1983-2006--Number of Mining Fatalities and Injuries by Underground/Surface Work Location and Mining Commodity Sector by Year; Excludes Office Employees; Data Source: MSHA
Count
Underground/Surface work location Commodity based on CANVASS (recoded)

Occupational Injury Type (recoded) Total
Occupational fatality NFDL (Nonfatal, days lost) NDL (No days lost) Nonoccupational fatality
Underground Coal operator Year 1983 44 6,625 1,362
8,031
1984 96 7,176 1,390
8,662
1985 45 6,194 1,369
7,608
1986 50 6,360 1,569
7,979
1987 36 8,856 2,403
11,295
1988 25 8,965 2,404
11,394
1989 42 8,479 2,129
10,650
1990 43 8,553 1,942
10,538
1991 39 7,915 1,872
9,826
1992 34 6,966 1,652
8,652
1993 25 5,692 1,422
7,139
1994 22 5,920 1,481
7,423
1995 21 5,111 1,325
6,457
1996 28 4,168 1,273
5,469
1997 18 3,899 1,264
5,181
1998 21 3,975 1,208
5,204
1999 17 3,351 957
4,325
2000 16 3,101 897
4,014
2001 31 2,846 954
3,831
2002 12 2,707 855
3,574
2003 11 2,333 762
3,106
2004 13 2,256 876
3,145
2005 14 2,234 909
3,157
2006 36 2,218 933
3,187
Total 739 125,900 33,208
159,847
Metal operator Year 1983 6 631 447
1,084
1984 11 550 420
981
1985 10 401 414
825
1986 4 451 331
786
1987 6 449 383
838
1988 5 642 467
1,114
1989 8 636 498
1,142
1990 4 567 423
994
1991 8 464 379
851
1992 4 354 313
671
1993 8 328 263
599
1994 6 390 229
625
1995 3 367 243
613
1996 3 412 257
672
1997 4 374 252
630
1998 3 370 199
572
1999 6 313 181
500
2000 6 257 174
437
2001 7 184 148
339
2002 2 149 101
252
2003 0 147 79
226
2004 1 130 105
236
2005 1 154 103
258
2006 0 141 87
228
Total 116 8,861 6,496
15,473
Nonmetal operator Year 1983 5 230 106
341
1984 2 165 98
265
1985 1 157 108
266
1986 2 152 63
217
1987 1 145 125
271
1988 2 155 149
306
1989 2 183 178
363
1990 3 214 99
316
1991 1 174 76
251
1992 0 134 83
217
1993 1 163 69
233
1994 1 154 56
211
1995 3 122 81
206
1996 0 108 63
171
1997 1 121 64
186
1998 2 103 55
160
1999 0 105 48
153
2000 1 92 38
131
2001 0 118 40
158
2002 0 92 33
125
2003 0 80 29
109
2004 1 83 26
110
2005 2 80 47
129
2006 0 73 25
98
Total 31 3,203 1,759
4,993
Stone operator Year 1983 0 56 15
71
1984 1 69 16
86
1985 2 68 14
84
1986 1 61 32
94
1987 0 72 37
109
1988 0 92 50
142
1989 0 104 47
151
1990 0 88 43
131
1991 1 67 58
126
1992 2 74 34
110
1993 7 70 44
121
1994 1 70 44
115
1995 0 57 29
86
1996 2 77 26
105
1997 2 49 26
77
1998 0 77 29
106
1999 2 80 19
101
2000 1 67 19
87
2001 0 61 32
93
2002 0 69 15
84
2003 1 54 22
77
2004 0 77 20
97
2005 3 60 17
80
2006 0 43 32
75
Total 26 1,662 720
2,408
Coal contractor Year 1983 1 67 16
84
1984 2 51 9
62
1985 0 65 2
67
1986 0 50 4
54
1987 0 57 9
66
1988 0 53 14
67
1989 0 60 18
78
1990 0 104 13
117
1991 1 130 41
172
1992 0 188 33
221
1993 0 165 46
211
1994 0 177 37
214
1995 1 136 40
177
1996 0 160 36
196
1997 0 194 63
257
1998 1 231 68
300
1999 2 184 45
231
2000 2 264 62
328
2001 1 327 87
415
2002 3 274 74
351
2003 4 187 45
236
2004 1 182 54
237
2005 0 213 49
262
2006 1 215 40
256
Total 20 3,734 905
4,659
Noncoal contractor Year 1983 1 56 40
97
1984 0 38 37
75
1985 3 44 26
73
1986 0 13 13
26
1987 2 26 8
36
1988 0 48 23
71
1989 1 31 29
61
1990 2 28 18
48
1991 0 50 38
88
1992 0 27 18
45
1993 1 34 17
52
1994 0 40 41
81
1995 0 53 45
98
1996 1 54 43
98
1997 1 54 25
80
1998 0 54 26
80
1999 3 70 30
103
2000 0 73 40
113
2001 1 34 37
72
2002 1 15 23
39
2003 0 17 20
37
2004 0 25 19
44
2005 0 31 41
72
2006 0 49 30
79
Total 17 964 687
1,668
Surface Coal operator Year 1983 23 2,686 1,081 0 3,790
1984 22 2,846 1,094 0 3,962
1985 18 2,581 1,074 0 3,673
1986 34 2,791 1,117 0 3,942
1987 22 3,207 1,615 0 4,844
1988 18 3,222 1,570 0 4,810
1989 20 3,155 1,697 0 4,872
1990 16 3,270 1,423 0 4,709
1991 15 2,913 1,230 0 4,158
1992 9 2,533 1,092 0 3,634
1993 10 2,252 950 1 3,213
1994 13 2,251 951 0 3,215
1995 17 1,785 829 0 2,631
1996 9 1,450 705 0 2,164
1997 6 1,397 678 0 2,081
1998 4 1,349 614 0 1,967
1999 12 1,133 489 0 1,634
2000 12 1,117 526 0 1,655
2001 5 1,061 511 0 1,577
2002 8 1,170 452 0 1,630
2003 11 989 446 0 1,446
2004 10 876 417 0 1,303
2005 3 828 457 0 1,288
2006 6 803 455 0 1,264
Total 323 47,665 21,473 1 69,462
Metal operator Year 1983 8 917 707
1,632
1984 11 982 765
1,758
1985 5 805 654
1,464
1986 3 801 605
1,409
1987 8 1,254 938
2,200
1988 4 1,597 1,261
2,862
1989 3 1,693 1,538
3,234
1990 11 1,563 1,049
2,623
1991 5 1,558 1,006
2,569
1992 4 1,256 1,034
2,294
1993 2 1,192 945
2,139
1994 4 1,051 873
1,928
1995 6 1,036 907
1,949
1996 3 1,095 834
1,932
1997 3 1,047 781
1,831
1998 3 881 868
1,752
1999 4 821 668
1,493
2000 1 682 628
1,311
2001 2 551 452
1,005
2002 2 491 349
842
2003 1 432 276
709
2004 1 428 298
727
2005 4 524 332
860
2006 3 524 293
820
Total 101 23,181 18,061
41,343
Nonmetal operator Year 1983 3 773 433 0 1,209
1984 6 767 436 0 1,209
1985 1 697 433 0 1,131
1986 5 627 384 0 1,016
1987 3 856 675 0 1,534
1988 1 1,061 862 0 1,924
1989 2 1,083 915 0 2,000
1990 1 1,059 627 0 1,687
1991 2 944 539 0 1,485
1992 5 829 498 0 1,332
1993 3 752 442 0 1,197
1994 1 706 501 0 1,208
1995 6 689 405 0 1,100
1996 0 590 368 0 958
1997 1 614 383 0 998
1998 2 604 360 0 966
1999 2 607 287 0 896
2000 1 583 328 1 913
2001 0 570 289 0 859
2002 0 502 248 0 750
2003 2 426 228 0 656
2004 0 467 220 0 687
2005 2 429 174 0 605
2006 0 344 201 0 545
Total 49 16,579 10,236 1 26,865
Stone operator Year 1983 16 1,979 944 0 2,939
1984 28 2,348 946 0 3,322
1985 17 2,395 1,022 0 3,434
1986 15 2,674 1,273 0 3,962
1987 21 3,150 1,870 0 5,041
1988 15 3,609 2,639 0 6,263
1989 19 3,659 2,898 0 6,576
1990 15 3,521 2,484 0 6,020
1991 13 3,289 2,216 0 5,518
1992 10 2,982 2,037 0 5,029
1993 8 3,039 2,039 0 5,086
1994 16 3,041 1,945 0 5,002
1995 13 2,688 1,863 1 4,565
1996 18 2,540 1,623 0 4,181
1997 15 2,526 1,588 0 4,129
1998 14 2,641 1,452 0 4,107
1999 11 2,605 1,431 0 4,047
2000 14 2,807 1,392 0 4,213
2001 3 2,621 1,288 0 3,912
2002 19 2,393 1,097 0 3,509
2003 8 2,317 1,018 0 3,343
2004 8 2,232 1,040 0 3,280
2005 12 2,205 1,091 0 3,308
2006 10 2,038 1,051 0 3,099
Total 338 65,299 38,247 1 103,885
Sand & gravel operator Year 1983 15 573 239
827
1984 11 718 285
1,014
1985 8 740 346
1,094
1986 13 929 434
1,376
1987 16 1,100 600
1,716
1988 8 1,275 800
2,083
1989 3 1,491 996
2,490
1990 10 1,487 843
2,340
1991 11 1,267 801
2,079
1992 6 1,179 763
1,948
1993 11 1,115 695
1,821
1994 5 1,192 648
1,845
1995 6 1,063 619
1,688
1996 10 997 616
1,623
1997 13 993 606
1,612
1998 11 1,092 531
1,634
1999 12 1,010 521
1,543
2000 11 1,002 488
1,501
2001 8 881 461
1,350
2002 10 826 415
1,251
2003 10 846 395
1,251
2004 8 753 411
1,172
2005 9 841 405
1,255
2006 6 795 373
1,174
Total 231 24,165 13,291
37,687
Coal contractor Year 1983 2 167 55 0 224
1984 6 171 56 0 233
1985 4 233 64 0 301
1986 3 203 60 0 266
1987 5 215 129 0 349
1988 9 195 104 0 308
1989 5 278 155 1 439
1990 7 300 123 0 430
1991 5 334 126 1 466
1992 10 344 169 1 524
1993 11 266 124 0 401
1994 9 353 139 0 501
1995 8 298 113 0 419
1996 2 331 137 0 470
1997 6 298 126 0 430
1998 3 328 108 0 439
1999 4 315 101 0 420
2000 8 299 107 0 414
2001 5 338 120 0 463
2002 4 367 106 0 477
2003 4 254 109 0 367
2004 4 287 140 0 431
2005 5 322 136 0 463
2006 4 342 185 0 531
Total 133 6,838 2,792 3 9,766
Noncoal contractor Year 1983 7 168 96 1 272
1984 10 180 140 0 330
1985 8 195 117 2 322
1986 6 231 157 0 394
1987 8 357 261 2 628
1988 13 554 444 1 1,012
1989 10 633 408 0 1,051
1990 10 546 355 0 911
1991 10 544 384 2 940
1992 8 370 281 4 663
1993 9 347 229 1 586
1994 3 446 263 3 715
1995 13 412 338 2 765
1996 9 484 295 1 789
1997 21 444 266 0 731
1998 14 427 236 2 679
1999 15 390 292 0 697
2000 12 495 317 0 824
2001 9 357 248 0 614
2002 5 303 171 1 480
2003 4 240 188 0 432
2004 8 343 213 0 564
2005 2 389 246 0 637
2006 7 403 223 0 633
Total 221 9,258 6,168 22 15,669

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