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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 -- 1999
WORK LOCATION FATAL NFDL NDL
AND FATAL INC NFDL INC NDL INC
MINERAL INDUSTRY RATES RATES RATES
UNDERGROUND MINES:
METAL------------------------- 8 .13 345 5.82 206 3.47
NONMETAL---------------------- - - 121 3.86 66 2.10
STONE------------------------- 2 .09 95 4.12 33 1.43
TOTAL, UNDERGROUND MINES- 10 .09 561 4.93 305 2.68
SURFACE MINES:
METAL------------------------- - - 324 2.27 208 1.46
NONMETAL---------------------- 2 .04 145 2.61 72 1.30
STONE------------------------- 10 .03 1,106 3.52 567 1.80
SUBTOTAL, SURFACE MINES-- 12 .02 1,575 3.07 847 1.65
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 12 .03 1,010 2.94 521 1.52
TOTAL, SURFACE MINES----- 24 .03 2,585 3.02 1,368 1.60
TOTAL, MINES------------- 34 .04 3,146 3.24 1,673 1.73
MILLS:
METAL------------------------- 2 .01 456 2.75 430 2.59
NONMETAL---------------------- - - 446 2.99 197 1.32
STONE------------------------- 1 (*) 1,472 3.78 842 2.16
TOTAL, MILLS------------- 3 (*) 2,374 3.37 1,469 2.08
INDEPENDENT SHOPS AND YARDS:
METAL------------------------- - - 9 2.88 5 1.60
NONMETAL---------------------- - - - - - -
STONE------------------------- - - 12 4.43 8 2.95
TOTAL, SHOPS AND YARDS--- - - 21 3.60 13 2.23
ALL MINES, MILLS AND SHOPS:
METAL------------------------- 10 .03 1,134 3.06 849 2.29
NONMETAL---------------------- 2 .01 712 3.02 335 1.42
STONE------------------------- 13 .02 2,685 3.68 1,450 1.99
SUBTOTAL----------------- 25 .02 4,531 3.39 2,634 1.97
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 12 .03 1,010 2.94 521 1.52
TOTAL, MINES/MILLS/SHOPS- 37 .02 5,541 3.30 3,155 1.88
OFFICEWORKERS:
METAL------------------------- - - 1 .02 4 .09
NONMETAL---------------------- - - 5 .13 1 .03
STONE------------------------- - - 15 .14 14 .13
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- - - 8 .16 4 .08
TOTAL, OFFICEWORKERS----- - - 29 .12 23 .09
SUMMARY TOTAL (INCLUDES OFFICE-
WORKERS):
METAL------------------------- 10 .02 1,135 2.72 853 2.05
NONMETAL---------------------- 2 .01 717 2.62 336 1.23
STONE------------------------- 13 .02 2,700 3.22 1,464 1.75
SUBTOTAL----------------- 25 .02 4,552 2.98 2,653 1.74
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 12 .03 1,018 2.58 525 1.33
GRAND TOTAL-------------- 37 .02 5,570 2.90 3,178 1.65
TABLE 2. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES, INJURY-INCIDENCE RATES, AVERAGE NUMBER
OF EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYEE HOURS, BY WORK LOCATION AND MINERAL
INDUSTRY JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 1999
WORK LOCATION ALL AVG
AND ALL INC NUM EMP
MINERAL INDUSTRY OCC RATES EMP HOURS
UNDERGROUND MINES:
METAL------------------------- 559 9.42 6,487 11,863,759
NONMETAL---------------------- 187 5.96 3,161 6,273,515
STONE------------------------- 130 5.64 2,099 4,609,697
TOTAL, UNDERGROUND MINES- 876 7.70 11,747 22,746,971
SURFACE MINES:
METAL------------------------- 532 3.73 13,518 28,536,226
NONMETAL---------------------- 219 3.95 5,671 11,090,733
STONE------------------------- 1,683 5.36 31,263 62,836,330
SUBTOTAL, SURFACE MINES-- 2,434 4.75 50,452 102,463,289
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 1,543 4.49 37,294 68,723,367
TOTAL, SURFACE MINES----- 3,977 4.65 87,746 171,186,656
TOTAL, MINES------------- 4,853 5.00 99,493 193,933,627
MILLS:
METAL------------------------- 888 5.35 15,999 33,178,151
NONMETAL---------------------- 643 4.31 14,081 29,854,780
STONE------------------------- 2,315 5.94 36,105 77,966,379
TOTAL, MILLS------------- 3,846 5.46 66,185 140,999,310
INDEPENDENT SHOPS AND YARDS:
METAL------------------------- 14 4.48 293 624,715
NONMETAL---------------------- - - - -
STONE------------------------- 20 7.38 263 542,248
TOTAL, SHOPS AND YARDS--- 34 5.83 556 1,166,963
ALL MINES, MILLS AND SHOPS:
METAL------------------------- 1,993 5.37 36,297 74,202,851
NONMETAL---------------------- 1,049 4.44 22,913 47,219,028
STONE------------------------- 4,148 5.68 69,730 145,954,654
SUBTOTAL----------------- 7,190 5.38 128,940 267,376,533
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 1,543 4.49 37,294 68,723,367
TOTAL, MINES/MILLS/SHOPS- 8,733 5.20 166,234 336,099,900
OFFICEWORKERS:
METAL------------------------- 5 .11 4,733 9,153,071
NONMETAL---------------------- 6 .16 3,931 7,438,658
STONE------------------------- 29 .27 11,683 21,817,699
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 12 .24 7,567 10,144,183
TOTAL, OFFICEWORKERS----- 52 .21 27,914 48,553,611
SUMMARY TOTAL (INCLUDES OFFICE-
WORKERS):
METAL------------------------- 1,998 4.79 41,030 83,355,922
NONMETAL---------------------- 1,055 3.86 26,844 54,657,686
STONE------------------------- 4,177 4.98 81,413 167,772,353
SUBTOTAL----------------- 7,230 4.73 149,287 305,785,961
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 1,555 3.94 44,861 78,867,550
GRAND TOTAL-------------- 8,785 4.57 194,148 384,653,511
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