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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 -- 1997
WORK LOCATION FATAL NFDL NDL
AND FATAL INC NFDL INC NDL INC
MINERAL INDUSTRY RATES RATES RATES
UNDERGROUND MINES:
METAL------------------------- 5 .07 416 5.48 286 3.77
NONMETAL---------------------- 1 .03 135 3.71 73 2.01
STONE------------------------- 2 .09 68 3.21 36 1.70
TOTAL, UNDERGROUND MINES- 8 .06 619 4.64 395 2.96
SURFACE MINES:
METAL------------------------- - - 407 2.23 257 1.41
NONMETAL---------------------- - - 112 1.96 100 1.75
STONE------------------------- 13 .04 1,158 4.00 665 2.30
SUBTOTAL, SURFACE MINES-- 13 .02 1,677 3.17 1,022 1.93
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 13 .04 993 3.20 606 1.95
TOTAL, SURFACE MINES----- 26 .03 2,670 3.18 1,628 1.94
TOTAL, MINES------------- 34 .03 3,289 3.38 2,023 2.08
MILLS:
METAL------------------------- 2 .01 593 3.08 477 2.48
NONMETAL---------------------- 1 .01 488 3.03 274 1.70
STONE------------------------- 2 .01 1,344 3.52 901 2.36
TOTAL, MILLS------------- 5 .01 2,425 3.30 1,652 2.25
INDEPENDENT SHOPS AND YARDS:
METAL------------------------- - - 5 1.36 13 3.54
NONMETAL---------------------- - - - - - -
STONE------------------------- - - 5 1.60 12 3.84
TOTAL, SHOPS AND YARDS--- - - 10 1.47 25 3.68
ALL MINES, MILLS AND SHOPS:
METAL------------------------- 7 .02 1,421 3.13 1,033 2.27
NONMETAL---------------------- 2 .01 735 2.88 447 1.75
STONE------------------------- 17 .02 2,575 3.70 1,614 2.32
SUBTOTAL----------------- 26 .02 4,731 3.37 3,094 2.20
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 13 .04 993 3.20 606 1.95
TOTAL, MINES/MILLS/SHOPS- 39 .02 5,724 3.34 3,700 2.16
OFFICEWORKERS:
METAL------------------------- - - 5 .09 5 .09
NONMETAL---------------------- - - 4 .10 5 .12
STONE------------------------- - - 15 .15 12 .12
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- - - 4 .08 4 .08
TOTAL, OFFICEWORKERS----- - - 28 .11 26 .11
SUMMARY TOTAL (INCLUDES OFFICE-
WORKERS):
METAL------------------------- 7 .01 1,426 2.81 1,038 2.04
NONMETAL---------------------- 2 .01 739 2.50 452 1.53
STONE------------------------- 17 .02 2,590 3.24 1,626 2.04
SUBTOTAL----------------- 26 .02 4,755 2.97 3,116 1.94
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 13 .04 997 2.79 610 1.70
GRAND TOTAL-------------- 39 .02 5,752 2.93 3,726 1.90
TABLE 2. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES, INJURY-INCIDENCE RATES, AVERAGE NUMBER
OF EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYEE HOURS, BY WORK LOCATION AND MINERAL
INDUSTRY JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 1997
WORK LOCATION ALL AVG
AND ALL INC NUM EMP
MINERAL INDUSTRY OCC RATES EMP HOURS
UNDERGROUND MINES:
METAL------------------------- 707 9.32 7,599 15,172,993
NONMETAL---------------------- 209 5.74 3,504 7,281,214
STONE------------------------- 106 5.01 1,939 4,232,169
TOTAL, UNDERGROUND MINES- 1,022 7.66 13,042 26,686,376
SURFACE MINES:
METAL------------------------- 664 3.64 17,603 36,475,748
NONMETAL---------------------- 212 3.70 5,821 11,450,013
STONE------------------------- 1,836 6.34 29,105 57,878,526
SUBTOTAL, SURFACE MINES-- 2,712 5.13 52,529 105,804,287
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 1,612 5.19 33,872 62,095,958
TOTAL, SURFACE MINES----- 4,324 5.15 86,401 167,900,245
TOTAL, MINES------------- 5,346 5.49 99,443 194,586,621
MILLS:
METAL------------------------- 1,072 5.57 17,960 38,496,224
NONMETAL---------------------- 763 4.74 15,070 32,224,515
STONE------------------------- 2,247 5.88 35,417 76,426,346
TOTAL, MILLS------------- 4,082 5.55 68,447 147,147,085
INDEPENDENT SHOPS AND YARDS:
METAL------------------------- 18 4.90 351 734,372
NONMETAL---------------------- - - - -
STONE------------------------- 17 5.44 289 625,072
TOTAL, SHOPS AND YARDS--- 35 5.15 640 1,359,444
ALL MINES, MILLS AND SHOPS:
METAL------------------------- 2,461 5.42 43,513 90,879,337
NONMETAL---------------------- 1,184 4.65 24,395 50,955,742
STONE------------------------- 4,206 6.04 66,750 139,162,113
SUBTOTAL----------------- 7,851 5.59 134,658 280,997,192
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 1,612 5.19 33,872 62,095,958
TOTAL, MINES/MILLS/SHOPS- 9,463 5.52 168,530 343,093,150
OFFICEWORKERS:
METAL------------------------- 10 .19 5,502 10,791,905
NONMETAL---------------------- 9 .22 4,233 8,228,283
STONE------------------------- 27 .26 10,840 20,567,253
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 8 .17 6,926 9,465,320
TOTAL, OFFICEWORKERS----- 54 .22 27,501 49,052,761
SUMMARY TOTAL (INCLUDES OFFICE-
WORKERS):
METAL------------------------- 2,471 4.86 49,015 101,671,242
NONMETAL---------------------- 1,193 4.03 28,628 59,184,025
STONE------------------------- 4,233 5.30 77,590 159,729,366
SUBTOTAL----------------- 7,897 4.93 155,233 320,584,633
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 1,620 4.53 40,798 71,561,278
GRAND TOTAL-------------- 9,517 4.85 196,031 392,145,911
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