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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 -- 2003
WORK LOCATION FATAL NFDL NDL
AND FATAL INC NFDL INC NDL INC
MINERAL INDUSTRY RATES RATES RATES
UNDERGROUND MINES:
METAL------------------------- - - 173 3.98 93 2.14
NONMETAL---------------------- - - 97 3.68 35 1.33
STONE------------------------- 2 .09 75 3.34 32 1.42
TOTAL, UNDERGROUND MINES- 2 .02 345 3.74 160 1.73
SURFACE MINES:
METAL------------------------- - - 185 1.96 90 .95
NONMETAL---------------------- - - 87 1.77 59 1.20
STONE------------------------- 5 .02 873 2.76 401 1.27
SUBTOTAL, SURFACE MINES-- 5 .01 1,145 2.49 550 1.20
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 10 .03 846 2.60 395 1.22
TOTAL, SURFACE MINES----- 15 .02 1,991 2.54 945 1.20
TOTAL, MINES------------- 17 .02 2,336 2.66 1,105 1.26
MILLS:
METAL------------------------- 1 .01 218 2.09 170 1.63
NONMETAL---------------------- 2 .02 322 2.52 163 1.28
STONE------------------------- 1 (*) 1,406 4.00 599 1.70
TOTAL, MILLS------------- 4 .01 1,946 3.34 932 1.60
INDEPENDENT SHOPS AND YARDS:
METAL------------------------- - - 3 1.24 2 .82
NONMETAL---------------------- - - - - - -
STONE------------------------- 1 .40 17 6.88 8 3.24
TOTAL, SHOPS AND YARDS--- 1 .20 20 4.08 10 2.04
ALL MINES, MILLS AND SHOPS:
METAL------------------------- 1 (*) 579 2.37 355 1.45
NONMETAL---------------------- 2 .01 506 2.49 257 1.27
STONE------------------------- 9 .01 2,371 3.42 1,040 1.50
SUBTOTAL----------------- 12 .01 3,456 3.03 1,652 1.45
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 10 .03 846 2.60 395 1.22
TOTAL, MINES/MILLS/SHOPS- 22 .02 4,302 2.94 2,047 1.40
OFFICEWORKERS:
METAL------------------------- - - 3 .09 2 .06
NONMETAL---------------------- - - 2 .06 4 .13
STONE------------------------- - - 12 .11 3 .03
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- - - 7 .14 3 .06
TOTAL, OFFICEWORKERS----- - - 24 .11 12 .05
SUMMARY TOTAL (INCLUDES OFFICE-
WORKERS):
METAL------------------------- 1 (*) 582 2.10 357 1.29
NONMETAL---------------------- 2 .01 508 2.17 261 1.11
STONE------------------------- 9 .01 2,383 2.98 1,043 1.30
SUBTOTAL----------------- 12 .01 3,473 2.65 1,661 1.27
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 10 .03 853 2.28 398 1.06
GRAND TOTAL-------------- 22 .01 4,326 2.57 2,059 1.22
TABLE 2. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES, INJURY-INCIDENCE RATES, AVERAGE NUMBER
OF EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYEE HOURS, BY WORK LOCATION AND MINERAL
INDUSTRY JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 2003
WORK LOCATION ALL AVG
AND ALL INC NUM EMP
MINERAL INDUSTRY OCC RATES EMP HOURS
UNDERGROUND MINES:
METAL------------------------- 266 6.11 4,486 8,702,862
NONMETAL---------------------- 132 5.01 2,489 5,265,136
STONE------------------------- 109 4.85 2,118 4,491,233
TOTAL, UNDERGROUND MINES- 507 5.49 9,093 18,459,231
SURFACE MINES:
METAL------------------------- 275 2.91 9,240 18,910,036
NONMETAL---------------------- 146 2.97 5,104 9,818,371
STONE------------------------- 1,279 4.05 32,479 63,225,246
SUBTOTAL, SURFACE MINES-- 1,700 3.70 46,823 91,953,653
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 1,251 3.85 36,540 64,953,660
TOTAL, SURFACE MINES----- 2,951 3.76 83,363 156,907,313
TOTAL, MINES------------- 3,458 3.94 92,456 175,366,544
MILLS:
METAL------------------------- 389 3.73 10,715 20,837,286
NONMETAL---------------------- 487 3.81 11,814 25,543,639
STONE------------------------- 2,006 5.71 33,181 70,267,551
TOTAL, MILLS------------- 2,882 4.94 55,710 116,648,476
INDEPENDENT SHOPS AND YARDS:
METAL------------------------- 5 2.06 241 485,376
NONMETAL---------------------- - - - -
STONE------------------------- 26 10.52 259 494,256
TOTAL, SHOPS AND YARDS--- 31 6.33 500 979,632
ALL MINES, MILLS AND SHOPS:
METAL------------------------- 935 3.82 24,682 48,935,560
NONMETAL---------------------- 765 3.77 19,407 40,627,146
STONE------------------------- 3,420 4.94 68,037 138,478,286
SUBTOTAL----------------- 5,120 4.49 112,126 228,040,992
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 1,251 3.85 36,540 64,953,660
TOTAL, MINES/MILLS/SHOPS- 6,371 4.35 148,666 292,994,652
OFFICEWORKERS:
METAL------------------------- 5 .15 3,398 6,602,093
NONMETAL---------------------- 6 .19 3,363 6,241,688
STONE------------------------- 15 .14 11,370 21,530,831
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 10 .20 7,370 9,820,550
TOTAL, OFFICEWORKERS----- 36 .16 25,501 44,195,162
SUMMARY TOTAL (INCLUDES OFFICE-
WORKERS):
METAL------------------------- 940 3.39 28,080 55,537,653
NONMETAL---------------------- 771 3.29 22,770 46,868,834
STONE------------------------- 3,435 4.29 79,407 160,009,117
SUBTOTAL----------------- 5,146 3.92 130,257 262,415,604
SAND AND GRAVEL--------------- 1,261 3.37 43,910 74,774,210
GRAND TOTAL-------------- 6,407 3.80 174,167 337,189,814
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