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TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND
           ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION                 JANUARY - DECEMBER --  1996
                                        COAL
                                                                  PREPARATION
     ACCIDENT           UNDERGROUND             SURFACE             PLANTS
  CLASSIFICATION     FATAL   NFDL    NDL   FATAL   NFDL  NDL    FATAL NFDL  NDL

ELECTRICAL-------------  1     48      5       -      4    3        -    5    1
ENTRAPMENT-------------  -      -      -       -      -    -        -    -    -
EXPLODING VESSELS
 UNDER PRESSURE--------  -      5      2       -      2    -        -    1    -
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
 AGENTS----------------  -      1      2       -      2    1        -    -    -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
  SLIDING MATERIAL-----  2      6      3       -      1    1        -    -    -
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
 OR HIGHWALL-----------  5     89     13       1      8    1        -    -    -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
 GROUND MINES ONLY)----  8    306     92       -      -    -        -    -    -
FIRE-------------------  -      -      -       -      9    -        -    -    -
HANDLING MATERIAL------  -  1,491    448       -    200  106        -  129   63
HAND TOOLS-------------  1    281    301       -     67   89        -   43   63
NONPOWERED HAULAGE-----  -     11      1       -      1    -        -    -    2
POWERED HAULAGE-------- 11    581    118       1    112   37        -   21   13
  HAULAGE TRUCKS-------  1     16      4       1     69   21        -    8    -
  FRONT-END LOADERS----  -      8      2       -     27    7        -    1    5
  ALL OTHER POWERED
   HAULAGE------------- 10    557    112       -     16    9        -   12    8
HOISTING---------------  -      8      -       -      -    -        -    -    1
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
 OF GAS OR DUST--------  -      -      -       -      1    1        -    -    -
IMPOUNDMENT------------  -      -      -       -      -    -        -    -    -
INUNDATION-------------  -      -      -       -      -    -        -    -    -
MACHINERY--------------  3    635    253       2    109   70        -   25   26
  DOZER----------------  -      -      3       -     43   12        -    -    -
  DRILL----------------  -      1      1       -      7    5        -    -    -
  ALL OTHER MACHINERY--  3    634    249       2     59   53        -   25   26
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
 PERSON----------------  -    748    107       -    238   48        1  134   26
STEPPING OR KNEELING
 ON OBJECT-------------  -    107     14       -     15    2        -    6    1
STRIKING OR BUMPING----  -     51     28       -      1    2        -    3    4
OTHER------------------  1     86     11       -     17   15        -   10    4
       TOTAL----------- 32  4,454  1,398       4    787  376        1  377  204



TABLE 4. - NUMBER OF OPERATOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND
           ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION                 JANUARY - DECEMBER --  1996
                                        METAL

     ACCIDENT           UNDERGROUND             SURFACE              MILLS
  CLASSIFICATION     FATAL  NFDL   NDL    FATAL  NFDL   NDL   FATAL  NFDL   NDL

ELECTRICAL-------------  -     4     1        -     -     -       -     5     1
ENTRAPMENT-------------  -     -     1        -     -     -       -     -     -
EXPLODING VESSELS
 UNDER PRESSURE--------  -     1     1        -     -     -       -     2     -
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING
 AGENTS----------------  -     3     2        -     -     -       -     -     -
FALLING, ROLLING, OR
  SLIDING MATERIAL-----  -     3     4        -     -     1       -     1     2
FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE
 OR HIGHWALL-----------  1    11     4        -     -     -       -     -     -
FALL OF ROOF (UNDER-
 GROUND MINES ONLY)----  -    34    18        -     -     -       -     -     -
FIRE-------------------  -     -     -        -     2     -       -     1     -
HANDLING MATERIAL------  -   112    80        -   143    93       -   218   234
HAND TOOLS-------------  -    42    43        -    34    54       -    78    87
NONPOWERED HAULAGE-----  -     3     -        -     -     1       -     6     3
POWERED HAULAGE--------  2    62    19        2    72    26       -    18    13
  HAULAGE TRUCKS-------  1    17     4        2    52    16       -     2     3
  FRONT-END LOADERS----  -     3     -        -    10     5       -     3     4
  ALL OTHER POWERED
   HAULAGE-------------  1    42    15        -    10     5       -    13     6
HOISTING---------------  -     4     1        -     -     -       -     2     -
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION
 OF GAS OR DUST--------  -     -     -        -     1     -       -     2     2
IMPOUNDMENT------------  -     -     -        -     -     -       -     -     -
INUNDATION-------------  -     -     -        -     -     -       -     -     -
MACHINERY--------------  -    90    92        -    47    57       -    58    68
  DOZER----------------  -     -     -        -     6     2       -     1     -
  DRILL----------------  -     5     2        -     4     3       -     2     -
  ALL OTHER MACHINERY--  -    85    90        -    37    52       -    55    68
SLIPS OR FALLS OF
 PERSON----------------  1    85    30        -   131    39       -   140    52
STEPPING OR KNEELING
 ON OBJECT-------------  -    11     2        -    13     2       -    12     3
STRIKING OR BUMPING----  -     -     1        -     -     -       -    10    12
OTHER------------------  -     8     4        -    14    20       -    24    18
       TOTAL-----------  4   473   303        2   457   293       -   577   495



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