Mining Publication: Nonmetal Operator Mining Facts - 2007
Original creation date: August 2009
Authors: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20036096
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2009-161, 2009 Aug; :1-2
This 2007 mining fact sheet covers statistics of general interest relating to surface and underground nonmetal mining operations, workers, fatalities, nonfatal lost-time injuries, and occupational illness. In 2007, a total of 725 nonmetal mining operations reported employment to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). Nonmetal mines comprised 4.9% of all mining operations.
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20036096
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2009-161, 2009 Aug; :1-2