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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 -- 2000
WORK LOCATION FATAL NFDL NDL
AND FATAL INC NFDL INC NDL INC
MINERAL INDUSTRY RATES RATES RATES
UNDERGROUND MINES:
METAL------------------------- 6 .11 292 5.38 198 3.65
NONMETAL---------------------- 1 .03 104 3.56 48 1.64
STONE------------------------- 1 .04 109 4.59 35 1.48
TOTAL, UNDERGROUND MINES- 8 .07 505 4.71 281 2.62
SURFACE MINES:
METAL------------------------- 1 .01 291 2.24 208 1.60
NONMETAL---------------------- 2 .04 157 2.83 78 1.41
STONE------------------------- 10 .03 1,191 3.78 567 1.80
SUBTOTAL, SURFACE MINES-- 13 .03 1,639 3.27 853 1.70
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 11 .03 1,002 2.95 488 1.43
TOTAL, SURFACE MINES----- 24 .03 2,641 3.14 1,341 1.59
TOTAL, MINES------------- 32 .03 3,146 3.32 1,622 1.71
MILLS:
METAL------------------------- - - 350 2.24 378 2.42
NONMETAL---------------------- - - 414 2.86 240 1.66
STONE------------------------- 4 .01 1,563 4.01 799 2.05
TOTAL, MILLS------------- 4 .01 2,327 3.37 1,417 2.05
INDEPENDENT SHOPS AND YARDS:
METAL------------------------- - - 6 1.85 18 5.54
NONMETAL---------------------- - - - - - -
STONE------------------------- - - 11 4.59 10 4.17
TOTAL, SHOPS AND YARDS--- - - 17 3.01 28 4.96
ALL MINES, MILLS AND SHOPS:
METAL------------------------- 7 .02 939 2.73 802 2.33
NONMETAL---------------------- 3 .01 675 2.94 366 1.59
STONE------------------------- 15 .02 2,874 3.93 1,411 1.93
SUBTOTAL----------------- 25 .02 4,488 3.44 2,579 1.98
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 11 .03 1,002 2.95 488 1.43
TOTAL, MINES/MILLS/SHOPS- 36 .02 5,490 3.34 3,067 1.87
OFFICEWORKERS:
METAL------------------------- - - 5 .12 6 .14
NONMETAL---------------------- - - 5 .14 7 .19
STONE------------------------- - - 23 .21 9 .08
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- - - 4 .08 7 .14
TOTAL, OFFICEWORKERS----- - - 37 .15 29 .12
SUMMARY TOTAL (INCLUDES OFFICE-
WORKERS):
METAL------------------------- 7 .02 944 2.44 808 2.09
NONMETAL---------------------- 3 .01 680 2.56 373 1.41
STONE------------------------- 15 .02 2,897 3.44 1,420 1.69
SUBTOTAL----------------- 25 .02 4,521 3.02 2,601 1.74
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 11 .03 1,006 2.58 495 1.27
GRAND TOTAL-------------- 36 .02 5,527 2.93 3,096 1.64
TABLE 2. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES, INJURY-INCIDENCE RATES, AVERAGE NUMBER
OF EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYEE HOURS, BY WORK LOCATION AND MINERAL
INDUSTRY JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 2000
WORK LOCATION ALL AVG
AND ALL INC NUM EMP
MINERAL INDUSTRY OCC RATES EMP HOURS
UNDERGROUND MINES:
METAL------------------------- 496 9.14 5,428 10,847,937
NONMETAL---------------------- 153 5.23 2,834 5,847,316
STONE------------------------- 145 6.11 2,231 4,744,529
TOTAL, UNDERGROUND MINES- 794 7.41 10,493 21,439,782
SURFACE MINES:
METAL------------------------- 500 3.85 12,535 25,976,208
NONMETAL---------------------- 237 4.27 5,786 11,097,367
STONE------------------------- 1,768 5.61 32,106 63,085,615
SUBTOTAL, SURFACE MINES-- 2,505 5.00 50,427 100,159,190
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 1,501 4.41 37,837 68,027,794
TOTAL, SURFACE MINES----- 4,006 4.76 88,264 168,186,984
TOTAL, MINES------------- 4,800 5.06 98,757 189,626,766
MILLS:
METAL------------------------- 728 4.65 15,074 31,294,459
NONMETAL---------------------- 654 4.52 13,495 28,960,221
STONE------------------------- 2,366 6.08 36,040 77,861,674
TOTAL, MILLS------------- 3,748 5.43 64,609 138,116,354
INDEPENDENT SHOPS AND YARDS:
METAL------------------------- 24 7.39 305 649,285
NONMETAL---------------------- - - - -
STONE------------------------- 21 8.76 239 479,723
TOTAL, SHOPS AND YARDS--- 45 7.97 544 1,129,008
ALL MINES, MILLS AND SHOPS:
METAL------------------------- 1,748 5.08 33,342 68,767,889
NONMETAL---------------------- 1,044 4.55 22,115 45,904,904
STONE------------------------- 4,300 5.88 70,616 146,171,541
SUBTOTAL----------------- 7,092 5.44 126,073 260,844,334
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 1,501 4.41 37,837 68,027,794
TOTAL, MINES/MILLS/SHOPS- 8,593 5.23 163,910 328,872,128
OFFICEWORKERS:
METAL------------------------- 11 .25 4,308 8,673,170
NONMETAL---------------------- 12 .33 3,803 7,188,867
STONE------------------------- 32 .29 11,763 22,369,717
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 11 .22 7,398 10,067,772
TOTAL, OFFICEWORKERS----- 66 .27 27,272 48,299,526
SUMMARY TOTAL (INCLUDES OFFICE-
WORKERS):
METAL------------------------- 1,759 4.54 37,650 77,441,059
NONMETAL---------------------- 1,056 3.98 25,918 53,093,771
STONE------------------------- 4,332 5.14 82,379 168,541,258
SUBTOTAL----------------- 7,147 4.78 145,947 299,076,088
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 1,512 3.87 45,235 78,095,566
GRAND TOTAL-------------- 8,659 4.59 191,182 377,171,654
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