Metal Operator Mining Facts – 2002

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  "In 2002, a total of 256 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 25,543 employees, corresponding to 25,938 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees, were reported by metal mine operators. This is a 15.4% decrease from the number of FTE metal mine employees reported in 2001. Four work-related fatalities occurred in metal mines in 2002, compared to nine in 2001. There were 640 nonfatal lost-time injuries among metal mine employees occurring at a rate of 8.4 per 100 FTE employees. These injuries resulted in 31,258 days lost from work. A total of 106 cases of occupational illness were reported to MSHA for metal mine employees." - NIOSHTIC-2
• Subjects:
  Mine Accidents Mineral Industries Mine Safety Mining
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  print; [1] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024369
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:47fc9267234d6a0448e230781e7b1646864f3e1a1c58ff5069f05cfeeab50c9ac063de0adba1428a808ffe6f935053e97ceeb164c99cc8e8cf5e1930219e39df
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5745/cdc_5745_DS1.pdf
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