209