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NIOSH Mining Safety and Health Research |
Number and Rate of Fatalities in Mining, 2003-2007 |
Per 100,000 Full-time Equivalent1 Employees
by Type of Employer, Commodity, and Work Location (Excludes office employees) |
|
Type of Employer
and Commodity |
Underground Mines |
Surface Mines |
Total |
|
Underground |
Surface areas |
Strip/Open Pit/Quarry2 |
Dredge |
Mills/plants |
| Coal operator |
No. |
92 |
7 |
27 |
0 |
6 |
132 |
| Rate |
46.8 |
48.6 |
16.3 |
0.0 |
12.8 |
31.2 |
| Metal operator |
No. |
5 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
7 |
18 |
| Rate |
23.1 |
NC3 |
7.0 |
0.0 |
12.1 |
12.7 |
| Nonmetal operator |
No. |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
| Rate |
33.3 |
0.0 |
NC |
0.0 |
NC |
8.0 |
| Stone operator |
No. |
4 |
2 |
25 |
0 |
19 |
50 |
| Rate |
39.4 |
NC |
14.7 |
0.0 |
10.7 |
13.9 |
| Sand & gravel operator |
No. |
NA4 |
NA |
28 |
10 |
NR5 |
38 |
| Rate |
NA |
NA |
19.7 |
38.6 |
NR |
22.6 |
| Coal contractor |
No. |
9 |
5 |
4 |
NA |
11 |
29 |
| Rate |
69.1 |
34.2 |
8.5 |
NA |
48.2 |
29.7 |
| Noncoal contractor |
No. |
2 |
1 |
15 |
1 |
14 |
33 |
| Rate |
NC |
NC |
18.6 |
NC |
34.4 |
24.9 |
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Total |
No. |
116 |
17 |
105 |
11 |
59 |
308 |
| Rate |
44.7 |
41.2 |
15.3 |
39.1 |
14.4 |
21.6 |
| Caution should be used when interpreting rates based on a small
number of events. |
| 1Full-time equivalent employees based on reported number of
employee hours (2,000 hours = 1 FTE). |
| 2Also includes culm banks, auger mining, independent shops
and yards, and surface mining not elsewhere classified. |
| 3NC=Not computed for 3 or fewer fatalities. |
| 4NA=Not applicable for this commodity. |
| 5NR=Not reported separately. Sand and gravel operators report
mill employment under strip or dredge operations. |
| Data Source: MSHA |
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