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Document ID (ISN)108126
CIS number 08-632
Year 2007
Convention or series no. DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No.2007-167
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]
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 ProvinceUSA
Subject(s) Statistics
Mines and quarries
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Mining and quarrying