The Fatality Experience in the United States

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The Fatality Experience in the United States

• The Mining Industry

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Fatality Rates Top Four Industries

• Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting (29.6
  fatalities per 100,000 workers)
• Mining (27.8 fatalities per 100,000 workers)
• Transportation and warehousing (16.3 fatalities
  per 100,000 workers)
• Construction (10.8 fatalities per 100,000 workers)

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Frequency of Fatalities

• 5,703 fatal work injuries in 2006
• Service providing industries in the private
  sector accounted for 47 percent (2,693
  fatalities)
• Private goods-producing industries accounted for
  44 percent (2,509 fatalities)
• Construction accounted for 1,226 fatal work
  injuries, the most of any industry sector.

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Trends in the Frequency of Fatalities

• Mining accounts for approximately 3 percent of
  all fatalities in the United States each year.
• In 2006, this industry accounted for 190
  fatalities out of the 5,703 fatalities that
  occurred in this year.
• The death rate per 100,000 workers in the mining
  industry is approximately 27.8 fatalities per
  100,000 workers ranking second only to
  agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting.

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Trends in the Frequency of Fatalities

• Mining fatalities increased 19 percent in 2006.
• Fatal work injuries in coal mining more than
  doubled in 2006 due in part to the Sago mine
  disaster and other mining incidents

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Fatality Events

• The four most frequently identified fatal events
  include
• highway incidents
• Homicides
• Falls
• struck-by accidents
• Highway accidents account for nearly one out of
  four fatal work injuries
• The number of highway incidents fell 8 percent in
  2006.
• The 1,329 fatal highway incidents in 2006 was the
  lowest annual total since 1993.

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Fatality Events in Mining

• Approximately 7 percent of all fatalities in the
  mining industry are due to falls.
• Transportation accidents account for
  approximately 36 percent of the fatalities in the
  mining industry.

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Fatality Events in Mining

• Highway transportation accidents account for
  approximately 56 percent of all transportation
  accidents.
• Contact with electric current accounts for
  approximately 65 percent of the fatalities
  involving harmful environments in the mining
  industry.

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Contracted Employee Versus Employee

• Fatality rates for contracted employees not under
  the supervision of the organization were
  significantly higher than the fatality rates
  involving employees of the organization.
• Fatality rates for employees of the organizations
  ranged from 1.8 fatalities per 100,000 workers to
  3.9 fatalities per 100,000 workers.
• Fatality rates for contracted workers not under
  the supervision of the organization ranged from
  7.8 fatalities per 100,000 workers to 100.0
  fatalities per 100,000 workers.

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Mining Industry Summary of Fatalities by Event
2003-2006
All Fatalities Transportation Falls Fires/Explosions Contact w/ Equipment Harmful Environments
2003 141 48 10 25 45 10
2004 152 61 13 12 56 9
2005 159 60 11 14 53 16
2006 190 62 10 42 60 14
Total 642 231 44 93 214 49
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Mining Industry Fatalities due to Falls
Roofs Scaffolds Ladders Fall to Lower Level
2003 0 0 0 10
2004 0 0 0 13
2005 0 0 0 11
2006 0 0 0 10
Total 0 0 0 44
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Mining Industry Fatalities Due to Transportation
Accidents
Highway Transportation Accident Non-highway Accident Pedestrian, Struck by Vehicle
2003 28 10 3
2004 36 10 4
2005 35 15 3
2006 30 12 10
Total 129 47 20
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Mining Industry Fatalities Due to Contact with
Equipment or Objects
Struck By Caught in Equipment or Object Caught in Running Equipment
2003 32 10 5
2004 25 21 7
2005 28 16 10
2006 34 16 7
Total 119 63 29
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Mining Industry Fatalities Due to Contact with
Harmful Environments
Contact with Electrical Current Caustic, Noxious Substances Oxygen Deficient Atmospheres
2003 7 0 0
2004 5 0 0
2005 10 0 4
2006 10 3 0
Total 32 3 4