West Virginia Office of Miners' Health Safety and Training
Summary of Injury Data 2000
08/06/03
West Virginia Injury Totals and Frequency Rates
State Injury Frequency Rate: 5.19
Lost-Time Injuries: 1,020
No Lost-Time Injuries:
425
Data reported as of April 17, 2001
2000 Lost time Injuries by Activity
| Activity | Underground | Surface | Total |
| Reaching, Lifting, Pushing, Bending, Pulling: | 167 | 41 | 208 |
| Stumbling, Tripping, Falling, Slipping: | 127 | 106 | 233 |
| Machinery: | 166 | 48 | 214 |
| Handling Materials: | 14 | 3 | 17 |
| Struck by Falling or Flying Object: | 43 | 11 | 54 |
| Striking an Object: | 23 | 1 | 24 |
| Fall of Roof: | 112 | 0 | 112 |
| Fall of Face or Rib: | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| Fall of Highwall or Spoil: | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Working with Hand Tools: | 58 | 23 | 81 |
| Burns and Smoke Inhalation: | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Foreign Object in Eye or Other Part of Body: | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Ignition or Explosion: | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Miscellaneous: | 19 | 6 | 25 |
| Total Lost-Time Injuries/Fatalities: | 771 | 258 | 1,029 |