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TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND
ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 2001
NONMETAL
ACCIDENT UNDERGROUND SURFACE MILLS
CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL
ELECTRICAL------------- - - - - 1 - - 2 1
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 1 1 - 1 - - 4 3
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - - - - - - - - -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - 1 - - 1 1 - 1 -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - 2 - - 1 - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- - 2 - - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - - - 2 - - 1 -
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 53 15 - 41 17 - 174 105
HAND TOOLS------------- - 5 11 - 8 12 - 30 40
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - - 1 - - - - 2 2
POWERED HAULAGE-------- - 23 5 - 12 2 - 32 4
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - 4 1 - 8 - - 6 -
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - - - - 1 1 - 6 1
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- - 19 4 - 3 1 - 20 3
HOISTING--------------- - 1 - - - - - 2 -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - - - - 6 -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 16 10 - 15 16 - 44 19
DOZER---------------- - - - - 1 - - 1 -
DRILL---------------- - - - - - - - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 16 10 - 14 16 - 43 19
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 20 2 - 43 8 - 112 24
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 1 1 - 6 1 - 3 1
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - - - - - - - 4 3
OTHER------------------ - 2 1 - 2 7 - 11 16
TOTAL----------- - 127 47 - 133 64 - 428 218
TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND
ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 2001
STONE
ACCIDENT UNDERGROUND SURFACE MILLS
CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL
ELECTRICAL------------- - 1 - - 6 1 - 11 4
ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 1 - - 2 2 - 2 3
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - - - - 1 - - - 1
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - - - - 5 1 - 3 1
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - 4 - - 3 - - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- - 2 4 - - - - - -
FIRE------------------- - - - - - 1 - 10 8
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 21 13 - 398 177 - 657 314
HAND TOOLS------------- - 6 13 - 113 115 - 164 159
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - - - - 3 - - 5 -
POWERED HAULAGE-------- - 5 5 1 126 39 - 89 30
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - 4 3 - 48 19 - 19 5
FRONT-END LOADERS---- - - - - 52 12 - 22 3
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- - 1 2 1 26 8 - 48 22
HOISTING--------------- - - - - 1 - - 1 -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - 2 - - 3 -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 10 6 2 115 62 - 150 121
DOZER---------------- - - - 1 8 1 - 1 -
DRILL---------------- - - 1 - 7 1 - - 1
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 10 5 1 100 60 - 149 120
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 25 5 - 281 71 - 354 89
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 2 - - 19 - - 26 10
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - - - - 3 5 - 13 4
OTHER------------------ - - - - 24 21 - 15 35
TOTAL----------- - 77 46 3 1,102 495 - 1,503 779
TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND
ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 2001
SAND/GRAVEL
ACCIDENT SURFACE
CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL
ELECTRICAL------------- - 15 8
ENTRAPMENT------------- - 1 -
EXPLODING VESSELS
UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 1 -
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
AGENTS---------------- - 1 -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
SLIDING MATERIAL----- - 3 -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
OR HIGHWALL----------- - - -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
GROUND MINES ONLY)---- - - -
FIRE------------------- - 4 4
HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 320 163
HAND TOOLS------------- - 103 98
NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - - -
POWERED HAULAGE-------- 5 89 26
HAULAGE TRUCKS------- 1 25 8
FRONT-END LOADERS---- 2 38 11
ALL OTHER POWERED
HAULAGE------------- 2 26 7
HOISTING--------------- - - -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
OF GAS OR DUST-------- 1 1 -
IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - -
INUNDATION------------- - - -
MACHINERY-------------- - 84 68
DOZER---------------- - 9 3
DRILL---------------- - - -
ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 75 65
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
PERSON---------------- - 232 65
STEPPING OR KNEELING
ON OBJECT------------- - 13 5
STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - 2 8
OTHER------------------ 2 12 16
TOTAL----------- 8 881 461
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