Number of fatalities, 1995–99:
736
Average fatalities per year:
147
Five-year average fatality rate:
24.5
Mining
W O R K - R E L A T E D
F A T A L I T Y
N U M B E R S
Number of fatalities
A N D
R A T E S
Rate per 100,000 workers
27
180
27.0
26
170
160
158
156
153
25
147
150
25.0
25.0
23.8
24
140
23
130
22
21.7
122
120
1995
1996
1997
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
Self-employed
1998
21
1999
GENDER
693
43
Male
Female
Industry Profiles
1996
AGE
728
8
Under 20
1997
1998
1999
RACE
9
White
593
20 to 34
263
Black/African American
33
35 to 54
375
Hispanic/Latino
94
Other races/Not reported
16
55 and older
54
1995
89
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
10%
Fires/
explosions
12%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
31%
(15% Highway)
M I N I N G O C C U PAT I O N S
A N D L E A D I N G FATA L E V E N T
Falls
8%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
38%
1%
(18% Struck by object,
10% Struck by falling object)
All other activities
6%
Vehicular and
transportation
operations
29%
5%
115
41
Caught/compressed in
collapsing materials
ACTIVITIES OF FATALLY INJURED WORKERS
Physical activity,
not elsewhere
classified
Mining machine
operators
68
Truck drivers
Highway incidents
33
Drillers, oil wells
67
Struck by object
21
Supervisors, extractive
occupations
44
Struck by object
7
39
Hoist and winch operators
Fall to lower level
10
0
15
30
45
60
75
90
105
120
135
Number of fatalities
Materials handling
operations
8%
Constructing,
repairing,
cleaning
Using or
operating tools,
machinery
26%
26%
Occupation
Leading event
Industry Profiles
55