Metal Operator Mining Facts – 2003

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In 2003, a total of 258 metal mining operations reported employment to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). Metal mines were the smallest mining sector, comprising 1.8% of all mining operations. A total of 24,648 employees, corresponding to 24,468 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees, were reported by metal mine operators. This is a 5.7% decrease from the number of FTE metal mine employees reported in 2002. One work-related fatality occurred in metal mines in 2003, compared to four in 2002. There were 579 nonfatal lost-time injuries among metal mine employees occurring at a rate of 2.4 per 100 FTE employees. These injuries resulted in 21,139 days lost from work. A total of 63 cases of occupational illness were reported to MSHA for metal mine employees. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hearing Loss Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metals Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Metal-mining; Mining-industry; Gold-mines; Employees; Injuries; Lost-work-days; Statistical-analysis; Underground-mining; Materials-handling; Back-injuries; Hearing-impairment; Hearing-loss; Mine-workers
• Source:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2005-116, 2005 Feb; :1
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; Nevada ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025911
• Contact Point Address:
  NIOSH Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fdb63157af888ab12935b053bad2414cd3ac09df2c09a87a64967e3ac83b10f827bb4a23a467002aa8ad583167501df491dc2533446d796fa96f3419fbf0f2dc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6041/cdc_6041_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 198.42 KB ]