Document ID (ISN) | 108126 |
CIS number |
08-632 |
Year |
2007 |
Convention or series no. |
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No.2007-167
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Title |
Coal operator mining facts - 2004 |
Bibliographic information |
Publications Dissemination, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226-2001, USA, Sep. 2007. 2p. Illus. |
Internet access |
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/pubs/pdfs/2007-167.pdf [in English]
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Abstract |
In the United States in 2004, 2011 coal mining operations reported employment, occupational accident and occupational disease data to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. They comprised 13.9% of all mining operations and employed 73,024 employees, corresponding to 80,069 full-time equivalent employees. This information sheet summarizes the key statistics for both coal mining operations in 2004, including fatalities, non-fatal injuries (mainly due to materials handling, slips and falls, with the back being the most frequently-injured part of the body) and occupational diseases (joint, tendon or muscle inflammation or irritation, hearing loss, coal workers' pneumoconiosis). |
Descriptors (primary) |
occupational accidents; USA; occupational diseases; frequency rates; fatalities; coal mining; injuries |
Descriptors (secondary) |
falls of persons; materials handling; public OSH institutions; musculoskeletal diseases; hearing loss; coalworkers pneumoconiosis; backache; notification of accidents and diseases; data sheet; location of injury; statistics |
Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
Country / State or Province | USA |
Subject(s) |
Statistics Mines and quarries
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Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
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Browse category(ies) |
Mining and quarrying
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