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Coal Mines - Incident statistical digest (Provisional)

2003/2004 - Report period to 31 March 2004

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Table 2 - Coal mine injury rates per 100,000 workshifts

  12 - 24 months ago 0 - 12 months ago
Employees Contractors Total Employees Contractors Total
Underground
Fatal injuries 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Major injuries 3.02 7.17 3.35 3.52 2.23 3.43
+3 day injuries 36.28 18.82 34.92 36.78 11.15 34.86
Surface
Fatal injuries 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Major injuries 3.35 4.32 3.70 1.58 2.82 1.94
+3 day injuries 14.63 4.32 10.84 10.25 0.94 7.50
Total
Fatal injuries 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Major injuries 3.07 5.59 3.42 3.16 2.55 3.08
+3 day injuries 32.96 10.78 29.90 31.83 5.61 28.53
Total injuries 36.03 16.37 33.32 34.99 8.17 31.61

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