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NIOSH Mining Safety and Health Research |
Number and Rate of Occupational Fatalities in Mining, 2004-2008 |
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. |
93 |
5 |
24 |
0 |
6 |
128 |
| Rate |
44.7 |
NC3 |
13.8 |
NC |
12.6 |
28.8 |
|
Confidence Interval |
[36.1, 54.8] |
NC |
[8.9, 20.6] |
NC |
[4.6, 27.4] |
[23.8, 33.8] |
| Metal operator |
No. |
8 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
7 |
22 |
| Rate |
33.6 |
NC |
NC |
NC |
11.4 |
14.4 |
|
Confidence Interval |
[14.5, 66.1] |
NC |
NC |
NC |
[4.6, 23.5] |
[9.0, 21.8] |
| Nonmetal operator |
No. |
5 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
| Rate |
NC |
NC |
NC |
NC |
NC |
8.0 |
|
Confidence Interval |
NC |
NC |
NC |
NC |
NC |
[3.4, 15.7] |
| Stone operator |
No. |
4 |
2 |
22 |
0 |
20 |
48 |
| Rate |
NC |
NC |
13.0 |
NC |
11.4 |
13.4 |
|
Confidence Interval |
NC |
NC |
[8.1, 19.6] |
NC |
[7.0, 17.6] |
[9.9, 17.8] |
| Sand & gravel operator |
No. |
NA4 |
NA |
21 |
10 |
NR5 |
31 |
| Rate |
NA |
NA |
15.1 |
38.9 |
NR |
18.8 |
|
Confidence Interval |
NA |
NA |
[9.4, 23.1] |
[18.6, 71.5] |
NR |
[12.8, 26.7] |
| Coal contractor |
No. |
8 |
5 |
9 |
NA |
11 |
33 |
| Rate |
52.5 |
NC |
17.5 |
NA |
46.0 |
31.0 |
|
Confidence Interval |
[22.7, 103.4] |
NC |
[8.0, 33.2] |
NA |
[23.0, 82.3] |
[21.4, 43.6] |
| Noncoal contractor |
No. |
2 |
2 |
14 |
1 |
15 |
34 |
| Rate |
NC |
NC |
15.4 |
NC |
31.6 |
22.4 |
|
Confidence Interval |
NC |
NC |
[8.4, 25.8] |
NC |
[17.7, 52.1] |
[15.5, 31.4] |
| |
|
Total |
No. |
120 |
16 |
97 |
11 |
60 |
304 |
| Rate |
43.3 |
36.3 |
13.6 |
39.5 |
14.4 |
20.6 |
|
Confidence Interval |
[35.6, 51.1] |
[20.7, 58.9] |
[11.1, 16.6] |
[19.7, 70.7] |
[11.0, 18.5] |
[18.3, 22.9] |
| NOTE: Rates based on 20 or fewer events are less reliable and caution
should be used with interpretation. |
| 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 5 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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