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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 -- 2001
WORK LOCATION FATAL NFDL NDL
AND FATAL INC NFDL INC NDL INC
MINERAL INDUSTRY RATES RATES RATES
UNDERGROUND MINES:
METAL------------------------- 7 .13 203 3.82 169 3.18
NONMETAL---------------------- - - 127 4.25 47 1.57
STONE------------------------- - - 77 3.29 46 1.97
TOTAL, UNDERGROUND MINES- 7 .07 407 3.82 262 2.46
SURFACE MINES:
METAL------------------------- 2 .02 225 1.88 151 1.26
NONMETAL---------------------- - - 133 2.57 64 1.24
STONE------------------------- 3 .01 1,091 3.47 490 1.56
SUBTOTAL, SURFACE MINES-- 5 .01 1,449 2.98 705 1.45
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 8 .02 881 2.63 461 1.37
TOTAL, SURFACE MINES----- 13 .02 2,330 2.84 1,166 1.42
TOTAL, MINES------------- 20 .02 2,737 2.95 1,428 1.54
MILLS:
METAL------------------------- - - 300 2.30 267 2.05
NONMETAL---------------------- - - 428 3.14 218 1.60
STONE------------------------- - - 1,503 3.95 779 2.05
TOTAL, MILLS------------- - - 2,231 3.44 1,264 1.95
INDEPENDENT SHOPS AND YARDS:
METAL------------------------- - - 7 2.45 13 4.56
NONMETAL---------------------- - - - - - -
STONE------------------------- - - 11 4.54 5 2.06
TOTAL, SHOPS AND YARDS--- - - 18 3.41 18 3.41
ALL MINES, MILLS AND SHOPS:
METAL------------------------- 9 .03 735 2.40 600 1.96
NONMETAL---------------------- - - 688 3.15 329 1.51
STONE------------------------- 3 (*) 2,682 3.72 1,320 1.83
SUBTOTAL----------------- 12 .01 4,105 3.30 2,249 1.81
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 8 .02 881 2.63 461 1.37
TOTAL, MINES/MILLS/SHOPS- 20 .01 4,986 3.15 2,710 1.71
OFFICEWORKERS:
METAL------------------------- - - 6 .16 2 .05
NONMETAL---------------------- - - 3 .09 2 .06
STONE------------------------- - - 12 .11 8 .07
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- - - 4 .08 2 .04
TOTAL, OFFICEWORKERS----- - - 25 .11 14 .06
SUMMARY TOTAL (INCLUDES OFFICE-
WORKERS):
METAL------------------------- 9 .03 741 2.15 602 1.75
NONMETAL---------------------- - - 691 2.73 331 1.31
STONE------------------------- 3 (*) 2,694 3.24 1,328 1.60
SUBTOTAL----------------- 12 .01 4,126 2.89 2,261 1.58
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 8 .02 885 2.30 463 1.20
GRAND TOTAL-------------- 20 .01 5,011 2.77 2,724 1.50
TABLE 2. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES, INJURY-INCIDENCE RATES, AVERAGE NUMBER
OF EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYEE HOURS, BY WORK LOCATION AND MINERAL
INDUSTRY JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 2001
WORK LOCATION ALL AVG
AND ALL INC NUM EMP
MINERAL INDUSTRY OCC RATES EMP HOURS
UNDERGROUND MINES:
METAL------------------------- 379 7.13 5,343 10,630,800
NONMETAL---------------------- 174 5.82 2,840 5,978,373
STONE------------------------- 123 5.26 2,229 4,680,416
TOTAL, UNDERGROUND MINES- 676 6.35 10,412 21,289,589
SURFACE MINES:
METAL------------------------- 378 3.15 11,076 23,984,745
NONMETAL---------------------- 197 3.81 5,561 10,339,573
STONE------------------------- 1,584 5.05 32,311 62,793,932
SUBTOTAL, SURFACE MINES-- 2,159 4.45 48,948 97,118,250
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 1,350 4.02 37,508 67,086,918
TOTAL, SURFACE MINES----- 3,509 4.27 86,456 164,205,168
TOTAL, MINES------------- 4,185 4.51 96,868 185,494,757
MILLS:
METAL------------------------- 567 4.35 12,810 26,094,494
NONMETAL---------------------- 646 4.73 12,945 27,301,597
STONE------------------------- 2,282 5.99 35,342 76,180,454
TOTAL, MILLS------------- 3,495 5.39 61,097 129,576,545
INDEPENDENT SHOPS AND YARDS:
METAL------------------------- 20 7.01 273 570,325
NONMETAL---------------------- - - - -
STONE------------------------- 16 6.61 248 484,445
TOTAL, SHOPS AND YARDS--- 36 6.83 521 1,054,770
ALL MINES, MILLS AND SHOPS:
METAL------------------------- 1,344 4.39 29,502 61,280,364
NONMETAL---------------------- 1,017 4.66 21,346 43,619,543
STONE------------------------- 4,005 5.56 70,130 144,139,247
SUBTOTAL----------------- 6,366 5.11 120,978 249,039,154
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 1,350 4.02 37,508 67,086,918
TOTAL, MINES/MILLS/SHOPS- 7,716 4.88 158,486 316,126,072
OFFICEWORKERS:
METAL------------------------- 8 .21 3,906 7,512,221
NONMETAL---------------------- 5 .14 3,683 6,940,732
STONE------------------------- 20 .18 11,457 21,912,459
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 6 .12 7,405 9,864,511
TOTAL, OFFICEWORKERS----- 39 .17 26,451 46,229,923
SUMMARY TOTAL (INCLUDES OFFICE-
WORKERS):
METAL------------------------- 1,352 3.93 33,408 68,792,585
NONMETAL---------------------- 1,022 4.04 25,029 50,560,275
STONE------------------------- 4,025 4.85 81,587 166,051,706
SUBTOTAL----------------- 6,399 4.48 140,024 285,404,566
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 1,356 3.52 44,913 76,951,429
GRAND TOTAL-------------- 7,755 4.28 184,937 362,355,995
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