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TABLE 8. - NUMBER OF CONTRACTOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 1999 COAL PREPARATION ACCIDENT UNDERGROUND SURFACE PLANTS CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL ELECTRICAL------------- - 2 - - 3 1 - 1 - ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - - EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE-------- - 1 1 - 3 - - - 1 EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS---------------- - - - - - - - - - FALLING, ROLLING, OR SLIDING MATERIAL----- - - - - - - - - - FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE OR HIGHWALL----------- - 6 1 - - - - - - FALL OF ROOF (UNDER- GROUND MINES ONLY)---- 1 11 1 - - - - - - FIRE------------------- - - - - - - - - - HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 83 20 - 39 23 1 39 4 HAND TOOLS------------- - 18 10 - 16 14 - 17 6 NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - - - - 2 - - - - POWERED HAULAGE-------- 1 37 8 - 16 3 2 8 3 HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - 5 2 - 13 3 2 6 2 FRONT-END LOADERS---- - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - ALL OTHER POWERED HAULAGE------------- 1 31 6 - 2 - - 1 1 HOISTING--------------- - 1 - - - - - - - IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - 1 - - - - IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - - INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - - MACHINERY-------------- 1 34 13 - 27 10 - 15 7 DOZER---------------- - - - - 3 2 - 1 - DRILL---------------- - - - - 3 1 - - - ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- 1 34 13 - 21 7 - 14 7 SLIPS OR FALLS OF PERSON---------------- - 34 6 - 46 4 - 26 4 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT------------- - 4 - - 2 - - - - STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - - - - - - - - 1 OTHER------------------ - 2 2 - 3 3 - 2 - TOTAL----------- 3 233 62 - 158 58 3 108 26 TABLE 8. - NUMBER OF CONTRACTOR INJURIES BY MINERAL INDUSTRY, WORK LOCATION, AND ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION JANUARY - DECEMBER -- 1999 METAL ACCIDENT UNDERGROUND SURFACE MILLS CLASSIFICATION FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL FATAL NFDL NDL ELECTRICAL------------- - - - - 1 - - - - ENTRAPMENT------------- - - - - - - - - - EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE-------- - - - - - - - - - EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS---------------- - - - - - - - - - FALLING, ROLLING, OR SLIDING MATERIAL----- - - - - - - - - 2 FALL OF FACE, RIB, SIDE OR HIGHWALL----------- - 2 2 - - - - - - FALL OF ROOF (UNDER- GROUND MINES ONLY)---- 1 - 1 - - - - - - FIRE------------------- - - - - - - - - - HANDLING MATERIAL------ - 13 6 - 19 18 - 12 15 HAND TOOLS------------- - 2 5 - 9 9 - 7 11 NONPOWERED HAULAGE----- - 1 - - 1 - - - 1 POWERED HAULAGE-------- - 1 - 1 4 2 1 2 2 HAULAGE TRUCKS------- - - - 1 2 1 1 - 1 FRONT-END LOADERS---- - - - - - 1 - - - ALL OTHER POWERED HAULAGE------------- - 1 - - 2 - - 2 1 HOISTING--------------- - - - - - - - - - IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST-------- - - - - - - - 2 1 IMPOUNDMENT------------ - - - - - - - - - INUNDATION------------- - - - - - - - - - MACHINERY-------------- - 6 8 - 11 16 - 7 8 DOZER---------------- - - - - 1 - - - - DRILL---------------- - 2 - - 4 1 - 1 - ALL OTHER MACHINERY-- - 4 8 - 6 15 - 6 8 SLIPS OR FALLS OF PERSON---------------- 1 3 6 1 20 4 - 9 10 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT------------- - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - STRIKING OR BUMPING---- - - - - 1 - - - - OTHER------------------ - - - - 2 2 - 2 1 TOTAL----------- 2 29 28 2 68 52 1 42 51 |
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