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TABLE 2. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES, INJURY-INCIDENCE RATES, AVERAGE NUMBER
OF EMPLOYEES, AND EMPLOYEE HOURS, BY WORK LOCATION AND MINERAL
INDUSTRY JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 1995
WORK LOCATION FATAL NFDL NDL
AND FATAL INC NFDL INC NDL INC
MINERAL INDUSTRY RATES RATES RATES
UNDERGROUND MINES:
METAL------------------------- 3 .04 422 5.79 286 3.92
NONMETAL---------------------- 3 .08 146 3.83 93 2.44
STONE------------------------- - - 75 3.71 37 1.83
TOTAL, UNDERGROUND MINES- 6 .05 643 4.90 416 3.17
SURFACE MINES:
METAL------------------------- 5 .03 469 2.52 312 1.68
NONMETAL---------------------- 3 .05 137 2.41 98 1.73
STONE------------------------- 11 .04 1,201 4.15 773 2.67
SUBTOTAL, SURFACE MINES-- 19 .04 1,807 3.40 1,183 2.22
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 6 .02 1,063 3.59 619 2.09
TOTAL, SURFACE MINES----- 25 .03 2,870 3.47 1,802 2.18
TOTAL, MINES------------- 31 .03 3,513 3.66 2,218 2.31
MILLS:
METAL------------------------- 1 .01 501 2.64 548 2.89
NONMETAL---------------------- 3 .02 528 3.29 295 1.84
STONE------------------------- 3 .01 1,456 4.01 1,076 2.96
TOTAL, MILLS------------- 7 .01 2,485 3.48 1,919 2.69
INDEPENDENT SHOPS AND YARDS:
METAL------------------------- - - 11 2.47 4 .90
NONMETAL---------------------- - - - - - -
STONE------------------------- - - 13 4.28 6 1.98
TOTAL, SHOPS AND YARDS--- - - 24 3.20 10 1.33
ALL MINES, MILLS AND SHOPS:
METAL------------------------- 9 .02 1,403 3.10 1,150 2.54
NONMETAL---------------------- 9 .04 811 3.17 486 1.90
STONE------------------------- 14 .02 2,745 4.06 1,892 2.80
SUBTOTAL----------------- 32 .02 4,959 3.58 3,528 2.55
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 6 .02 1,063 3.59 619 2.09
TOTAL, MINES/MILLS/SHOPS- 38 .02 6,022 3.58 4,147 2.47
OFFICEWORKERS:
METAL------------------------- - - 8 .15 9 .17
NONMETAL---------------------- - - 2 .05 4 .10
STONE------------------------- - - 11 .11 6 .06
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- - - 3 .06 2 .04
TOTAL, OFFICEWORKERS----- - - 24 .10 21 .09
SUMMARY TOTAL (INCLUDES OFFICE-
WORKERS):
METAL------------------------- 9 .02 1,411 2.80 1,159 2.30
NONMETAL---------------------- 9 .03 813 2.74 490 1.65
STONE------------------------- 14 .02 2,756 3.55 1,898 2.45
SUBTOTAL----------------- 32 .02 4,980 3.16 3,547 2.25
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 6 .02 1,066 3.11 621 1.81
GRAND TOTAL-------------- 38 .02 6,046 3.15 4,168 2.17
TABLE 2. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES, INJURY-INCIDENCE RATES, AVERAGE NUMBER
OF EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYEE HOURS, BY WORK LOCATION AND MINERAL
INDUSTRY JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 1995
WORK LOCATION ALL AVG
AND ALL INC NUM EMP
MINERAL INDUSTRY OCC RATES EMP HOURS
UNDERGROUND MINES:
METAL------------------------- 711 9.75 7,560 14,580,833
NONMETAL---------------------- 242 6.34 3,904 7,629,593
STONE------------------------- 112 5.53 1,940 4,048,474
TOTAL, UNDERGROUND MINES- 1,065 8.11 13,404 26,258,900
SURFACE MINES:
METAL------------------------- 786 4.23 17,509 37,170,932
NONMETAL---------------------- 238 4.19 5,832 11,362,212
STONE------------------------- 1,985 6.86 29,028 57,880,094
SUBTOTAL, SURFACE MINES-- 3,009 5.66 52,369 106,413,238
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 1,688 5.70 32,970 59,226,917
TOTAL, SURFACE MINES----- 4,697 5.67 85,339 165,640,155
TOTAL, MINES------------- 5,762 6.01 98,743 191,899,055
MILLS:
METAL------------------------- 1,050 5.54 18,013 37,889,252
NONMETAL---------------------- 826 5.14 15,399 32,110,896
STONE------------------------- 2,535 6.98 34,083 72,628,231
TOTAL, MILLS------------- 4,411 6.19 67,495 142,628,379
INDEPENDENT SHOPS AND YARDS:
METAL------------------------- 15 3.37 423 891,465
NONMETAL---------------------- - - - -
STONE------------------------- 19 6.26 283 607,209
TOTAL, SHOPS AND YARDS--- 34 4.54 706 1,498,674
ALL MINES, MILLS AND SHOPS:
METAL------------------------- 2,562 5.66 43,505 90,532,482
NONMETAL---------------------- 1,306 5.11 25,135 51,102,701
STONE------------------------- 4,651 6.88 65,334 135,164,008
SUBTOTAL----------------- 8,519 6.16 133,974 276,799,191
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 1,688 5.70 32,970 59,226,917
TOTAL, MINES/MILLS/SHOPS- 10,207 6.08 166,944 336,026,108
OFFICEWORKERS:
METAL------------------------- 17 .33 5,229 10,390,954
NONMETAL---------------------- 6 .15 4,306 8,171,338
STONE------------------------- 17 .17 10,604 20,080,041
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 5 .11 7,016 9,346,484
TOTAL, OFFICEWORKERS----- 45 .19 27,155 47,988,817
SUMMARY TOTAL (INCLUDES OFFICE-
WORKERS):
METAL------------------------- 2,579 5.11 48,734 100,923,436
NONMETAL---------------------- 1,312 4.43 29,441 59,274,039
STONE------------------------- 4,668 6.01 75,938 155,244,049
SUBTOTAL----------------- 8,559 5.43 154,113 315,441,524
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 1,693 4.94 39,986 68,573,401
GRAND TOTAL-------------- 10,252 5.34 194,099 384,014,925
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