Nonmetal Operator Mining Facts – 2005

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  "Mining Operations: In 2005, a total of 739 nonmetal mining operations reported employment to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). These mines (e.g., potash, gypsum, salt) comprised 5.0% of all operations. Mines producing common clay comprised 26.9% (n=199) of all nonmetal mining operations. Nonmetal mining operations were located in all states and territories except Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Employees: A total of 19,678 employees, corresponding to 20,014 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees, were reported to MSHA by nonmetal mine operators in 2005. Within the mining sectors, nonmetal mine operator employees accounted for 6.9% of all employee hours reported. Employee hours were reported at underground (11.9%) and surface (88.1%) work locations. Fatalities: There were four occupational fatalities in nonmetal mines in 2005, compared to one fatality in 2004. The nonmetal operator fatality rate was 20.0 per 100,000 FTE employees. Nonfatal Lost-time Injuries: There were 509 nonfatal lost-time injuries (80 at underground and 429 at surface work locations) among nonmetal operator employees occurring at a rate of 2.5 injuries per 100 FTE employees. A total of 24,555 days lost from work resulted from these injuries. The underground nonfatal lost-time injury rate was greater than the surface injury rate (3.3 vs. 2.4 per 100 FTE workers). In 2005, the most frequent classification of nonfatal lost-time injuries involved handling materials (n=195
  
  38.3%). Sprains and strains were the most frequently reported nature of injury (n=232
  
  45.6%). The back was the most frequently reported body part injured (n=89
  
  17.5%) and accounted for 3,978 days lost from work" NIOSHTIC-2
  
  NIOSHTIC no. 20034770
  
  
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2008152
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034770
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/9807/cdc_9807_DS1.pdf
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