Number and rate of nonfatal lost-time injuries at underground mining locations per sector, 1983 - 2022

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Injuries
Sector 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Nonmetal 230 165 157 152 145 155 183 214 174 134 163 154 122 108 121 103 105 92 118 92 80 83 80 73 91 95 80 70 64 65 38 46 44 26 28 39 31 28 39 43
Coal contractor 67 51 65 50 57 53 60 104 130 188 165 177 136 160 194 231 184 264 327 274 187 182 213 215 177 168 130 121 172 143 105 86 63 36 75 70 78 44 59 60
Metal 631 550 401 451 449 642 636 567 464 354 328 390 367 412 374 370 313 257 184 149 147 130 154 141 178 163 112 165 159 194 166 128 124 104 89 82 104 92 93 86
Coal 6,625 7,176 6,194 6,360 8,856 8,965 8,479 8,553 7,915 6,966 5,692 5,920 5,111 4,168 3,899 3,975 3,351 3,101 2,846 2,707 2,333 2,256 2,234 2,218 2,120 2,103 1,943 1,818 1,896 1,717 1,577 1,532 1,210 998 1,156 1,037 996 758 822 858
Noncoal contractor 56 38 44 13 26 48 31 28 50 27 34 40 53 54 54 54 70 73 34 15 17 25 31 49 43 38 26 28 34 41 26 17 22 17 15 24 22 21 15 24
Stone 56 69 68 61 72 92 104 88 67 74 70 70 57 77 49 77 80 67 61 69 54 77 60 43 36 33 37 41 35 42 36 44 40 34 31 35 32 31 30 30
Total 7,665 8,049 6,929 7,087 9,605 9,955 9,493 9,554 8,800 7,743 6,452 6,751 5,846 4,979 4,691 4,810 4,103 3,854 3,570 3,306 2,818 2,753 2,772 2,739 2,645 2,600 2,328 2,243 2,360 2,202 1,948 1,853 1,503 1,215 1,394 1,287 1,263 974 1,058 1,101
Injury Rate per 100 FTE
Sector 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Nonmetal rate 5.68 3.90 4.11 4.45 4.38 4.26 4.83 5.62 4.69 3.69 4.86 4.62 3.76 3.27 3.75 3.51 3.86 3.64 4.55 4.04 3.47 3.40 3.35 3.02 3.67 3.49 3.18 2.72 2.31 2.47 1.35 1.56 1.61 1.13 1.27 1.69 1.36 1.34 1.77 1.90
Coal contractor rate 13.59 9.99 9.80 10.43 17.26 12.83 9.38 11.87 12.93 14.24 11.84 13.54 12.06 11.10 10.72 13.27 10.35 12.58 12.31 12.99 9.95 7.80 7.53 7.41 5.76 4.09 4.17 3.35 3.93 3.53 2.94 2.26 1.90 1.78 3.04 2.14 2.38 2.25 2.75 2.57
Metal rate 7.71 6.70 5.61 6.91 6.90 8.73 8.56 7.60 7.04 6.18 6.42 7.31 6.25 6.76 6.00 6.42 6.33 5.83 4.13 4.01 4.07 3.41 3.68 3.08 3.27 2.79 2.42 3.12 2.53 2.79 2.37 1.96 1.91 1.81 1.53 1.34 1.68 1.51 1.47 1.33
Coal rate 8.58 8.59 7.69 8.47 12.74 13.49 13.11 12.74 12.93 12.29 11.99 11.85 10.86 9.20 8.83 9.38 8.69 8.80 7.63 7.69 6.78 6.14 5.52 5.21 5.02 4.59 4.30 3.84 3.60 3.44 3.43 3.51 3.34 3.75 3.91 3.40 3.28 3.46 3.72 3.45
Noncoal contractor rate 11.46 8.02 9.54 3.04 5.78 8.82 6.64 6.06 9.76 6.75 7.75 6.77 7.22 6.01 6.49 4.74 5.58 5.56 2.73 1.82 2.31 2.80 2.92 3.50 2.22 1.90 1.99 1.77 1.59 1.53 1.16 0.87 1.09 0.89 0.77 0.99 0.87 0.89 0.65 0.93
Stone rate 4.34 4.82 4.86 4.18 4.99 6.12 6.87 5.63 4.57 4.89 4.53 4.13 3.33 4.48 2.71 4.00 4.10 3.39 3.17 3.68 2.92 3.95 2.80 2.00 1.74 1.63 2.05 2.23 1.82 2.19 1.87 2.11 1.87 1.56 1.41 1.58 1.43 1.49 1.45 1.39
Underground mining rate 8.35 8.18 7.37 8.11 11.78 12.46 12.09 11.75 11.81 11.18 10.88 10.85 9.79 8.47 8.08 8.61 8.01 8.10 7.12 7.18 6.29 5.71 5.23 4.89 4.62 4.16 3.98 3.60 3.36 3.23 3.07 3.04 2.84 2.98 3.15 2.75 2.70 2.67 2.85 2.71
NOTE: Excludes office employees. Not calculated (NC) when N is fewer than 5. Caution should be used when interpreting rates based on a small number of events. Full-time equivalent (FTE) employees computed using reported hours worked (2,000 hours = 1 FTE). Data Source: MSHA
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program