Stone Operator Mining Facts – 2002

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In 2002, a total of 4,311 stone mining operations reported employment to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). The major industrial classifications in stone mining are dimension stone (used for construction purposes), crushed and broken stone (aggregates), cement, and lime. A total of 68,302 employees, corresponding to 69,865 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees, were reported by stone operators to MSHA. This is a 3.1% decrease in the number of FTE employees from 2001. Nineteen work-related fatalities occurred in stone mines in 2002, compared to three in 2001. There were 2,462 nonfatal lost-time injuries among stone mine employees occurring at a rate of 3.5 injuries per 100 FTE employees. These injuries resulted in 100,490 days lost from work. There were 119 cases of occupational illness reported to MSHA for stone employees. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hearing Loss Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mining Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Statistical-analysis; Stone-mines; Mining-industry; Mine-workers; Employees; Injuries; Lost-work-days; Materials-handling; Back-injuries; Hearing-impairment; Hearing-loss; Silicosis
• 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. 2004-126, 2004 Jan; :1
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• 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:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024371
• Contact Point Address:
  NIOSH Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5752/cdc_5752_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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