Metal operator mining facts - 2002.
Source
Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2004-124, 2004 Jan; :1
Abstract
In 2002, a total of 256 metal mining operations reported employment to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). Metal mines were the smallest mining sector, comprising 1.8% of all mining operations. A total of 25,543 employees, corresponding to 25,938 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees, were reported by metal mine operators. This is a 15.4% decrease from the number of FTE metal mine employees reported in 2001. Four work-related fatalities occurred in metal mines in 2002, compared to nine in 2001. There were 640 nonfatal lost-time injuries among metal mine employees occurring at a rate of 8.4 per 100 FTE employees. These injuries resulted in 31,258 days lost from work. A total of 106 cases of occupational illness were reported to MSHA for metal mine employees.
Keywords
Metal-mining; Mining-industry; Gold-mines; Employees; Injuries; Lost-work-days; Statistical-analysis; Underground-mining; Materials-handling; Back-injuries; Hearing-impairment; Hearing-loss; Mine-workers
Contact
NIOSH Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
CAS No.
7440-50-8; 7440-57-5; 7439-92-1; 7440-66-6
Document Type
Numbered Publication
Identifying No.
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2004-124
Source Name
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
