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Mining Employees

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Table Summary of Mine-level Characteristics by Commodity, 2005
Table Summary of Contractor Company-level Characteristics for Independent Contractors Working at Coal and Noncoal (metal, nonmetal, stone, and sand and gravel) Mining Operations, 2005
Table Number of Mines, Employees, Full-time Equivalent Employees, and Median Employment Size by Commodity and Employer Type, 2005
Table Number of Mining Employees by Detailed Commodity and Type of Operation, 2005
Table of number of mines, employees, and mine size Number of Mines, Mine Operator Employees, and Mine Size by Commodity, 2005
Mining characteristics Mining Characteristics, 2005 Underground and surface mining characteristics Underground and Surface Mining Characteristics, 2005
Pie of mine employees by commodity Distribution of Mine Operator Employees by Commodity, 2005 (excludes office employees) Number of Employee Hours Number of Employee Hours Reported by Mine Operators and Independent Contractors by Commodity and Year, 1996-2005
Number of Underground Employee Hours Number of Underground Employee Hours Reported by Mine Operators and Independent Contractors by Commodity and Year, 1996-2005 Number of Surface Employee Hours Number of Surface Employee Hours Reported by Mine Operators and Independent Contractors by Commodity and Year, 1996-2005
Employee Hours by Underground or Surface Number of Employee Hours Reported by Mine Operators and Independent Contractors by Underground or Surface Work Location by Year, 1996-2005 Employee Hours by Operators or Contractors Number of Employee Hours Reported by Mine Operators and Independent Contractors by Year, 1996-2005
Workers at underground locations Number of Full-time Equivalent Workers at Underground Work Locations by Type of Employer and Commodity, 1995 versus 2005 Workers at surface locations Number of Full-time Equivalent Workers at Surface Work Locations by Type of Employer and Commodity, 1995 versus 2005
Employment map Number of Mine Operator Employees by County, 2005 Coal employment map Number of Coal Mine Operator Employees by County, 2005
Metal employment map Number of Metal Mine Operator Employees by County, 2005 Nonmetal employment map Number of Nonmetal Mine Operator Employees by County, 2005
Stone employment map Number of Stone Mine Operator Employees by County, 2005 Sand and gravel employment map Number of Sand & Gravel Mine Operator Employees by County, 2005
Underground employment map Mine Operator Employees Working at Underground Locations by County, 2005 Surface employment map Mine Operator Employees Working at Surface Locations by County, 2005
Table 1983-2005--Average Number of Employees, Total Number of Hours Worked, and Number of Full-time Equivalent Employees by Year
Table 1983-2005--Average Number of Employees, Total Number of Hours Worked, and Number of Full-time Equivalent Employees by Year; Excludes Office Employees
Table 1983-2005--Average Number of Employees, Total Number of Hours Worked, and Number of Full-Time Equivalent Employees by Underground/Surface Location by Year; Excludes Office Employees; Data Source: MSHA
Table 1983-2005--Average Number of Employees, Total Number of Hours Worked, and Number of Full-Time Equivalent Employees by Mining Commodity Sector by Year; Excludes Office Employees; Data Source: MSHA
Table 1983-2005--Average Number of Employees, Total Number of Hours Worked, and Number of Full-Time Equivalent Employees by Underground/Surface Work Location and Mining Commodity Sector by Year; Excludes Office Employees; Data Source: MSHA
Data source:  Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).  See Methodology for further details.

For more information, contact Linda J. McWilliams, Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, 412-386-6116, LMcWilliams@cdc.gov, or Patrick J. Coleman, PhD, Spokane Research Laboratory, 509-354-8065, PColeman@cdc.gov.


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Page last updated: 4/18/2008
Page last reviewed: 4/18/2008
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