West Virginia Office of Miners' Health Safety and Training
Summary of Injury Data 2001
Date of last revision: 08/06/03
West Virginia Mine Injury Totals and Frequency Rates
State Injury Frequency Rate: 5.15
Lost-Time Injuries: 1,154
No Lost-Time Injuries:
393
Data reported as of March 21, 2002
2001 Lost Time Injuries by Activity
| Activity | Underground | Surface | Total |
| Reaching, Lifting, Pushing, Bending, Pulling: | 197 | 36 | 233 |
| Stumbling, Tripping, Falling, Slipping: | 148 | 83 | 231 |
| Machinery: | 180 | 87 | 267 |
| Handling Materials: | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Struck by Falling or Flying Object: | 62 | 20 | 82 |
| Striking an Object: | 19 | 4 | 23 |
| Fall of Roof: | 129 | 1 | 130 |
| Fall of Face or Rib: | 48 | 0 | 48 |
| Fall of Highwall or Spoil: | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Working with Hand Tools: | 45 | 23 | 68 |
| Burns and Smoke Inhalation: | 16 | 8 | 24 |
| Foreign Object in Eye or Other Part of Body: | 9 | 14 | 23 |
| Ignition or Explosion: | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Miscellaneous: | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| Total Lost-Time Injuries/Fatalities: | 881 | 286 | 1,167 |