TABLE 32 - Fatal and nonfatal disabling injuries and man-hours for open pit and
other surface workings at metal, nonmetal, stone, and sand and gravel
mines with summarized data and injury-frequency rates, 1950-77
Metal 1/ Nonmetal 2/
Year
Fatal Nonfatal Man-hours Fatal Nonfatal Man-hours
1950 16 782 48,303,812 NA NA NA
1951 18 963 54,852,876 NA NA NA
1952 16 893 53,708,658 NA NA NA
1953 16 914 58,181,408 NA NA NA
1954 17 455 36,805,345 4 203 10,369,384
1955 10 556 39,551,147 8 353 11,427,278
1956 8 500 45,199,009 11 283 13,820,640
1957 10 371 43,766,231 3 289 14,421,565
1958 7 478 36,173,710 6 424 22,447,042
1959 9 423 33,180,504 8 489 22,764,541
1960 15 533 47,825,693 11 460 24,013,846
1961 8 415 38,115,906 7 403 23,099,109
1962 10 372 38,542,682 5 420 20,194,807
1963 8 326 36,856,576 2 350 19,749,655
1964 10 362 38,712,784 10 386 22,277,280
1965 12 409 45,022,131 9 448 23,957,570
1966 10 530 45,296,129 6 551 27,480,426
1967 12 490 39,698,456 11 469 25,597,806
1968 20 537 43,377,131 4 387 23,759,829
1969 16 562 46,997,667 7 473 24,119,093
1970 13 632 50,247,503 5 357 20,964,633
1971 10 468 48,951,198 3 297 17,245,528
1972 5 455 46,371,869 3 268 14,714,531
1973 8 642 52,065,625 9 473 18,121,344
1974 12 788 54,387,711 4 488 19,815,421
1975 9 620 50,432,601 3 462 22,377,481
1976 6 558 51,902,314 5 327 19,299,429
1977 7 519 47,360,948 7 294 19,886,409
NA Not available.
1/ Data for 1950-53 includes nonmetal mine data; cannot be separated by detailed
work location.
2/ Mine data 1950-53, included with metal data. Clay mine data first compiled
in 1955.
Stone Sand and Gravel
Year
Fatal Nonfatal Man-hours Fatal Nonfatal Man-hours
1950 28 2,509 67,846,985 NA NA NA
1951 26 2,555 67,372,065 NA NA NA
1952 41 2,380 66,866,869 NA NA NA
1953 22 2,470 69,133,732 NA NA NA
1954 23 2,345 63,066,404 NA NA NA
1955 33 2,342 60,318,586 NA NA NA
1956 33 2,234 62,232,866 NA NA NA
1957 29 2,737 65,869,487 NA NA NA
1958 23 2,413 64,692,625 25 1,698 92,455,928
1959 29 2,314 69,221,781 21 2,161 109,829,947
1960 19 2,218 66,433,050 25 1,919 95,749,128
1961 18 2,101 64,041,569 21 1,814 101,706,650
1962 33 1,426 64,067,872 51 2,093 97,589,447
1963 33 1,495 65,088,882 33 1,894 95,785,817
1964 36 1,536 65,947,719 34 1,957 100,891,462
1965 22 1,439 71,365,518 40 1,870 100,082,962
1966 24 1,538 67,227,677 35 2,098 104,971,239
1967 20 1,347 66,677,099 32 1,919 96,645,422
1968 30 1,401 67,769,048 26 1,992 93,155,512
1969 32 1,349 67,930,634 31 1,929 94,223,319
1970 26 1,641 66,742,911 29 2,045 95,066,530
1971 30 1,593 66,557,453 26 2,132 94,786,459
1972 21 986 47,273,871 36 1,364 57,113,857
1973 38 1,551 64,651,863 40 867 51,759,816
1974 30 1,583 67,565,415 39 910 54,799,807
1975 27 1,598 65,921,337 21 803 57,412,846
1976 17 1,490 62,234,961 24 755 56,550,794
1977 19 1,472 63,609,108 26 784 60,533,293
NA Not available.
1/ Data for 1950-53 includes nonmetal mine data; cannot be separated by detailed
work location.
2/ Mine data 1950-53, included with metal data. Clay mine data first compiled
in 1955.
Total injuries Total Frequency rates per
Year Man-hours million man-hours
Fatal Nonfatal Fatal Nonfatal
1950 44 3,291 116,150,797 0.38 28.33
1951 44 3,518 122,224,941 0.36 28.78
1952 57 3,273 120,575,527 0.47 27.14
1953 38 3,384 127,315,140 0.30 26.58
1954 44 3,003 110,241,133 0.40 27.24
1955 51 3,251 111,297,011 0.46 29.21
1956 52 3,017 121,252,515 0.43 24.88
1957 42 3,397 124,057,283 0.34 27.38
1958 61 5,013 215,769,305 0.28 23.23
1959 67 5,387 234,996,773 0.29 22.92
1960 70 5,130 234,021,717 0.30 21.92
1961 54 4,733 226,963,234 0.24 20.85
1962 99 4,311 220,394,808 0.45 19.56
1963 76 4,065 217,480,930 0.35 18.69
1964 90 4,241 227,829,245 0.40 18.61
1965 83 4,166 240,428,181 0.35 17.33
1966 75 4,717 244,975,471 0.31 19.25
1967 75 4,225 228,618,783 0.33 18.48
1968 80 4,317 228,061,520 0.35 18.93
1969 86 4,313 233,270,713 0.37 18.49
1970 73 4,675 233,021,577 0.31 20.06
1971 69 4,490 227,540,638 0.30 19.73
1972 65 3,073 165,474,128 0.39 18.57
1973 95 3,533 186,598,648 0.51 18.93
1974 85 3,769 196,568,354 0.43 19.17
1975 60 3,483 196,144,265 0.31 17.76
1976 52 3,130 189,987,498 0.27 16.47
1977 59 3,069 191,389,758 0.31 16.04
NA Not available.
1/ Data for 1950-53 includes nonmetal mine data; cannot be separated by detailed
work location.
2/ Mine data 1950-53, included with metal data. Clay mine data first compiled
in 1955.
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