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Injury Experience and Worktime Data at Metallic Mines in the United States


Injuries

                Nonfatal     All        Non-        All
Year    Fatal  Disabling  Disabling   Disabling  Injuries

1931     147      7,868      8,015        NA       8,015  
1932     100      4,486      4,586        NA       4,586  
1933      87      5,180      5,267        NA       5,267  
1934     108      7,105      7,213        NA       7,213  
1935     157      9,393      9,550        NA       9,550  
1936     195     13,606     13,801        NA      13,801  
1937     206     17,068     17,274        NA      17,274  
1938     150     11,996     12,146        NA      12,146  
1939     163     12,991     13,154        NA      13,154  
1940     209     13,940     14,149        NA      14,149  
1941     213     14,590     14,803        NA      14,803  
1942     215     12,420     12,635        NA      12,635  
1943     195     11,533     11,728        NA      11,728  
1944     130      8,894      9,024        NA       9,024  
1945      96      6,922      7,018        NA       7,018  
1946      90      7,345      7,435        NA       7,435  
1947     126      8,293      8,419        NA       8,419  
1948     104      7,631      7,735        NA       7,735  
1949      69      6,940      7,009        NA       7,009  
1950      84      6,611      6,695        NA       6,695  
1951      95      6,824      6,919        NA       6,919  
1952     117      6,684      6,801        NA       6,801  
1953      92      6,164      6,256        NA       6,256  
1954      86      4,994      5,080        NA       5,080  
1955      79      5,837      5,916        NA       5,916  
1956      89      5,475      5,564        NA       5,564  
1957      71      4,554      4,625        NA       4,625  
1958      70      3,499      3,569        NA       3,569  
1959      73      3,281      3,354        NA       3,354  
1960      84      3,794      3,878        NA       3,878  
1961      50      3,669      3,719        NA       3,719  
1962      61      3,263      3,324        NA       3,324  
1963      41      3,075      3,116        NA       3,116  
1964      55      3,266      3,321        NA       3,321  
1965      58      3,292      3,350        NA       3,350  
1966      75      3,435      3,510        NA       3,510  
1967      66      2,881      2,947        NA       2,947  
1968      57      2,836      2,893        NA       2,893  
1969      62      3,111      3,173        NA       3,173  
1970      57      3,521      3,578        NA       3,578  
1971      47      3,214      3,261        NA       3,261  
1972     130      2,766      2,896        NA       2,896  
1973      47      3,100      3,147     1,870       5,017  
1974      48      3,439      3,487     1,688       5,175  
1975      39      2,964      3,003     1,424       4,427  
1976      32      2,627      2,659     1,093       3,752  
1977      44      2,456      2,500     2,267       4,767  

NA  Not available. 

Frequency Rates per Million Man-Hours Nonfatal All Non- All Year Fatal Disabling Disabling Disabling Injuries 1931 1.06 56.92 57.98 NA 57.98 1932 1.25 55.93 57.17 NA 57.17 1933 1.09 64.75 65.83 NA 65.83 1934 1.07 70.38 71.44 NA 71.44 1935 1.08 64.72 65.80 NA 65.80 1936 1.08 75.25 76.33 NA 76.33 1937 .94 77.93 78.87 NA 78.87 1938 .88 70.42 71.30 NA 71.30 1939 .86 68.53 69.39 NA 69.39 1940 .99 65.84 66.82 NA 66.82 1941 .92 63.31 64.23 NA 64.23 1942 .96 55.67 56.64 NA 56.64 1943 .95 55.92 56.87 NA 56.87 1944 .80 54.56 55.35 NA 55.35 1945 .68 48.99 49.67 NA 49.67 1946 .69 56.32 57.01 NA 57.01 1947 .80 52.81 53.62 NA 53.62 1948 .64 47.25 47.89 NA 47.89 1949 .48 48.07 48.55 NA 48.55 1950 .57 44.74 45.31 NA 45.31 1951 .60 42.81 43.40 NA 43.40 1952 .74 42.13 42.87 NA 42.87 1953 .59 39.36 39.95 NA 39.95 1954 .66 38.27 38.93 NA 38.93 1955 .58 42.62 43.20 NA 43.20 1956 .62 37.91 38.53 NA 38.53 1957 .50 32.03 32.53 NA 32.53 1958 .64 31.95 32.59 NA 32.59 1959 .73 32.62 33.35 NA 33.35 1960 .70 31.71 32.41 NA 32.41 1961 .46 34.07 34.54 NA 34.54 1962 .59 31.42 32.00 NA 32.00 1963 .42 31.66 32.09 NA 32.09 1964 .53 31.34 31.87 NA 31.87 1965 .52 29.32 29.84 NA 29.84 1966 .67 30.71 31.38 NA 31.38 1967 .69 30.08 30.76 NA 30.76 1968 .58 28.74 29.31 NA 29.31 1969 .60 29.92 30.52 NA 30.52 1970 .53 32.66 33.19 NA 33.19 1971 .46 31.35 31.81 NA 31.81 1972 1.37 29.15 30.52 NA 30.52 1973 .49 32.14 32.62 19.38 52.01 1974 .46 33.27 33.73 16.33 50.06 1975 .39 29.33 29.72 14.09 43.81 1976 .32 26.29 26.61 10.94 37.54 1977 .46 25.87 26.34 23.88 50.22 NA Not available.
Severity Rates per Million Man-Hours Man-Hours Nonfatal All Worked Year Fatal Disabling Disabling (thousands) 1931 6,380 NA NA 138,237 1932 7,480 NA NA 80,213 1933 6,525 NA NA 80,006 1934 6,418 NA NA 100,959 1935 6,491 NA NA 145,134 1936 6,471 NA NA 180,803 1937 5,644 NA NA 219,008 1938 5,283 NA NA 170,343 1939 5,159 NA NA 189,554 1940 5,922 NA NA 211,740 1941 5,546 NA NA 230,453 1942 5,782 NA NA 223,093 1943 5,673 NA NA 206,242 1944 4,784 NA NA 163,027 1945 4,077 NA NA 141,295 1946 4,141 NA NA 130,406 1947 4,815 NA NA 157,024 1948 3,863 NA NA 161,516 1949 2,868 NA NA 144,368 1950 3,411 NA NA 147,765 1951 3,576 NA NA 159,417 1952 4,425 NA NA 158,649 1953 3,525 NA NA 156,605 1954 3,954 NA NA 130,488 1955 3,461 NA NA 136,950 1956 3,698 2,036 5,734 144,407 1957 2,996 1,835 4,831 142,181 1958 3,835 1,899 5,734 109,523 1959 4,355 2,107 6,462 100,576 1960 4,212 1,690 5,902 119,653 1961 2,786 2,099 4,885 107,678 1962 3,524 1,945 5,469 103,867 1963 2,533 1,679 4,213 97,111 1964 3,167 1,667 4,834 104,204 1965 3,099 1,604 4,703 112,277 1966 4,023 1,713 5,736 111,857 1967 4,134 1,747 5,881 95,794 1968 3,465 1,445 4,910 98,693 1969 3,578 1,546 5,124 103,973 1970 3,173 1,414 4,587 107,794 1971 2,751 1,196 3,947 102,512 1972 8,221 1,413 9,634 94,882 1973 2,923 1,553 4,476 96,467 1974 2,786 1,246 4,032 103,381 1975 2,316 1,624 3,939 101,052 1976 1,921 1,404 3,325 99,937 1977 2,781 1,691 4,472 94,929 NA Not available.



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