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Table 3

Miscellaneous mines - Dangerous Occurrences

Miscellaneous Mines - Dangerous Occurrences
Code Description 97/98 98/99 99/20 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04
1 Lifting Machinery   1 1 1     1
5 Electrical Short Circuit   1       1  
18 Any Collapse         1    
19 Explosion/Fire         1 1  
22Iginition of gas underground             1
24 Fire underground 3 4 4 3 4 3 4
25 Withdrawal owing to smoke 2         1  
26 Fire surface         1    
28 Failure of plant - shaft       1 1    
29 Failure of plant - manriding 1            
30 Overwind              
31 Fan stoppage 4 2 4 1   3 7
35 Emergency escape apparatus 1            
38 Insecure Tip     1        
39 Locomotives 1            
40 Falls of ground 1 1   1 2 3 3
  Total 13 9 10 7 10 8 16
Accident Rates provided by the Mining Association of the UK
Calendar Year Reportable Accidents Frequency Rate Fatalities Frequency Rate
1998 53 2.13 0 0
1999 46 2.05 0 0
2000 34 1.49 0 0
2001 24 1.03 0 0
2002 23 0.89 0 0
2003 N/A N/A N/A N/A