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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 -- 1996
WORK LOCATION FATAL NFDL NDL
AND FATAL INC NFDL INC NDL INC
MINERAL INDUSTRY RATES RATES RATES
UNDERGROUND MINES:
METAL------------------------- 4 .05 473 6.31 303 4.04
NONMETAL---------------------- - - 130 3.33 79 2.03
STONE------------------------- 2 .10 95 4.70 40 1.98
TOTAL, UNDERGROUND MINES- 6 .04 698 5.20 422 3.14
SURFACE MINES:
METAL------------------------- 2 .01 454 2.34 282 1.45
NONMETAL---------------------- - - 125 2.14 89 1.52
STONE------------------------- 11 .04 1,120 3.95 612 2.16
SUBTOTAL, SURFACE MINES-- 13 .02 1,699 3.17 983 1.83
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 10 .03 997 3.32 616 2.05
TOTAL, SURFACE MINES----- 23 .03 2,696 3.23 1,599 1.91
TOTAL, MINES------------- 29 .03 3,394 3.50 2,021 2.08
MILLS:
METAL------------------------- - - 577 2.96 495 2.54
NONMETAL---------------------- - - 443 2.75 263 1.63
STONE------------------------- 7 .02 1,399 3.73 994 2.65
TOTAL, MILLS------------- 7 .01 2,419 3.31 1,752 2.40
INDEPENDENT SHOPS AND YARDS:
METAL------------------------- - - 3 .83 11 3.04
NONMETAL---------------------- - - - - - -
STONE------------------------- - - 3 .87 3 .87
TOTAL, SHOPS AND YARDS--- - - 6 .85 14 1.98
ALL MINES, MILLS AND SHOPS:
METAL------------------------- 6 .01 1,507 3.22 1,091 2.33
NONMETAL---------------------- - - 698 2.70 431 1.67
STONE------------------------- 20 .03 2,617 3.84 1,649 2.42
SUBTOTAL----------------- 26 .02 4,822 3.42 3,171 2.25
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 10 .03 997 3.32 616 2.05
TOTAL, MINES/MILLS/SHOPS- 36 .02 5,819 3.41 3,787 2.22
OFFICEWORKERS:
METAL------------------------- - - 6 .11 5 .09
NONMETAL---------------------- - - 4 .10 3 .07
STONE------------------------- - - 10 .10 8 .08
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- - - 7 .15 3 .06
TOTAL, OFFICEWORKERS----- - - 27 .11 19 .08
SUMMARY TOTAL (INCLUDES OFFICE-
WORKERS):
METAL------------------------- 6 .01 1,513 2.91 1,096 2.11
NONMETAL---------------------- - - 702 2.34 434 1.45
STONE------------------------- 20 .03 2,627 3.35 1,657 2.11
SUBTOTAL----------------- 26 .02 4,842 3.02 3,187 1.99
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 10 .03 1,004 2.90 619 1.79
GRAND TOTAL-------------- 36 .02 5,846 3.00 3,806 1.95
TABLE 2. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES, INJURY-INCIDENCE RATES, AVERAGE NUMBER
OF EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYEE HOURS, BY WORK LOCATION AND MINERAL
INDUSTRY JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 1996
WORK LOCATION ALL AVG
AND ALL INC NUM EMP
MINERAL INDUSTRY OCC RATES EMP HOURS
UNDERGROUND MINES:
METAL------------------------- 780 10.40 7,574 14,999,411
NONMETAL---------------------- 209 5.36 3,741 7,799,093
STONE------------------------- 137 6.78 1,872 4,041,274
TOTAL, UNDERGROUND MINES- 1,126 8.39 13,187 26,839,778
SURFACE MINES:
METAL------------------------- 738 3.80 18,225 38,821,185
NONMETAL---------------------- 214 3.66 5,948 11,687,687
STONE------------------------- 1,743 6.15 28,333 56,658,334
SUBTOTAL, SURFACE MINES-- 2,695 5.03 52,506 107,167,206
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 1,623 5.41 33,152 60,001,094
TOTAL, SURFACE MINES----- 4,318 5.17 85,658 167,168,300
TOTAL, MINES------------- 5,444 5.61 98,845 194,008,078
MILLS:
METAL------------------------- 1,072 5.51 18,159 38,926,602
NONMETAL---------------------- 706 4.38 15,193 32,240,194
STONE------------------------- 2,400 6.40 34,953 75,053,451
TOTAL, MILLS------------- 4,178 5.71 68,305 146,220,247
INDEPENDENT SHOPS AND YARDS:
METAL------------------------- 14 3.87 340 724,199
NONMETAL---------------------- - - - -
STONE------------------------- 6 1.73 298 692,727
TOTAL, SHOPS AND YARDS--- 20 2.82 638 1,416,926
ALL MINES, MILLS AND SHOPS:
METAL------------------------- 2,604 5.57 44,298 93,471,397
NONMETAL---------------------- 1,129 4.37 24,882 51,726,974
STONE------------------------- 4,286 6.28 65,456 136,445,786
SUBTOTAL----------------- 8,019 5.69 134,636 281,644,157
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 1,623 5.41 33,152 60,001,094
TOTAL, MINES/MILLS/SHOPS- 9,642 5.64 167,788 341,645,251
OFFICEWORKERS:
METAL------------------------- 11 .21 5,473 10,591,047
NONMETAL---------------------- 7 .17 4,204 8,276,264
STONE------------------------- 18 .18 10,563 20,251,409
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 10 .21 6,814 9,313,845
TOTAL, OFFICEWORKERS----- 46 .19 27,054 48,432,565
SUMMARY TOTAL (INCLUDES OFFICE-
WORKERS):
METAL------------------------- 2,615 5.03 49,771 104,062,444
NONMETAL---------------------- 1,136 3.79 29,086 60,003,238
STONE------------------------- 4,304 5.49 76,019 156,697,195
SUBTOTAL----------------- 8,055 5.02 154,876 320,762,877
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 1,633 4.71 39,966 69,314,939
GRAND TOTAL-------------- 9,688 4.97 194,842 390,077,816
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