1983-2007, Mining Occupational Fatality Rate (Per 100,000 Full-Time Equivalent Employees or 200,000,000 Hours Worked) and Nonfatal Lost-Time Injury Rate (Per 100 Full-Time Equivalent Employees or 200,000 Hours Worked) by Mining Commodity Sector by Year; Excludes Office Employees; Data Source: MSHA
Note: Caution should be used when interpreting rates based on a small number of events.
Year Commodity based on CANVASS (recoded)
Coal operator Metal operator Nonmetal operator Stone operator Sand & gravel operator Coal contractor Noncoal contractor
Fatal rate Lost-time injury rate Fatal rate Lost-time injury rate Fatal rate Lost-time injury rate Fatal rate Lost-time injury rate Fatal rate Lost-time injury rate Fatal rate Lost-time injury rate Fatal rate Lost-time injury rate
1983 42.0 5.8 33.7 3.7 27.0 3.4 25.4 3.2 63.1 2.4 49.6 3.9 139.7 3.9
1984 68.5 5.8 53.2 3.7 25.2 2.9 42.9 3.6 42.1 2.7 120.3 3.3 147.2 3.2
1985 38.6 5.4 41.9 3.4 6.6 2.8 27.7 3.6 29.0 2.7 53.2 4.0 142.1 3.1
1986 55.0 6.0 21.6 3.9 25.3 2.8 23.1 3.9 44.9 3.2 42.9 3.6 74.2 3.0
1987 40.7 8.5 39.1 4.8 14.5 3.6 30.1 4.6 54.0 3.7 70.5 3.8 106.7 4.1
1988 31.5 8.9 21.6 5.4 10.4 4.2 21.4 5.3 26.5 4.2 117.4 3.2 99.6 4.6
1989 46.5 8.7 23.7 5.0 13.8 4.4 27.7 5.5 10.0 4.9 52.2 3.5 76.5 4.6
1990 43.0 8.6 31.0 4.4 14.0 4.4 22.2 5.3 33.4 5.0 65.1 3.8 87.4 4.2
1991 43.1 8.6 27.6 4.3 10.9 4.1 22.2 5.3 39.7 4.6 51.9 4.0 66.4 3.9
1992 36.7 8.1 17.7 3.6 18.8 3.6 19.1 4.9 21.6 4.3 75.0 4.0 59.4 2.9
1993 34.4 7.8 22.8 3.5 15.9 3.6 23.3 4.8 39.0 4.0 77.3 3.0 75.3 2.9
1994 33.2 7.7 23.2 3.3 7.8 3.4 25.7 4.7 17.0 4.0 61.0 3.6 18.5 3.0
1995 38.9 7.1 19.9 3.1 35.2 3.2 19.2 4.1 20.3 3.6 64.9 3.1 68.5 2.4
1996 39.4 6.0 12.8 3.2
2.7 29.3 3.8 33.3 3.3 13.4 3.3 52.6 2.8
1997 26.1 5.8 15.4 3.1 7.8 2.9 24.4 3.7 41.9 3.2 36.8 3.0 109.9 2.5
1998 28.2 6.0 14.5 3.0 16.2 2.9 19.5 3.8 33.7 3.3 24.2 3.4 68.6 2.4
1999 35.6 5.5 27.0 3.1 8.5 3.0 17.8 3.7 34.9 2.9 37.3 3.1 79.4 2.0
2000 37.1 5.6 20.4 2.7 8.7 2.9 20.5 3.9 32.3 2.9 61.1 3.4 46.7 2.2
2001 44.5 4.8 29.4 2.4
3.2 4.2 3.7 23.8 2.6 32.7 3.6 42.4 1.7
2002 25.4 4.9 15.4 2.5
2.9 27.2 3.5 30.5 2.5 41.7 3.8 32.4 1.7
2003 29.2 4.4 4.1 2.4 9.8 2.5 13.0 3.4 30.8 2.6 49.7 2.7 21.2 1.4
2004 28.7 3.9 7.7 2.1 5.0 2.7 11.2 3.2 24.0 2.3 27.8 2.6 36.0 1.7
2005 19.5 3.5 18.0 2.4 20.0 2.5 20.4 3.1 26.3 2.5 24.8 2.7 7.8 1.6
2006 46.2 3.3 10.1 2.2
2.1 13.4 2.8 17.2 2.3 22.7 2.5 23.6 1.5
2007 31.2 3.3 21.1 2.4 5.0 2.5 11.1 2.6 15.0 2.0 28.0 2.1 33.3 1.4

Page last updated: July 15, 2009
Page last reviewed: March 30, 2009
Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Mining Division