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Coal Mines - Incident statistical digest (Provisional)

2003/2004 - Report period to 31 March 2004

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Table 1

Coal mines - Number of injuries

Fatal injuries
  Apr-Jun Jul-Sep Oct-Dec Jan-Mar Total Rate
1997/98 2 1 1 - 4 0.11
1998/99 - - - 2 4 0.13
1999/2000 - - - - - 0.00
2000/2001 - - - - - 0.00
2001/2002 - - 1 - 1 0.05
2002/2003 - - - - - 0.00
2003/2004 - - - - 0 0.00
Major injuries
  Apr-Jun Jul-Sep Oct-Dec Jan-Mar Total Rate
1997/98 43 32 47 41 163 4.51
1998/99 22 32 27 28 109 3.61
1999/2000 19 28 19 29 95 3.86
2000/2001 19 26 19 25 89 3.79
2001/2002 25 22 20 13 80 3.61
2002/2003 16 18 16 12 62 3.42
2003/2004 10 13 14 11 48 3.08
Over 3 days injuries
  Apr-Jun Jul-Sep Oct-Dec Jan-Mar Total Rate
1997/98 225 225 227 254 931 25.76
1998/99 220 242 199 218 879 29.12
1999/2000 192 191 181 188 752 30.48
2000/2001 194 177 180 196 747 31.44
2001/2002 193 177 147 173 690 31.13
2002/2003 160 141 118 123 542 29.90
2003/2004 123 118 111 92 444 28.53
Total injuries
  Apr-Jun Jul-Sep Oct-Dec Jan-Mar Total Rate
1997/98 270 258 275 295 1098 30.38
1998/99 244 274 226 248 992 32.87
1999/2000 211 219 200 217 847 34.34
2000/2001 213 203 199 221 836 35.64
2001/2002 218 199 168 186 771 34.79
2002/2003 176 159 134 135 604 33.32
2003/2004 133 131 125 103 492 31.61