1983-2007, Number of Mining Occupational Fatalities, Nonfatal Lost-time Injuries, Injuries with No Days Lost, and Nonoccupational Fatalities by Mining Commodity Sector by Year; Excludes Office Employees; Data Source: MSHA
Count
Commodity based on CANVASS (recoded)

Occupational Injury Type (recoded) Total
Occupational fatality NFDL (Nonfatal, days lost) NDL (No days lost) Nonoccupational fatality
Coal operator Year 1983 67 9,311 2,443 0 11,821
1984 118 10,022 2,484 0 12,624
1985 63 8,775 2,443 0 11,281
1986 84 9,151 2,686 0 11,921
1987 58 12,063 4,018 0 16,139
1988 43 12,187 3,974 0 16,204
1989 62 11,634 3,826 0 15,522
1990 59 11,823 3,365 0 15,247
1991 54 10,828 3,102 0 13,984
1992 43 9,499 2,744 0 12,286
1993 35 7,944 2,372 1 10,352
1994 35 8,171 2,432 0 10,638
1995 38 6,896 2,154 0 9,088
1996 37 5,618 1,978 0 7,633
1997 24 5,296 1,942 0 7,262
1998 25 5,324 1,822 0 7,171
1999 29 4,484 1,446 0 5,959
2000 28 4,218 1,423 0 5,669
2001 36 3,907 1,465 0 5,408
2002 20 3,877 1,307 0 5,204
2003 22 3,322 1,208 0 4,552
2004 23 3,132 1,293 0 4,448
2005 17 3,062 1,366 0 4,445
2006 42 3,021 1,388 0 4,451
2007 28 2,942 1,250 0 4,220
Total 1,090 176,507 55,931 1 233,529
Metal operator Year 1983 14 1,548 1,154
2,716
1984 22 1,532 1,185
2,739
1985 15 1,206 1,068
2,289
1986 7 1,252 936
2,195
1987 14 1,703 1,321
3,038
1988 9 2,239 1,728
3,976
1989 11 2,329 2,036
4,376
1990 15 2,130 1,472
3,617
1991 13 2,022 1,385
3,420
1992 8 1,610 1,347
2,965
1993 10 1,520 1,208
2,738
1994 10 1,441 1,102
2,553
1995 9 1,403 1,150
2,562
1996 6 1,507 1,091
2,604
1997 7 1,421 1,033
2,461
1998 6 1,251 1,067
2,324
1999 10 1,134 849
1,993
2000 7 939 802
1,748
2001 9 735 600
1,344
2002 4 640 450
1,094
2003 1 579 355
935
2004 2 558 403
963
2005 5 678 435
1,118
2006 3 665 380
1,048
2007 7 798 434
1,239
Total 224 32,840 24,991
58,055
Nonmetal operator Year 1983 8 1,003 539 0 1,550
1984 8 932 534 0 1,474
1985 2 854 541 0 1,397
1986 7 779 447 0 1,233
1987 4 1,001 800 0 1,805
1988 3 1,216 1,011 0 2,230
1989 4 1,266 1,093 0 2,363
1990 4 1,273 726 0 2,003
1991 3 1,118 615 0 1,736
1992 5 963 581 0 1,549
1993 4 915 511 0 1,430
1994 2 860 557 0 1,419
1995 9 811 486 0 1,306
1996 0 698 431 0 1,129
1997 2 735 447 0 1,184
1998 4 707 415 0 1,126
1999 2 712 335 0 1,049
2000 2 675 366 1 1,044
2001 0 688 329 0 1,017
2002 0 594 281 0 875
2003 2 506 257 0 765
2004 1 550 246 0 797
2005 4 509 221 0 734
2006 0 417 226 0 643
2007 1 508 229 0 738
Total 81 20,290 12,224 1 32,596
Stone operator Year 1983 16 2,035 959 0 3,010
1984 29 2,417 962 0 3,408
1985 19 2,463 1,036 0 3,518
1986 16 2,735 1,305 0 4,056
1987 21 3,222 1,907 0 5,150
1988 15 3,701 2,689 0 6,405
1989 19 3,763 2,945 0 6,727
1990 15 3,609 2,527 0 6,151
1991 14 3,356 2,274 0 5,644
1992 12 3,056 2,071 0 5,139
1993 15 3,109 2,083 0 5,207
1994 17 3,111 1,989 0 5,117
1995 13 2,745 1,892 1 4,651
1996 20 2,617 1,649 0 4,286
1997 17 2,575 1,614 0 4,206
1998 14 2,718 1,481 0 4,213
1999 13 2,685 1,450 0 4,148
2000 15 2,874 1,411 0 4,300
2001 3 2,682 1,320 0 4,005
2002 19 2,462 1,112 0 3,593
2003 9 2,371 1,040 0 3,420
2004 8 2,309 1,060 0 3,377
2005 15 2,265 1,108 0 3,388
2006 10 2,081 1,083 0 3,174
2007 8 1,880 946 0 2,834
Total 372 68,841 39,913 1 109,127
Sand & gravel operator Year 1983 15 573 239
827
1984 11 718 285
1,014
1985 8 740 346
1,094
1986 13 929 434
1,376
1987 16 1,100 600
1,716
1988 8 1,275 800
2,083
1989 3 1,491 996
2,490
1990 10 1,487 843
2,340
1991 11 1,267 801
2,079
1992 6 1,179 763
1,948
1993 11 1,115 695
1,821
1994 5 1,192 648
1,845
1995 6 1,063 619
1,688
1996 10 997 616
1,623
1997 13 993 606
1,612
1998 11 1,092 531
1,634
1999 12 1,010 521
1,543
2000 11 1,002 488
1,501
2001 8 881 461
1,350
2002 10 826 415
1,251
2003 10 846 395
1,251
2004 8 753 411
1,172
2005 9 841 405
1,255
2006 6 795 373
1,174
2007 5 657 302
964
Total 236 24,822 13,593
38,651
Coal contractor Year 1983 3 234 71 0 308
1984 8 222 65 0 295
1985 4 298 66 0 368
1986 3 253 64 0 320
1987 5 272 138 0 415
1988 9 248 118 0 375
1989 5 338 173 1 517
1990 7 404 136 0 547
1991 6 464 167 1 638
1992 10 532 202 1 745
1993 11 431 170 0 612
1994 9 530 176 0 715
1995 9 434 153 0 596
1996 2 491 173 0 666
1997 6 492 189 0 687
1998 4 559 176 0 739
1999 6 499 146 0 651
2000 10 563 169 0 742
2001 6 665 207 0 878
2002 7 641 180 0 828
2003 8 441 154 0 603
2004 5 469 194 0 668
2005 5 535 185 0 725
2006 5 557 225 0 787
2007 6 460 187 0 653
Total 159 11,032 3,884 3 15,078
Noncoal contractor Year 1983 8 224 136 1 369
1984 10 218 177 0 405
1985 11 239 143 2 395
1986 6 244 170 0 420
1987 10 383 269 2 664
1988 13 602 467 1 1,083
1989 11 664 437 0 1,112
1990 12 574 373 0 959
1991 10 594 422 2 1,028
1992 8 397 299 4 708
1993 10 381 246 1 638
1994 3 486 304 3 796
1995 13 465 383 2 863
1996 10 538 338 1 887
1997 22 498 291 0 811
1998 14 481 262 2 759
1999 18 460 322 0 800
2000 12 568 357 0 937
2001 10 391 285 0 686
2002 6 318 194 1 519
2003 4 257 208 0 469
2004 8 368 232 0 608
2005 2 420 287 0 709
2006 7 452 253 0 712
2007 12 497 340 0 849
Total 250 10,719 7,195 22 18,186

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