Independent Contractor Accident Trends in the Coal Mining Industry

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• Personal Author:
  Fotta B ; Rethi, Lynn L.
• Description:
  Recent employment figures (taken from the Mine Safety and Health Administration's database) indicate that the number of independent contractor emmployees working in the coal mining industry has doubled over the past ten years. As their numbers increase, they become a more visible segment of the industy. Increased exposure to mining hazards has also brought an increase in the number of fatalities involving independent contractor workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Coal Coal Mining Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Coal-mining Mine-safety; Mine-workers Miners Mining-industry
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0271-3888
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; 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:
  1-4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10005813
• Citation:
  Holmes Saf Assn Bull 1996 Jul; :1-4
• Contact Point Address:
  NIOSH, Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Holmes Safety Association Bulletin
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:147fffd5c06762f4f6c7ddc68ee6d85e8b959045e9a12010b9aaedc803c2f01d73e9357e2f3256f51985e8c28b1a17c71f321f8260f96b45163bf03fbb91f731
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219719/cdc_219719_DS1.pdf
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