SECTION 8 

CODING MANUAL
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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SECTION 8. CODING MANUAL

8.1 Introduction ...............................................................................................................................8-1 

8.2 Mining Machines.......................................................................................................................8-1 

8.3 Trade Names of Equipment.......................................................................................................8-5 

8.4 All Mine Occupations .............................................................................................................8-11 

All Mine Occupations - Metal/Nonmetal and Coal ................................................................8-12 

(Numerical Listing) Coal and Metal/Nonmetal Occupations ................................................8-23 

8.5 Degree of Injury ......................................................................................................................8-30 

8.5.1 Degree 1 (Fatal)...........................................................................................................8-31 

8.5.2 Degree 2 (Permanent-total or partial disability)..........................................................8-31 

8.5.3 Degree 3 (Days away from work only) .......................................................................8-31 

8.5.4 Degree 4 (Days away from work and days of restricted activity)...............................8-32 

8.5.5 Degree 5 (Days of restricted work activity only)........................................................8-32 

8.5.6 Degree 6 (No lost-time injuries)..................................................................................8-32 

8.5.7 Degree 7 (Occupational illness) ..................................................................................8-33 

8.5.8 Degree 8 (Fatal and nonfatal cases due to natural causes to employees on company 

business) ......................................................................................................................8-33 

8.5.9 Degree 9 (Fatal and nonfatal cases involving nonemployees)....................................8-33 

8.5.10 Degree 10 (All other cases).........................................................................................8-33 

8.6 Source of Injury Classification................................................................................................8-33 

8.6.1 Forcible Contact ..........................................................................................................8-33 

8.6.2 Bodily Motion .............................................................................................................8-34 

8.6.3 Machinery....................................................................................................................8-34 

8.6.4 Source of Injury Codes................................................................................................8-34 

8.7 Nature of Injury Classification................................................................................................8-41 

8.8 Part of Body.............................................................................................................................8-45 

8.9 Mine Worker Activity Codes ..................................................................................................8-48 

8.10 Date and Time .........................................................................................................................8-52 

8.11 Accident Type Codes ..............................................................................................................8-54 

8.12 Classification of Accident .......................................................................................................8-58 

8.13 Occupational Illnesses.............................................................................................................8-62 

8.14 Time Charges ..........................................................................................................................8-63 

8.15 Keywords.................................................................................................................................8-64 

TABLE OF FIGURES

Figure 8.1 Chart of Scheduled Charges for Hand and Foot 

Figure 8.2 Table of Scheduled Charges for Loss of MemberBTraumatic or Surgical 

Figure 8.3 Table of Scheduled Charges for Impairment of Function 

Figure 8.4 Days of Disability Charged by Nature of Injury 

Figure 8.5 Skeletal Diagram for Determining Scheduled Charges 
8-1 

SECTION 8. CODING MANUAL

8.1 Introduction 

The following pages contain the coding structure to be used by coding personnel in the interpretation 

and reduction to codes of the information sent to HSAC by the mine operators on Injury Report Form 

7000-1. 

8.2 Mining Machines

The following is a detailed list of mining machines. The mining machine classification is reported by the 

mining operator, analytically connected to source of injury when machinery is involved in an accident. 

CODE DESCRIPTION

01 Aerial tram, tramway

02 Air compressor

03 Air transportation, planes, helicopter, etc.

04 Auger machine (coal) surface and underground 

05 Bench grinder or lathe, drill press, magra shearers, key seater, band saw, etc. Large 

shop-powered tools 

06 Blow pipe or blow gun, air lance (air blasting) 

07 Boats, barges and other water transportation 

08 * Bulldozer, dozer, crawler tractor, push cat, Komotose - pan - ranger - road scraper 

637 - caterpillar 3305 

09 Carriage-mounted drills on track, rail, or rubber-tired (Jumbo, air-track drill, 

churndrill, rotary, jet piercing air-track compressor drill, quarry drill) 

10 Chute 

11 Classifier, cyclones 

12 Continuous miner, tunnel borer, DOSCO - (bullit part of continuous miner) 

13 Conveyor (include all types belts, pan, screw and other) belt feeder, mobile bridge 

carrier, ROSCO 

14 Crane, derrick - cherry picker, basket scaler, scaling machine, rock or dropball, boom 

hoist - ranger, giraffe, scissor truck 

 

* HD 41 Allis Chalmer 
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CODE DESCRIPTION

15 Crusher, breaker, mills (ball and rod) 

16 Cutting machine, or mining only, chain cutter 15RU JOY 

17 Dimension stone cutting and polishing machinery, all 

60 Dragline - Big muskie (walking dragline) 4250W 

18 Dredge 

19 Elevator, skip, cage, buckets, (for hoisting or lowering men or materials) 

20 Electric, hydraulic drill, coal drills (not impact drills, see Rock drills) 

21 Fan 

22 Flotation and filters (mill machines) - precipatator heavy media bath 

23 Forklift - all forklift machines regardless of size, tow motor in mill, plant cat, hyster 

24 Front-end loader, tractor-shovel, payloader, highlift, skip loader (surface) universal, 

cat loader 

25 Gathering arm loader, Conway loader, St. Joe loader, coal loading machine, 15BU 

JOY Goodman, Jefferey 

26 Grizzlies 

27 Gunite machine, shotcrete 

28 Handtools (not powered) (wrench) - buzzy, portapower, torque wrench, comealong, 

doublejack, backsaw, hose crimper, red devil, (buzzy can also be stoper) 

29 Handtools (powered) (drill) - chipping hammer, jack spade, impact wrench, drive 

ratchet - wheel lift, finger lift 

30 Hoist, car dropper, hydraulic jack, mine car retriever, condor 

31 Hydraulic jets (monitors) 

32 Impactor (pneumatic machine used to break large rocks) 

28 Jacks - ram jack 

05 Lathe 

33 Load-haul-dump, scoop tram, CAVO, transloader, teletram car, bobcat Kat (Mustang) 

Unitrac, S&S Battery 
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CODE DESCRIPTION

34 Locomotive, (motor), rail-mounted (battery, steam, electric, tow-motor, air, etc.), lorry 

car BECO BAHN operated on wire rope cable, Trammer, Mancha 

35 Longwall machine (plow shearer) - Longwall shield 

36 Longwall subparts (jacks or chocks) duke, dowdy jack 

37 Mancar, mantrip, personel carrier, porta bus, jeep, jitney, rail runner, inspectors friend, 

boss buggy, golf cart, rail rover 

38 Man lift (not elevator, skip or cage) - scaling rig 

39 Mill, grinding (rod, ball, autogenous, pug, hammer) 

40 Milling machinery (all other NEC) See 22, 39, 46, 69 for specific machines. Block 

press 

41 Mine car, timber truck, nipper truck (rail), all underground flat car, ASEA 

42 Mine car, ore or coal car, boxcar, hopper car (rail only), all surface 

43 Mucking machine, overshot loader 

44 Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks and underground trucks, all commodities - 

young buggy, EUCLID, LECTRA HAUL - Usually associated with S-U 01, 02, 03 

and 06 

45 Pay loader ore haulage trucks - highway, all commodities - Usually associated with 

mill 

46 Packaging machine, bagger, sewing machine 

47 Pneumatic blasting agent loader, driller loader, coal popper, pop shooter, prill loader, 

powder buggy 

48 Pump 

49 Raise borer

50 Raise climber – ALAMAK 

51 Raw coal storage, tipple, dump bins 

52 Roadgrader, motor grader, motor patrol 

53 Rock drill (jackleg, airleg, drifter, stoper, buzzy, stringer, jackhammer, diamond drill; 

see also Jumbo drill, track drill, [09]), hydraulic drill 
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CODE DESCRIPTION

54 Rock or roof bolting machine - top dog, pinner 

55 Rock dusting machine, MANDASEAL, trickleduster 

56 Rotory dump, dump rail 

57 Scraper loader, self-loading scraper, tractor scraper, pan scraper 

58 Screen (for sizing and washing) - vibrator, shaker 

59 Shortwall machine 

60 Shovel (mining and stripping), power shovel, northwest dragline bucket-wheel 

excavator, clamshell, backhoe cryderman 

61 Shuttle car - buggy, torkar, ram car 

62 Skip pocket 

63 Slusher, scraper hoist, scram, scram level 

64 Tamping machine, for packing railroad ties, etc. 

65 Track maintenance and repair equipment, rerailer, 335 track shifter, FROG 

66 Tractor, Supply car - Elkhorn 

67 Trucks (nor ore haulage), pickups, water trucks, dump truck, service or utility trucks 

(for ore haulage see 44 and 45). 

68 Tugger, air winch 

69 Washers 

70 Welding machine - bonder, torch 

71 Machine, NEC - wheelbarrow, well drilling rig, caterpillar loader 992 - haulage, 

concrete post, steam cleaner, hydroseeder, pile driver, rock rake, impact roller 

Mine retriever - stationary hydraulic hoist pulls equipment out. Code as handtool in class, 30 in 

mining machines. 

Rubber-tired - non powered haulage that must be pulled by a tractor or motor. 
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8.3 Trade Names of Equipment

Following the names of some manufacturers are one or more examples or nicknames of their 

equipment. The examples are not exhaustive; many other kinds of equipment may be manufactured. 

Must be coded if mining machine is previously coded. 

Equipment Involved in Reported Accident/Illness

CODE MANUFACTURER

001 Abex 

002 Acker 

003 Acme 

004 Advance Mining (coal augers) 

005 Aerodyne 

006 Allen-Sherman-Hoff 

007 Allis-Chalmers Bulldozer & Fiat (tractor) 

008 Alpine (continuous miner) 

009 American Hoist (shovel excavators) 

010 Atlas-Copco 

011 Baldwin- Lima-Hamilton 

012 Barber-Greene 

013 Betti 

014 Birdsboro 

014 Black & Decker 

015 Bucyrus-Erie (BE) 

016 Buffalo-American 

017 Case (tractor) 

018 Caterpillar (cat) - DW 20 
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CODE MANUFACTURER

019 Cedar Rapids 

020 Chevrolet 

021 Chicago Pneumatic (air drill) 

022 Clark 

023 Cline 

024 Coeur d'Alenes 

025 Cushman 

026 Dart 

027 Demag (coal excavators) 

028 Deutz 

029 Dorr-Oliver 

030 Dravo 

031 Eaton 

032 Eickhoff 

033 Eimco 

034 Elkhorn 

035 Emaco 

036 Epling 

037 Euclid (uke) 62T Rear Dump 

038 Fairchild (continuous miner) 

039 Fletcher (roof bolter) 

040 FMC and Link Belt 

041 Ford 

042 Fuller 
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CODE MANUFACTURER

043 Galis FM Calso (roof bolter) 

044 Gardner-Denver (Pump) 

045 General Electric 

046 GMC (Jimmy) 

047 Goodman 

048 Gorman-Rupp 

049 Gradeall 

050 Grundlach (coal crushers) 

051 Harnischfeger and P&H 

052 Hewitt-Robins 

053 Ingersol-Rand (hammer) 

054 Insley 

055 International Harvester (IH)(Hough)(350 Payhauler 50T) 

056 Jeffrey-Dresser 

035 John Deere 

057 Jold 

058 Joy (loader, drill) 

059 Kenworth 

060 Kersey (Personnel Carrier) - Rubber Rail 

061 Kobota 

062 Koehring 

063 Komatsu 

064 Kress 

065 Krupp (wheel excavators) 
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CODE MANUFACTURER

066 Lee-Norse (continuous miner) 

054 Lincoln welder 

067 Long-Airdox (blasting) (MBC loading machine) 

068 Mack (bulldog) 

069 Manitowoc 

070 Marion 

071 Marathon Le Tourneau 

072 Massey-Furguson 

073 McLanahan 

074 Mescher 

075 Michigan 47B Fron End Loader 

076 Mine Equipment Co. 

077 Mining Progress, Inc. (Longwall) 

078 Myers-Whaley 

079 Nagle 

080 National Mine Service (Torkar) 

081 Nolan 

082 Nordberg & Rexnord 

083 Northwest 

084 Orenstein & Kopper 

085 Oshkosh (truck) 

086 Owens (truck) 

087 Page 

088 Penndrill 
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CODE MANUFACTURER

089 Pioneer 

090 Plymouth-Locomotor 

091 Raygo 

092 Richmond (coal auger) 

093 Ripco 

094 Robbins (continuous miner) 

095 Rosco 

096 Royal 

097 Salem 

098 S & S Rubber rail 

099 Schramm 

100 Schroder 

101 Stacy 

102 Stamler 

103 Symons 

104 Telsmith 

105 Terex 

106 Unit Rig Equipment Co. (Electrahaul trucks) 

107 Universal (cutting machine) 

108 Wabco 

109 Wagner 

110 Warner Swassey 

111 Westfalia 

112 Westinghouse 
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CODE MANUFACTURER

113 White 

114 Wilcox 

115 Wilfley 

116 Winter-weiss 

117 Wirth 

118 Yale Loaders 

119 Not on this list 

120 Unknown 

121 Not Reported 
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8.4 All Mine Occupations

The following list is a compilation of all mine occupations. This coding structure is designed to take 

the guesswork out of coding a worker correctly in order to place him in a correct location. Coding of 

this category will be done exactly as is listed below. The computer will assign the correct leading 

number code on the basis of location circled by the mine operator on the report form and the 

occupation assigned by the coder. All occupations not covered by the following list will be coded 

999. 

The conversion is as follows: 

Leading 0 = on section (face) only UG 

Leading 1 = off section only UG 

Leading 2 = UG transportation only 

Leading 3 = Surface only 

Leading 4 = Supervisory and staff 

Leading 5 = MSHA State 

Leading 6 = will convert to leading 0 or 1 or 3 according to location. 

Leading 7 = will convert to leading 0 or 1 according to location. 

Leading 8 = will convert to leading 0 or 3 according to location. 

Leading 9 = will convert to leading 2 or 3 according to location. 

Leading 10 = will convert to leading 1 or 3 according to location. 

Certain occupation codes can be coded to metal/nonmetal only. These codes are brought to the 

attention of the coders with a preceding asterisk (*). DO NOT USE for coal injuries. 
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ALL MINE OCCUPATIONS - METAL/NONMETAL AND COAL

CODE DESCRIPTION

041 Advanceman - on section only 

320 Aerial tram - outside only 

*334 Air-track driller, M/NM - outside only 

449 Assayers 

430 Assistant mine foreman 

430 Assistant mine manager 

371 Auger helper, surface only 

370 Auger operator, surface only 

*778 Backhoe operator, M/NM UG 

372 Barge attendant 

261 Battery station operator 

031 Beater, UG on section only 

154 Belt cleaner, UG off section only 

601 Beltman 

201 Beltman rider 

1012 Belt vulcanizer 

392 Binman 

807 Blaster 

372 Boat operator 

*825 Bobcat operator, M/NM 

340 Boom operator 

374 Boney preparation plant operator 

962 Brakeman 

032 Brattice man 

035 Bridgeman 

850 Buggy operator 
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CODE DESCRIPTION

277 Buggy pusher 

368 Bulldozer operator, surface only 

*768 Bulldozer operator, M/NM, UG only 

616 Bullgang 

749 Bullgang foreman 

320 Cage attendant, surface only 

920 Cager 

373 Car dropper 

*726 Car dump operator, M/NM, general, UG 

394 Carpenter 

334 Carriage mounted drill operator, surface only 

*716 Cement man UG, M/NM 

1055 Chainman 

044 Chock operator 

334 Churn driller, surface only 

*045 Chute blaster, M/NM 

269 Chute puller, M/NM, UG transportation, chute tapper 

331 Claw operator, surface only 

374 Cleaning plant operator, prep plant, mill, packaging, bagging, warehouseman 

1013 Cleanup man 

497 Clerk 

1014 Coal sampler 

262 Car runner, UG only 

035 Col Mol helper 

036 Col Mol operator 

611 Communications man 

035 Continuous miner helper, mole helper 
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CODE DESCRIPTION

036 Continuous miner operator, mole operator 

*064 Contract miner, M/NM 

601 Conveyor man 

201 Conveyor rider 

378 Crane operator, surface only 

*778 Crane operator, M/NM, UG only 

374 Crusher worker 

037 Cutting machine helper 

038 Cutting machine operator 

*034 Diamond driller, M/NM, UG only 

*399 Dimension stone cutter and polisher; M/NM 

965 Dispatcher 

378 Dragline operator 

*778 Dragline operator, M/NM, UG only 

372 Dredge operator 

*058 Drift miner, M/NM 

833 Drill helper 

834 Drill operator 

*034 Driller (longhole, prospect, diamond, exploration) M/NM underground only 

*334 Driller (air track, churn, carriage mounted, jet piercing, rotary) M/NM surface only 

383 Driller, highwall helper 

384 Driller, highwall operator 

1056 Driller, rock 

276 Driver, jeep driver 

379 Dryer operator, kiln operator 

1022 Dump operator 

414 Dust sampler 
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CODE DESCRIPTION

590 Education specialist 

602 Electrician (code Master electrician as 402) 

603 Electrician helper 

456 Engineer (elec., vent., mng.) 

*034 Exploration driller, M/NM, UG only 

016 Faceman, on section, UG only 

615 Fan attendant 

380 Fine coal plant operator 

462 Fireboss 

397 Fireman 

430 Foreman, assistant mine 

749 Foreman (bullgang, labor, section) or shift boss 

418 Foreman, maintenance 

449 Foreman, mine 

494 Foreman, mill or prep plant 

489 Foreman, outside 

*389 Forklift operator, M/NM 

*782 Front-end loader operator, M/NM, UG only 

382 Front-end loader, surface 

043 Gathering arm loader operator 

*728 Gizmo operator, M/NM 

375 Grader operator, surface only 

*775 Grader operator, M/NM, UG only 

1018 Greaser 

*726 Grizzlyman, M/NM 

*726 Grizzly tender, M/NM 

616 Groundman 
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CODE DESCRIPTION

396 Guard 

716 Gunite man M/NM, UG 

039 Hand loader 

039 Hand trammer 

*045 Hangup man, M/NM 

040 Headgate operator 

*768 Heavy equipment operator, surface only 

368 Bulldozer operator, M/NM, UG only 

382 Highlift operator 

383 Highwall drill helper 

384 Highwall drill operator 

921 Hoist operator (hoister, engineer) 

381 Hoist operator helper 

397 Hook operator 

464 Inspector 

307 Jackhammer operator 

041 Jacksetter (Longwall) 

010 Jacksetter, on face, UG 

276 Jeep driver 

334 Jet piercing drill operator, M/NM, surface only 

043 Joy loader operator 

054 Kersey operator 

379 Kiln operator 

616 Laborer 

749 Labor foreman 

414 Laboratory technician 

385 Lampman 
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CODE DESCRIPTION

*728 Load/haul/dump operator, M/NM (underground only) 

240 Loader head operator 

042 Loading machine helper 

043 Loading machine operator 

*034 Longhole driller, M/NM, UG only 

041 Longwall helper 

041 Longwall jacksetter 

044 Longwall operator 

1060 Machinist 

418 Maintenance foreman 

850 Mancar operator 

608 Mason, (surface and underground) 

402 Master electrician 

404 Master mechanic 

604 Mechanic (code master mechanic as 404), mill wright, boiler maker 

605 Mechanic helper 

374 Media operator 

604 Mill wright 

494 Mill foreman 

374 Mill operator (stationary equipment) 

449 Mine foreman 

449 Mine manager 

449 Mine owner 

616 Miner, coal underground 

*064 Miner, contract M/NM 

*058 Miner, drift M/NM 

*057 Miner, stope M/NM 
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CODE DESCRIPTION

*327 Miner, surface M/NM 

*663 Miner, NEC, M/NM 

591 Mineral industrial safety officer 

592 Mine safety instructor 

378 Mobile equipment operator 

035 Mole helper 

036 Mole operator 

969 Motorman 

041 Move-up man 

*029 Mucking machine operator, M/NM 

116 Mucking machine operator, coal, UG off section only 

1018 Oiler 

489 Outside foreman 

382 Pan operator 

382 Payloader operator 

616 Pick-up man 

046 Pinner 

367 Pitman 

044 Plow operator 

807 Powder gang 

807 Powderman 

807 Powder monkey 

494 Prep plant foreman 

374 Prep plant operator 

*767 Power shovel UG, M/NM 

367 Power shovel operator 

462 Pre-shift examiner 
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CODE DESCRIPTION

710 Propman 

*034 Prospect driller, M/NM, UG only 

157 Pumper, off section only 

316 Pumper, above ground only 

663 Quarry man, shaft miner 

611 Radioman 

397 Railroad clam operator 

*059 Raise miner, M/NM 

850 Ramcar operator 

386 Refuse truck driver 

604 Repairman 

038 Ripper 

875 Roadgrader operator 

1056 Rock driller 

706 Rock duster 

046 Rock bolter 

158 Rock machine operator, off section UG only 

045 Rockman 

1017 Rodman 

046 Roof bolter 

047 Roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper 

048 Roof bolter mounted 

262 Rope rider 

240 Roscoe operator, UG transportation 

387 Rotary bucket excavator operator 

*334 Rotary drill operator, M/NM above ground only 

*726 Rotary dump operator, M/NM 
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CODE DESCRIPTION

495 Safety Director 

593 Safety representative 

043 St. Joe shovel operator 

1014 Sampler (see also Dust sampler) 

388 Scalper-Screen operator 

392 Skip dumper 

930 Skip tender 

054 Scoop car operator 

*028 Scoop tram operator, M/NM 

382 Scraper-loader operator 

382 Scraper Rig operator 

749 Section foreman 

316 Service truck operator 

044 Shear operator 

749 Shift boss 

807 Shooter 

160 Shopman 

706 Shotcrete man 

807 Shot firer 

367 Shovel operator 

850 Shuttle car operator 

390 Silo operator 

*030 Slusher operator, M/NM 

262 Snapper 

051 Stall driver 

*398 Stone finishing and sizing personnel, M/NM 

*057 Stope miner, M/NM 
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CODE DESCRIPTION

708 Stopping builder 

391 Stripping shovel operator 

481 Superintendent 

609 Supplyman 

*327 Surface miner, M/NM 

316 Surface worker 

423 Surveyor 

969 Swamper 

969 Switchman 

*316 Tamping machine operator, M/NM surface only 

052 Tailgate operator 

601 Tailpiece man 

611 Telephone man 

710 Timberman 

497 Timekeeper 

392 Tipple operator 

392 Topman 

392 Toplander 

276 Tractor operator, UG 

368 Tractor operator, surface 

316 Track gang, surface only 

216 Trackman 

624 Trainee (code 224 UG transportation) 

594 Training specialist 

1023 Transit man 

962 Trip rider 

*001 Tripperman, M/NM, UG only 
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CODE DESCRIPTION

*776 Truck driver, M/NM, UG 

376 Truck driver, above ground only 

224 Underground transportation trainee 

496 Union representative 

054 Unitrac operator, UG on section only 

999 Unknown 

053 Utility man 

708 Ventilation man 

334 Wagon drill operator, M/NM, surface only 

374 Warehouseman 

392 Washery operator 

396 Watchman 

366 Waterboy 

159 Water line man, UG, off section only 

395 Water truck operator 

393 Weighman 

1019 Welder 

*269 Whistle punk, M/NM, UG only 

611 Wireman 

397 Yard engine operator 

999 Unknown or NEC 
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(NUMERICAL LISTING) COAL AND METAL/NONMETAL OCCUPATIONS 

DO NOT USE FOR CODING

CODE OCCUPATION

001 Belt/Conveyor Man 

002 Electrician 

003 Electrician Helper 

004 Mechanic/Repairman 

005 Mechanic Helper 

006 Rock Duster 

007 Shotfirer/Shooter/Blaster 

008 Stpng Bldg/Ventlin/Masn 

009 Suplymn 

010 Tmermn/Propmn/Jackstr 

011 Wiremn/Comm Repairman 

015 Fan Attendant 

016 Laborer/Adv Fc/Mvup/Pupmn 

019 Cement Man 

024 Trainee 

025 Bobcat Operator 

026 Grizzly Man/Car Dump Opr 

028 Scoop Tram-Load Haul Opr 

029 Mucking Machine Opr 

030 Slusher Operator 

031 Beater/Shotfire Helper 

032 Brattice Man 

033 Drill Helper 

034 Drill Operator 

035 Continuous Miner Helper 
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CODE OCCUPATION

036 Continuous Miner Opr/Mole 

037 Cutting Machine Helper 

038 Cutting Mach Opr/Ripper 

039 Hand Loader/Hand Trammer 

040 Headgate Operator 

041 Jacksettr/Longwall/Advncm 

042 Loading Machine Helper 

043 Loading Mach Opr/Joy stjo 

044 Longwall shr Opr/Plow Opr 

045 Rockman/Hangup Man/Chute 

046 Roof Bolter/Rock Bolter 

047 Roof Bltr Helper/Rock Hlp 

048 Roof Bolter Mounted 

049 Section Foremn/Shiftboss 

050 Shuttle Car Opr/Ram Car 

051 Stall Driver 

052 Tailgate Operator 

053 Utility Man 

054 Scoop Car Opr/Unitrac Opr 

057 Stope Miner 

058 Drift Miner 

059 Raise Miner 

063 Miner Nec 

064 Contract Miner 

067 Power Shovel Operator 

068 Bulldozer Operator 

075 Grader Opr/Rdgrader Opr 
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CODE OCCUPATION

076 Truck Driver 

078 Crane Opr/Dragline/Backho 

082 Frontend Loader Operator 

101 Belt/Conveyor Man 

102 Electrician 

103 Electrician Helper 

104 Mechanic Repairman 

105 Mechanic Helper 

106 Rock Duster 

108 Stpng Bldg/Ventilin/Masn 

109 Suplymn 

110 Tmermn/Propmn/Jckstr 

111 Wiremn/Comm Repairman 

112 Belt Vulcanizer 

113 Cleanup Man 

114 Coal-MN Sampler 

115 Fan Attendant 

116 Labr/Mck Mch Opr/Pipe Gin 

117 Rodman 

118 Oiler/Greaser 

119 Welder/Cement Man 

122 Dump Opr 

123 Transit Man 

124 Trainee 

126 Grizzly Man/Car Dump Opr 

128 Load Haul Dump Opr/Gizmo 

149 Labr Formn/Bulgng Foreman 
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CODE DESCRIPTION

154 Belt Cleaner 

155 Chainman 

156 Rock Driller 

157 Pumper 

158 Rock Machine Operator 

159 Water Line Man 

160 Shopman/Machinist 

163 Miner Nec 

167 Power Shovel Operator 

168 Bulldozer Operator 

175 Grader Opr 

176 Truck Driver 

178 Crane Opr/Dragline/Backho 

182 Frontend Loader Operator 

201 Belt/Conveyor Man 

216 Trackman 

220 Cager 

221 Hoistman/Engineer 

224 Transportation Trainee 

230 Skip Tender 

240 Lodr Hed Opr/Roscoe Opr. 

255 Chainman 

261 Battery Station Opr 

262 Brakeman/Rope Rider/Snapr 

265 Dispatcher 

269 Motorman/Swamper/Switchmn 

276 Driver/Tractor Opr/Jeep 
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CODE DESCRIPTION

277 Buggy Pusher 

301 Belt/Conveyor Man 

302 Electrician 

303 Electrician Helper 

304 Mechanic Repairman 

305 Mechanic Helper 

307 Shotfirer/Shootr/Blastr 

308 Mason 

309 Supp/Supp Trck Drvr/Whsmrn 

311 Wiremn/Comm Repairman 

312 Belt Vulcanizer 

313 Cleanup Man 

314 Coal-MN Sampler 

315 Fan Attendant 

316 Laborer/Utility MN/Pumper 

317 Rodman 

318 Oiler/Greaser 

319 Welder 

320 Cager/Cage Attendnt/Aerial 

321 Hoistman/Engineer 

322 Dump Opr 

323 Transit Man 

324 Trainee 

325 Bobcat Operator 

327 Surface miner 

330 Skip Tender 

331 Claw Operator 
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CODE DESCRIPTION

333 Drill Helper 

334 Drill Opr 

340 Boom Operator 

350 Shuttle Car Opr 

355 Chainman 

356 Rock Driller 

360 Machinist 

362 Brakeman/Trip Rider 

363 Miner Nec/Quarry Worker 

365 Dispatcher 

366 Waterboy 

367 Power Shovel Opr/Pitman 

368 Bulldzer Opr/Tractr/Hvy E 

369 Motorman/Swamper/Switchmn 

370 Auger Operator 

371 Auger Helper 

372 Barge Atndnt/Boat/Dredge 

373 Car Dropper 

374 Clnplt/Med/Boneyopr/Crshr 

375 Grader Opr/Roadgradr Opr 

376 Truck Driver 

378 Crane Opr/Dragline Backho 

379 Dryer Operator 

380 Fine Coal Plant Operator 

381 Hoist Operator Helper 

382 Highlft Opr/Frntnd Ldr 

383 Highwall Drill Helper 
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CODE DESCRIPTION

384 Highwall Drill Operator 

385 Lampman 

386 Refuse Truck Driver 

387 Rotry Buckt Excavtr Opr 

388 Scalper-Screen Operator 

389 Forklift Operator 

390 Silo Operator 

391 Stripping Shovel Operator 

392 Tipple Opr/Topman/Binman 

393 Weighman 

394 Carpenter 

395 Water Truck Operator 

396 Watchman/Guard 

397 Yard Engineer Opr/Firmn 

398 Stone Fnishng/Sizing Prsl 

399 Dimnsn Stone Cutr/Polishr 

402 Master Electrician 

404 Master Mechanic 

414 Dust Samplr/Lab Technician 

418 Maintenance Foreman 

423 Surveyor 

430 Ast Min Formn/Asst Mn Mgr 

449 Mine Foremn/Mine Mgr/Ownr 

456 Engnr-Elec/Vent/Mining 

462 Fire Bs/Pre-Shift Examiner 

464 Inspector 

481 Superintendent 
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CODE DESCRIPTION

489 Outside Foreman 

494 Prep Plt Foremn/Mill fore 

495 Safety Director 

496 Union Representative 

497 Timekeeper/Clerk/Ofc Help 

590 Education Specialist 

591 Mnrl Industrl Sfty Offcr 

592 Mine Safety Instructor 

593 Safety Representative 

594 Training Specialist 

999 Unknown or NEC 

8.5 Degree of Injury

Degree of injury is coded on a PER INJURY basis. 

DEGREE DEFINITION

1 Death Fatal 

2 Permanent Total or permanent partial disability 

3 Days away from work only 

4 Days away from work and days of restricted activity 

5 Days of restricted work activity only 

6 Injuries that do not result in death, nor days away from work, nor days of restricted 

work activity 

7 Occupational illnesses not classified 1 thru 6 

8 Fatal and nonfatal injuries due to natural causes to employees on company business 

9 Fatal and nonfatal cases involving nonemployees on or off of mine property 

10 All other cases (includes first aid) 
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8.5.1 Degree 1

Fatal injury resulting in death determined to be chargeable to the mining industry. 

Scheduled Charge: 6,000 days 

8.5.2 Degree 2

Permanent-total disability. The classification for any injury or illness other than death which 

permanently or totally incapacitates an employee from following any gainful employment or which 

results in the loss, or complete loss of use, of any of the following in one accident: 

a. both eyes. 

b. one eye and one hand, or arm, or leg, or foot. 

c. any two of the following not on the same limb: hand, arm, foot, or leg. 

Scheduled Charge: 6,000 days. 

Permanent-partial disability. The classification for any injury or illness other than death or permanent 

total disability which results in the loss, or complete loss of use, of any member or part of a member of 

the body, or any impairment of functions of the body or part thereof, regardless of any pre-existing 

disability of the affected member or impaired body function. The following are NOT classified as 

permanent-partial disabilities: 

a. Inguinal hernia, if repaired. An unrepaired inguinal hernia will be classified as a permanent 

partial disability with a time charge of 50 days away from work, but when repaired and so reported to 

MSHA will be reclassified as Degree 3 and the time charge replaced by actual days away from work. 

b. Loss of tip of finger to tip of toe without bone involvement. For the purpose of this manual, 

the loss or removal of the tuft of the bone is the distal phalange of a finger or toe shall be considered 

bone involvement provided it shows in X rays. 

c. Loss of permanent teeth. 

Scheduled Charge: Scheduled per chart. 

8.5.3 Degree 3

Nonfatal injuries which do not result in permanent impairment, but which render the injured person 

unable to perform a regularly established job which is open and available to him during the entire time 

interval corresponding to the hours of his regular shift. The number of days away from work should 

not include the day of injury or onset of illness or any days on which the miner would not have 

worked even though able to work. 
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If an employee loses a day from work solely because of the unavailability of professional medical 

personnel for initial observation or treatment and not as a direct consequence of the injury or illness, 

the day should not be counted as a day away from work. 

No Scheduled Charge: Company reported. 

8.5.4 Degree 4

Days away from work and days of Restricted Activity. Nonfatal injuries that begin as Degree 5 and 

later loss workdays, or injuries that begin as Degree 3 and later have restricted work activity. 

No Scheduled Charge: Company reported. 

8.5.5 Degree 5

Days of Restricted Work Activity only. Nonfatal injuries which do not result in permanent impairment 

nor days away from work. Number of days: 

a. The miner was assigned to another job on a temporary basis, 

b. the miner worked at a permanent job less than full time, or 

c. the miner worked at a permanently assigned job but could not perform all duties normally 

connected with it. 

The number of restricted days does not include the day of injury or onset of occupational illness, nor 

any days the miner did not work even though able to work. If any injured or ill employee has 

scheduled follow-up medical treatment or observation which results in the loss of a full workday 

solely because of the unavailability of professional medical personnel, it will not be counted as a day 

of restricted work activity. Days of restricted work activity end as a result of any one of the following: 

a. The miner returns to his regularly scheduled job and performs all of its duties for a full day 

or shift. 

b. The miner is permanently transferred to another job. 

c. The miner is terminated or leaves the mine. 

No Scheduled Charge: Company reported. 

8.5.6 Degree 6

No Lost-Time Injuries. Injuries that do not result in death, permanent impairment, days away from 

work or restricted work activity. 

Scheduled Charge: 0 days. 
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8.5.7 Degree 7

Occupational illness. Pneumoconiosis, silicosis, asbestosis, and other such diseases. Hearing loss, 

cancer, hepatitis, etc. Single accident occurrence will not be coded as degree 7. See Section 8.13 for 

further definition. 

8.5.8 Degree 8 

Fatal and Nonfatal. Cases due to natural causes to employees on company business. e.g. Heart 

attacks, strokes, etc. 

8.5.9 Degree 9

Fatal and Nonfatal. Cases involving nonemployees on or off mine property. (OSHA responsibility) 

8.5.10 Degree 10

All Other Cases. Injuries resulting in death, permanent impairment or disability reported to MSHA 

and determined to be nonchargeable. 

Also, first-aid cases reported as such by the company or changed by audit or inspectors. 

8.6 Source of Injury Classification

The source of injury classification identifies the object, substance, exposure or bodily motion which 

directly produced or inflicted the reported injury. There must be direct relationship between the 

source of injury and nature of injury. 

8.6.1 Forcible Contact

When an injury results from forcible contact with two or more objects either simultaneously or in 

rapid succession and it is impossible to determine which produced the injury, select the source as 

follows: 

a. When the choice is between a moving and a stationary object, select the moving object. 

b. When the choice is between two moving or two stationary objects select that which was 

contacted last. 

c. If a person falls from an elevation and strikes several objects on the way down and strikes 

the floor, select the floor as the source of injury. Choose the last object. If it is very evident that an 

object the person struck on the way down is the source, code to that object. If source of injury from a 

fall is undetermined use floor or ground of location at which fall occurs. 
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8.6.2 Bodily Motion

Name bodily motion only when the injury results solely from stress or strain induced by a free 

movement of the body or its parts or from assumption of a strained or unnatural position. This 

includes strains or sprains from stretching, reaching, turning, twisting, bending, walking, climbing, 

running or from efforts to recover loss of equilibrium, providing this does not result in a fall or in 

forcible contact with an object. Escaping a hazard. 

Do NOT name bodily motion as the source if the injury occurred in a fall, or from bumping or striking 

an object, lifting, pulling, wielding. In a lifting or pulling injury, name the object causing the physical 

effort. Example: Shoveling coal - coal, or the weight, is the source. Entering or leaving vehicle. 

8.6.3 Machinery

In order to maintain a correct analytical structure, code the correct mining machine when machinery is 

the source of injury. Example: bulldozer (08) would go with 076, Surface Mining Machines; 

Continuous Miner (12) would go with 077, Underground Mining Machine. 

8.6.4 Source of Injury Codes

001 Animals, insects, birds, reptiles (live) 

002 Bodily motion 

003 Boilers, pressure vessels, air hose, oxygen tanks - (bulk line, bull hose, propane tank, 

woma gum, water hose, fire hoses) 

Boxes, Barrels, Containers, Packages (empty or full) 

004 Bags, sacks (Rock dust only when in bags) 

005 Barrels, kegs, drums 

006 Boxes, crates, cartons, toolbox 

007 Rubber, glass, plastic, fiberglass, fabric 

008 Containers, NEC1

 (baskets, oil cans) 

009 Brattice curtain; plastic and canvas (curtain wall) 

Buildings and Structures (INDOORS including mines, mills, and cleaning plants). See also 117 - 124. 

 1

NEC means "Not Elsewhere Classified". 
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010 Floor -- walking surface (Note: NOT UNDERGROUND; see section on Underground 

Work Area) 

011 Steps, stairs 

012 Doors (includes underground ventilation), mandoor, airlock 

013 Storage tanks and bins, portable surge bins 

014 Dams, locks, ponds, bridges etc. 

015 Mine headframe 

016 Scaffolds, staging, etc. (Include platforms and catwalks) gantry 

017 Towers, poles, etc. 

018 Wharfs, docks, etc. 

019 Buildings and structures, boats and rafts, ramp NEC 

020 Brick, ceramic 

Chemicals, Chemical Compounds

021 Acids and alkalies (wet cement, wet grout, shot crete, lime - cement dust, trona, rock 

dust). Becomes chemical burn when dry compound mixes with moisture of skin or liquid. 

022 Oxygen deficient atmosphere 

023 Noxious mine gases, NEC (carbon monoxide, blasting/dynamite fumes, exhaust fumes) 

024 Chemicals and chemical compounds, NEC (Caustic) 

Clothing, Apparel, Shoes

025 Mine rescue equipment - self rescue unit, safety belts 

026 Apparel, NEC- Ring, eyeglasses 
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Cold (Atmospheric, environmental) 

027 Ice 

028 Snow 

029 Cold (atmospheric, environmental) NEC 

Coal and Petroleum Products

030 Coal (processed) 

031 Kiln products, including buildup that must be removed - clinkers 

032 Methane gas (in mines and processed) etc. 

033 Coal and petroleum products, NEC (processed products; include: solvents, creosote, hot 

oil, hydraulic fluid, anti-freeze, gasoline, mouse milk, etc.) 

Conveyors (include accidents involving belt, rollers, all, etc.) 

034 Chutes and slides (conveyor hoppers for coal or ore) airslide 

035 Belt conveyors, MBC or Mobile Bridge Conveyor 

036 Longwall conveyor 

037 Shaking and vibrating conveyor 

038 Conveyors, NEC 

Electric Apparatus 

039 Motors 

040 Generators 

041 Transformers, converters 

042 Conductors, electric cables attached to mining equipment, trolley poles, electric wires 

043 Electrical apparatus, NEC (Include electric light bulbs) car and light batteries, lightning, 

starters, flashlight, fuse box 

044 Explosives (only injuries related directly to explosives) 

045 Flame, Fire, Smoke, NEC 
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Hand Tools (Not Powered) 

046 Axe, hammer, sledge, doublejack, maul 

047 Chisel 

048 Crowbar, pry bar, scaling bar, RR bar, steel bar 

049 Knife, machete 

050 Wrench - spanner, box, open end, socket, allen, torque 

051 Hand tools, not powered, NEC (pick) for jacks, see 068, come-along, bucksaw, 

portapower, channel locks, ratchet, shovel, mine retriever, Rail dog -chiva (rail puller), 

bosum, chair, red devil, chain pullers rope, chain - other than mechanical powered. 

Hand Tools (Powered) 

052 Abrasive stone or wheel grinder; buffer, polisher, waxer (not bench grinder) 

053 Power saw, band saw 

054 Drill, rotary (coal drill) 

055 Drill, percussive (hard rock drill; include jackhammer, pneumatic drill, hand drill) 

056 Impactor, Tamper 

057 Hand tools, powered, NEC - air wrench, air lance, blow pipe, impact wrench, buggy 

wrench, ramsit 

058 Heat (Atmospheric and Environmental; NOTE: Code burns to mine fire or to petroleum 

products, equipment or electric apparatus as the source of heat) 

Heating Equipment (furnaces, retorts, space heaters, stoves, ranges, etc.; not electric) 

059 Kilns; melting furnaces and retorts 

060 Space heaters (Salamander) 

061 Other heating equipment, NEC catalitic 
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Hoisting Apparatus

062 Cranes, derricks 

063 Elevators, cages, skips, etc. buckets used for hoisting in shafts 

064 Air hoist 

065 Chain hoist, chain blocks 

066 Electric hoist 

067 Longwall supports (Jacks, chocks and ram jack) 

068 Jacks (mechanical, hydraulic, air, etc. not longwall) does not go to hoisting in class 

(lifting, safety jack) 

069 Hoisting apparatus, NEC air tugger, winch 

Ladders (Fixed or Portable) 

070 Fixed ladders (include ladders in shaft manways, raises, etc.) 

071 Moveable ladders 

072 Ladders, NEC 

073 Liquids, NEC 

Machines (Shop) 

074 Machines, NEC, welder, office machines, bonder, cherry picker, scaling rig, lathe, bench 

grinder, drill press, scissor truck 

075 Milling, Cleaning Plant, and Breaker Machines (Rod, pug, crusher) 

076 Surface mining machines 

077 Underground mining machines 
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Mechanical Power Transmission Apparatus

078 Belts (not conveyor) 

079 Chains, ropes, cables (not conveyor) 

080 Drums, pulleys, sheaves (not conveyor) Shive block 

081 Mechanical power transmission apparatus, NEC RR Track switch 

Metal Items, NEC 

082 Drill steel (all kinds) 

083 Roof (Rock) bolts 

084 Steel rail (all sizes) Ibeams, Hbeams, frog 

085 Molten metal - hot pellets 

086 Metal covers and guards (Dust bins and cable covers), doors on machinery, chute gate, 

steel grating, roof bolt plate/mats, canopies 

087 Wheels (from cars or trucks of any size, with or without mounted tires) 

088 Metal, NEC (Pipe, wire, nails) 

Mineral Items, Metallic and Nonmetallic

089 Broken rock, coal, ore, waste. NOTE: waste may be called Aboney@ or Agob@, slurry, 

muck 

090 Caving rock, coal, ore, waste (from in place) bentonite 

091 Landslide (surface only) 

092 Pulverized mineral (fines, particles, mine dust) 

093 Sand or gravel or shell 

094 Loose dirt and mud 

095 Mineral items, NEC 

096 Noise BEC 

097 Plants, trees, vegetation 

098 Pumps, fans, compressors, engines, turbines, NEC 
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Radiating Substances and Equipment

099 Radioactive ore (where injury is from radiation) 

100 Radiating substances of equipment, NEC 

101 Soaps, Detergents, Cleaning Compounds, NEC (Solvents see code 33) 

102 Steam 

Vehicles

103 Passenger cars and pickup trucks 

104 Young Buggy, Highway ore carriers and other large trucks or buses 

105 Forklifts, stackers, tractors, and other powered carriers or towing vehicles 

106 Narrow gauge rail cars, motors, and similar equipment (underground) 

107 Standard gauge rail cars, motors, and similar equipment (surface) 

108 Mine jeep, kersey, jitney (rail and nonrail), S&S tractor - Inspectors friend, ram car, 

shuttle car 

109 Nonpowered vehicles (dollies, wheelbarrow, etc.) GA buggy 

110 Vehicles, NEC 

Timbering and Wood Items

111 Cribbing 

112 Posts, Caps, Headers, Timber 

113 Blocking 

114 Pallets 

115 Railroad ties 

116 Wood items, NEC 
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Ground and Other Surface Outside - not in buildings or underground 

117 Ground 

118 Stairs, steps (Stone, wood, dirt, steel, other) 

119 Street, road 

120 Working surfaces outside, NEC 

Underground Work Area or Environment

121 Back, mine roof, hanging wall 

122 Side or rib 

123 Mine floor, bottom, footwall 

124 Underground, NEC 

125 Cement Products, concrete blocks, dry grout, overcasts, cinder blocks 

126 Water 

127 Miscellaneous, NEC 

NOTES: 

Venture: Pipe - metal or plastic 

Outrigger: Hydraulic foot that steadies 

Scissor truck: Cherry picker 

8.7 Nature of Injury Classification

The nature of injury classification identifies the injury in terms of its principal physical characteristics. 

 As a general rule, name the basic injury, not something that occurred later. Below are rules for 

selection in cases of multiple injuries: 

1. When one injury is obviously more severe than any of the others, select that injury. For example: 

select an injury involving permanent impairment in preference to a temporary injury. Select an 

amputated finger rather than a cut hand. 

2. Where an individual suffers several injuries such as cuts and sprains, and no one injury is indicated 

as more serious than any other, classify as Amultiple injuries@. Nature of injury is directly associated 

with part of body and source of injury for analytical purposes. 
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100 Amputation or enucleation 

110 Asphyxia, strangulation, drowning, smoke inhalation, suffocation POB 600 

120 Burn or scald (heat) - Injuries resulting from contact with hot substances. (Does not

include chemical burns, effects of radiation, sunburn, systemic disability such as heat 

stroke, nor friction burns, etc.) Acc. Type - 33 

130 Burn, chemical - Tissue damage resulting from the corrosive action of chemicals, 

chemical compounds, fumes, etc. (For example, burns from acids or alkalies) Acc. Type - 

38 

140 Concussion - brain, cerebral - POB 110 

150 Contagious or infectious disease - anthrax, brucellosis, tuberculosis, pneumonia, etc. (Use 

as occupational illness only) POB 430 

160 Contusion, bruise - intact skin surface 

170 Crushing 

180 Cut, laceration, puncture - open wound - infections 

190 Dermatitis - Rash, skin or tissue inflammation, including boils, etc. We are interested in 

occupational dermatitis which generally results from direct contact with irritants or 

sensitizing chemicals such as drugs, oils, biologic agents, plants, woods, or metals, which 

may be in the form of solids, pastes, liquids, or vapors. Do not code in this category skin 

or tissue damage injuries resulting from the corrosive action of chemicals, burns from 

contact with hot substances, effects of exposure to radiation, effects of exposure to low 

temperatures or inflammation or irritation resulting from friction or impact. 

200 Dislocation 

210 Electric shock, electrocution - POB 600 

220 Fracture, (FX), chip 

230 Freezing, frostbite, and other effects of exposure to low temperature. 

240 Hearing loss, or impairment - This injury must have been a direct result of an industrial 

(mining) accident. POB 122 

250 Heat stroke, sunstroke, heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and other effects of environmental 

heat whether on the surface or underground. Note: Do not include sunburn or other 

effects of radiation. POB 600 

260 Hernia; rupture - Include both inguinal and noninguinal hernias POB 440 

270 Inflammation or irritation of joints, tendons, or muscles - Include bursitis, synovitis, 

tenosynovitis, etc. Does not include strains, sprains, or dislocation of muscles or tendons. 
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280 Poisoning, systemic - A systemic morbid condition resulting from the inhalation, 

ingestion, or skin absorption of a toxic substance affecting the functioning of the 

metabolic system, the nervous system, the circulatory system, or other systems. Include 

chemical or drug poisoning, metal poisoning, organic diseases, and venomous reptile bites 

and insect stings. Does not include effects of radiation, pneumoconiosis, corrosive effects 

of chemicals; skin-surface irritations; septicemia or infected wounds. POB 600 

Pneumoconiosis: A term which refers to a pathological condition caused by the action of 

fine dust or other fine particles in the lungs. 

291 Asbestosis POB 430 

292 Anthracosis POB 430 

293 Coal Workers pneumoconiosis (bituminous coal workers; black lung disease) POB 430 

294 Silicosis POB 430 

290 Other Pneumoconiosis, NEC POB 430 

Radiation effects: all forms of damage to tissue, bones, or body fluids. 

301 Burn from electric arc, not contact - flash burns 

302 Laser burn 

303 Lung cancer, ionizing radiation POB 430 

304 Sunburn 

300 Other radiation effects, NEC 

310 Scratches, abrasions (superficial wounds) 

320 Dust in eyes or other particles POB 130 

330 Sprain, strains (include ruptured disc in back; whiplash, twisted part of body; torn knee 

cartilage) 

340 Heart attack POB 600 

350 Cerebral hemorrhage -- not concussion POB 110 

360 Electrical burn -- contact burn 

370 Multiple injuries 

380 Occupational diseases, NEC 

390 Other injury, NEC (i.e., ruptured blood vessel, eye injury) pinched nerves, conjunctivitis 

400 Unclassified, not determined. i.e. pain, hurt, sore 
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The following part of body codes CANNOT be used with the nature of injury listed. 

NOI POB(s)

100 110, 120, 122, 140, 141, 142, 150, 160, 200, 311, 312, 

314, 320, 350, 400, 410, 420, 440, 450, 460, 511, 512, 

514, 520, 550, 600, 800, 900 

120 110, 160, 600 

130 110, 160 

160 110, 122, 160, 600 

170 110, 122, 130, 142, 150, 500, 600 

180 110, 160, 600 

190 110, 160, 600 

200 100, 110, 120, 121, 122, 130,140, 142, 150, 160, 170, 

311, 313, 134, 330, 410, 511, 513, 514, 530, 600, 800, 

900 

220 110, 120, 121, 122, 130, 150, 400, 410, 600 

230 110, 122, 160, 600 

270 100, 110, 120, 121, 122, 130, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 

150, 160, 170, 200, 400, 410, 420, 430, 600, 800 

300 110, 122, 160, 600 

301 110, 122, 160, 600 

302 110, 160, 600 

304 110, 122, 160, 600 

310 110, 160, 600 

330 100, 110, 120, 121, 122, 130, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 

150, 160, 170, 600 

360 110, 122, 160, 600 

370 110, 160, 600 

390 110, 160, 600 

400 110, 160, 600 
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8.8 Part of Body

The part of body classification identifies the part of the body injured. Usually there is only one part of 

the body reported with one nature of injury. If more than one part of body is reported with one nature 

of injury, code part of body as multiple. If there is more than one nature of injury and more than one 

part of body, the more serious nature of injury must be accompanied by the part of body affected. For 

example: An amputation must be accompanied by part of body amputated and not coded as multiple 

parts of body. If with multiple injuries no determination can be made as to the most severe nature of 

injury it is then coded multiple and if there are multiple parts of body injured, code part of body as 

multiple also. 

HEAD

110 Brain 

120 Ear (s) (external and internal) 

121 Ear (s) external 

122 Ear (s) internal (include hearing) 

130 Eye (s) (include optic nerves and vision, eyelids, outer eye area) 

Face 

141 Jaw (include chin) 

142 Mouth (include lips, teeth, tongue, throat and taste) 

143 Nose (include nasal passages, sinus, and sense of smell) 

144 Face, multiple parts (any combination of above parts) 

140 Face, NEC1

 include cheek 

150 Scalp 

160 Skull 

170 Head, multiple (any combination of above parts) 

100 Head, NEC (include forehead and eyebrows) 

NECK

200 Neck 

 1

 NEC means ANot Elsewhere Classified@
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UPPER EXTREMITIES

Arm (s) (above wrist) 

311 Upper arm (above elbow to shoulder) - humerous 

312 Elbow 

313 Forearm (below the elbow to wrist) ulnar, radius 

314 Arm, multiple (any combination of above parts) 

310 Arm, NEC*

320 Wrist 

330 Hand (not wrist or fingers) 

340 Finger (s), thumb 

350 Upper extremities, multiple (any combination of above parts) 

300 Upper extremities, NEC 

TRUNK

410 Abdomen (include internal organs), stomach, liver, spleen 

420 Back (include back muscles, spine, spinal cord, and tailbone) 

430 Chest (include ribs, breast bone, and internal organs of the chest) 

440 Hips (include pelvis, pelvic organs, kidneys and buttocks) 

450 Shoulder(s) (collarbone or clavicle, and scapula) 

460 Trunk, multiple (any combination of above parts) 

400 Trunk, NEC (include side) 

LOWER EXTREMITIES

Leg(s) (above ankle) 

511 Thigh, femur 

512 Knee, patella 

513 Lower leg, tibia, fibula 

514 Leg, multiple (any combination of above parts) 

510 Leg, NEC* 

520 Ankle 

530 Foot (not ankle or toes) tarsus, metatarsus, instep 

540 Toe (s), phalanges 

550 Lower extremities, multiple (any combination of above parts) 

500 Lower extremities, NEC

 

* Would apply to an amputation only when two limbs are involved, each having a different 

point of amputation. 
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BODY SYSTEM

(Applies when the functioning of an entire body system has been affected without specific injury to 

any other parts, as in the case of poisoning, corrosive action affecting internal organs, damage to nerve 

centers, etc. Does not apply when the systemic damage results from an external injury affecting an 

external part such as a back injury which includes damage to the nerves of the spinal cord.) 

600 Body Systems 

MULTIPLES PARTS

700 Multiple parts (applies when more than one major body part has been affected, for example: an 

 arm and a leg) 

800 Body parts, NEC 

900 Unclassified 
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8.9 Mine Worker Activity Codes

The activity in which the worker was engaged when he received the injury. 

CODE DESCRIPTION

001 Accident recovery (equipment and workers) 

002 Advance longwall roof support 

003 Blasting; shoot coal (not loading holes, see handling explosives) 

004 Blow gun, airlance at all locations (primarily metal/nonmetal mining) 

005 Brush floor: Remove rock, coal, ore, or waste to increase size of opening. 

006 Bar down face, rib or side, roof or back brush rib/roof; test rib/ roof/back, scaling 

007 Caging; operate elevator, manlift, etc. 

008 Cement work; gunite crew, etc. 

009 Change house, bathing; changing clothes, etc. 

010 Chute, pull or free (using a bar to free) 

011 Clean up 

012 Climb in raise/shaft/manway 

013 Climb scaffolds/ladders/platforms; headframe/derrick/towers 

014 Climb in piled material/ore/rock/timber/stone 

015 Couple/uncouple mine car/tractor/jeep, etc. (Include switching mine cars. NOTE: See 

also item headings Sprag, Spot, Rerail) 

016 Crawling/kneeling 

017 Cross over (conveyor) 

018 Double jack (breaking rock or beating on other with large hammer) 

019 Drill face/rib/side/down/raise (Not roof bolter. See Roof Bolter category) 

020 Electrical maintenance/repair (See also Machine maintenance not Electrical) 

021 Environmental tests/checks (Methane test; ventilation check, etc.) 

022 Escaping a hazard 

023 Get on or off equipment, machines, etc. (For operate equipment, see AOperate@category 

for specific equipment types.) 
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CODE DESCRIPTION

024 Grinding (bits, steel, welds, etc.) 

025 Hand load; hand shoveling/mucking (Include picking, not barring down with a pick; 

see item 006) 

026 Handling coal, rock, waste, or ore 

027 Handling explosives (Include load holes, mud cap, etc.) 

028 Handling supplies or material, load and unload (Include rock dust, not timber, see 029, 

Power Cables, see 040) 

029 Handling timber - booming a cap 

030 Hand tools (Not powered) 

031 Hand tools (Powered) 

032 Hang or reposition tubing/pipe/rope/wire, etc. (Include ventilation tubing) (Does not 

include power cables) 

033 Horseplay 

034 Idle (Eat lunch, coffee break, sit, wait, power off, ventilation down, etc.) 

035 Impactor (Using impactor) 

036 Inspect equipment (Not maintenance or repair; see Electrical or Machine) 

037 Investigate, enter, or work in bins, tanks, storage areas, or similar, inspect mine 

038 Lay or repair railroad track/roadbed, switching tracks, etc. 

039 Machine maintenance/repair (servicing machinery/equipment-- for electrical see prior 

item: Electrical EE 020) 

040 Move power cable (Including reeling of power cable) 

041 Moving equipment (Include fans, pumps, extend conveyors; not moving mining 

machinery listed in AOperate@ category, see below) 

042 Observe operations (See also AIdle@ 034) 

043 Office and laboratory work. 
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CODE DESCRIPTION

 OPERATE EQUIPMENT1

044 Operate Auger (surface mines) 

045 Operate Auger (underground mines) 

046 Operate Barge, boat, dredge (operate means work on) 

047 Operate Bulldozer 

048 Operate Coal tipple/crusher/cleaning plant/breaker (operate means work in) 

049 Operate Continuous miner 

050 Operate Conveyor belt (not riding) 

051 Operate Cutting machine (used to cut coal and some ores)2

052 Operate Fork lift 

053 Operate Front-end loader 

054 Operate Grader 

055 Operate Haulage truck (surface and underground -- not utility truck, see below) 

056 Operate Hoist 

057 Operate Jitney 

058 Operate Load-haul-dump (include scoop-tram, CAVO, transloader, scoop/tractor) 

059 Operate Loading machine (gathering arm loader; St. Joe shovel) 

060 Operate Locomotive (air trammer) 

061 Operate Longwall, shear, plow used in longwall mining operations underground 

062 Operate Mantrip (operate means rider in or on as well as control) 

063 Operate Mill equipment 

064 Operate Mucking machine 

065 Operate Power shovel/dragline/backhoe 

066 Operate Rock dust machine 

 1 No "Operate Equipment" category includes getting on or off equipment--See Item 023. Also 

includes tramming and moving equipment. 

2

 Ore is a product that is economically feasible to mine. 
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CODE DESCRIPTION

Roof bolter (SEE DETAILED BREAKDOWN UNDER AROOF BOLTER@ BELOW) 

067 Operate Scraper (rig); cans, etc. 

068 Operate Shortwall used in shortwall mining operations underground 

069 Operate Shuttle car 

070 Operate Slusher 

071 Operate Utility truck (include pickups, water trucks, suply tucks, etc.) 

072 Operate Surface equipment, NEC 1

073 Operate Underground equipment, NEC 

074 Remove or position hydraulic jack (not longwall, see item 002) 

075 Rerail equipment (include replace trolley pole) 

076 Ride equipment (include conveyors; not mantrip and not as an operator) 

077 Roof bolter, drilling 

078 Roof bolter, inserting bolt 

079 Roof bolter, tramming 

080 Roof bolter, NEC 

081 Sand fill (backfilling stopes with sand, gob, etc.) 

082 Set brattice (include build stoppings, walls, etc. Not cement) 

083 Set/remove/relocate props 

084 Skip pocket (pull/free) 

085 Spot cars; drop cars 

086 Sprag/block/chock mine cars or other track equipment 

087 Supervise (not simply observe operation) 

088 Surface construction, NEC 

089 Timbering (include lagging and cribbing) 

090 Travel (to and from work location; not mantrip) 

 1

NEC means ANot Elsewhere Classified@
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CODE DESCRIPTION

091 Ventilation (maintenance/installation) 

092 Walking/running 

093 Welding and cutting (include electric or acetylene) 

094 Wet down working place (using water to settle dust) 

095 Working with solvents (Cleaning, degreasing agents) 

096 Working with chemicals (caustics, acids, lime, shotcrete) 

097 Working with noxious materials, NEC 

098 Other, NEC 

099 Unknown 

8.10 Date and Time 

For date of accident and date returned to work code numeric: 

MONTHS

01 – January 07 - July

02 - February 08 - August

03 - March 09 - September

04 – April 10 - October

05 – May 11 - November

06 – June 12 - December

DAYS

Months with 31 days are January, March, May, July, August, October, and December. Months with 30 

days are April, June, September, and November. February has 28 days except Leap Year, when it has 

29 days. Leap Year falls every presidential election year. 
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WEEKS

1 week or less = 1 week

1 month = 4 weeks 7 months = 30 weeks

2 months = 9 weeks 8 months = 35 weeks

3 months = 13 weeks 9 months = 39 weeks

4 months = 17 weeks 10 months = 43 weeks

5 months = 21 weeks 11 months = 48 weeks

6 months = 26 weeks 12 months = 52 weeks

TIME

Coded time will be 24-hour clock time. 

Hours 12:01 a.m. will be coded 0001 1:00 p.m. will be coded 1300 

1:00 0100 2:00 1400 

2:00 0200 3:00 1500 

3:00 0300 4:00 1600 

4:00 0400 5:00 1700 

5:00 0500 6:00 1800 

6:00 0600 7:00 1900 

7:00 0700 8:00 2000 

8:00 0800 9:00 2100 

9:00 0900 10:00 2200 

10:00 1000 11:00 2300 

11:00 1100 12:00 midnight 2400 

12:00 noon 1200 DO NOT CODE 2401 

UNKNOWN 9999 
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8.11 Accident Type Codes

The accident type IDENTIFIES THE EVENT which directly resulted in the reported injury. The 

accident type is directly related to the source of injury. The relationship must be maintained to permit 

accurate analysis. Particular care must be exercised to select the injury producing event when the 

accident sequence comprises a series of associated events. 

Accident types 01 and 02 result from the motion of the individual injured and not from any motion of 

the object struck. The injury of a victim not thrown from truck which went down an embankment 

would be coded 02. Same code for any jostling in a car accident. 

01 Struck against stationary object 

02 Struck against moving object 

Accident types 03 through 08 result from an object doing the striking of a victim. 

03 Struck by concussion1

04 Struck by falling object (Drill falling down a raise, roof fall, etc.) 

05 Struck by flying object 

06 Struck by rolling or sliding object (Rolls or slides into person - if an object rolls to a point 

and then falls on a person code to 04.) 

07 Struck by powered moving object (Must be a motor vehicle or haulage equipment or mining 

machinery.) 

08 Struck by, NEC2

 1

Concussion is a rare event. It often occurs following a mine explosion. It is a wave force of air 

in the confined space of a mine and is very strong. Concussion has hurled men and equipment 

hundreds of feet. 

2

NEC means ANot Elsewhere Classified@

NOTE: CODES ON THIS PAGE ARE ALL IMPACT CASES
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Accident types 09 through 16 are those where an injured individual falls from a higher to a lower 

elevation, and as a result of the fall he is injured. If a person should fall (unhurt) from one-step ladder 

and his fall put him in the way of a 50-ton truck which ran over him, the fall is incidental--the truck 

would be the moving object. 

09 Fall down raise, shaft, or manway underground 

10 Fall from scaffolds, walkways (elevated), platforms, etc. 

11 Fall from headframe, derrick, or tower 

12 Fall from machine, vehicle or equipment 

13 Fall from piled material (include coal, rock, ore, or waste) 

14 Fall from ladders 

15 Fall down stairs 

16 Fall to lower level, NEC 

Accident types 17 through 19 result from the velocity gained in falls on the same level. Again, it is the 

gravitational or other motion provided by the fall that causes the injury. 

17 Fall to the walkway or working surface 

18 Fall onto or against objects 

19 Fall on same level, NEC 

Accident types 20 through 24 are similar. Type 20 could be an injury resulting from a worker getting 

his hand caught in the cable reel mechanism of a machine. Type 21 could be an injury resulting from 

a victim run over by a truck. Type 22 could be an injury resulting from a victim run over by a truck. 

Type 22 could be a victim caught between two shuttle cars. Type 23 could be a victim caught 

beneath the collapse of a high wall. Perhaps the most frequent use of Type 21 would be underground 

where a victim is caught between a machine and the roof, or caught between a machine and the rib, or 

between a machine and timber. 

20 Caught in, under, or between in running or meshing objects. 

21 Caught in, under, or between a moving and a stationary object. 

22 Caught in, under, or between two or more moving (not meshing) objects 

23 Caught in, under, or between collapsing material or buildings 

24 Caught in, under, or between, NEC 
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Injuries in the next category are non-impact cases in which the injury resulted from pressure, 

vibration, or friction between the person and the source of injury. 

25 Rubbed or abraded, NEC 

Accident type 26 applies to non-impact cases in which the injury resulted solely from a free bodily 

motion which imposed stress or strain upon some part of the body. This category applies generally to 

the occurrence of strains, ruptures or other internal injuries resulting from voluntary or involuntary 

motions. 

26 Bodily reaction, NEC1

Accident types 27 through 30 all have to do with over-exertion. Each results from non-impact cases in 

which the injury resulted from excessive physical effort. 

27 Over-exertion in lifting objects

28 Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

29 Over-exertion in wielding (sledgehammer) or throwing objects

30 Over-exertion, NEC 

Accident type 31 applies only to non-impact cases in which the injury consisted of electric shock. 

31 Contact with electric current 

Accident types 32 through 35 do not apply where injury is from contact with sun rays or other 

radiations, or injury by toxic or caustic chemicals, They do apply to non-impact cases in which the 

injury consisted of a burn, heat exhaustion, freezing, frostbite, etc., or exposure to hot or cold objects, 

air, gases, vapors, liquids, metal, etc. 

32 Contact with heat (atmosphere or environment)

33 Contact with hot objects or substances

34 Contact with cold (atmosphere or environment)

35 Contact with cold objects or substances

 1

NOTE: Lifting, pulling, etc. are not involved. Only voluntary or involuntary motions. 
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Accident types 36 through 38 all related to non-impact cases; the only difference among them is how 

the substance was taken into their systems. Such substances may be inhaled, or eaten accidentally or 

intentionally, or absorbed by skin contact. Code sunburn 38. 

36 Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances 

37 Ingestion or radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances 

38 Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances 

39 Flash burns(electric) 

40 Flash burns (welding) 

Accident type 41 would apply to cases of drowning from inundations. Drowning in streams, rivers, 

lakes, oceans and other bodies of water of any dimensions would also be coded 41. Victim could 

have fallen or jumped or been pushed into the water. Victims overcome by smoke in mine fires 

should be coded in category 36. 

41 Drowning 

Use accident type 44 for all accidents without injury -- roof falls, rib falls, etc. 

42 Not Elsewhere Classified 

43 Unclassified, insufficient data 

44 Accident Type, without injuries 
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8.12 Classification of Accident

The following is the procedure to follow in classifying accidents. Remember it is the accident you are 

classifying. The accident classification identifies the circumstances which contributed most directly to 

the resulting accident. The accident may or may not be directly tied to any consequent injury. For that 

reason you must not associate the classification decision predicated on any injury that may have 

resulted. Keep the concepts of accident and injury clear and distinct in your mind as separate things. 

EXCEPTIONS: Falls that occur while barring down -- Code AFall of Face, Rib, Side or Highwall@ to 

06; and code AFall of Roof or Back@ to 07; do not use accident classification 10 - AHandtools@. 

The classifications are listed in alphabetical order. 

1. ELECTRICAL -- Accidents in which the electric current (but not stray current) is most directly 

responsible for the resulting accident. 

2. ENTRAPMENT -- In accidents involving no injuries, or not serious nonfatal injuries, entrapment 

of mine workers takes precedence over roof falls, explosives accidents, inundations, 

etc., i.e., if a roof fall results in an entrapment accident, show the report accident 

classification as Aentrapment@. 

3. EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE -- Accidents involved with bursting or rupturing of 

air hoses, air tanks, hydraulic lines, hydraulic hoses, standpipes, etc., due to internal 

pressure. 

4. EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS -- Accidents involving the detonation of 

manufactured explosives, Airdox, or Cardox, that can cause flying debris, concussive 

force, or fumes. 

5. FALLING, ROLLING, OR SLIDING ROCK OR MATERIAL OF ANY KIND -- Injuries caused 

directly by falling material require great care in classification. Remember it is the 

accident that we want to classify. If material was set in motion by machinery or by 

haulage or by handtools, or while handling or disturbing, etc., charge the force that set 

the material in motion. For example, where a rock was pushed over a highwall by a 

dozer and the rock hit another rock which hit and injured a worker - charge the accident 

to the dozer; Charge it to that which most directly caused the resulting accident. 

Includes accidents caused by improper blocking of equipment under repair or 

inspection. 

6. FALL OF FACE, RIB, PILLAR, SIDE, OR HIGHWALL (from in place) -- Accidents in this 

classification include falls of material while barring down or placing props, also 

pressure bumps and bursts. Not included are accidents in which the motion of 

machinery or haulage equipment caused the fall either directly or by knocking out 

support; such falls are classified in machinery or haulage, as appropriate. 
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7. FALL OF ROOF OR BACK (from in place) -- Underground only - Accidents which include falls 

while barring down or placing props, also pressure bumps and bursts. Not included are 

accidents in which the motion of machinery or haulage equipment caused the fall either 

directly or by knocking out support; such falls are classified in machinery or haulage, 

as appropriate. 

8. FIRE -- Accidents related to burning of material or mineral in the mine environment. Not included 

are fires initiated by electricity or by explosion of gas or dust. 

9. HANDLING MATERIAL -- (Lifting, pulling, pushing, shoveling material). The material may be 

in bags, boxes, or loose sand, coal, rock, timber, etc. The accident must have been 

most directly caused by handling material. 

10. HANDTOOLS -- Accidents related to nonpowered tools when being used as handtools. 

11. NONPOWERED HAULAGE -- Accidents related to motion of the nonpowered haulage 

equipment. Included are accidents involving wheelbarrows, manually pushed mine 

cars and trucks, etc. 

12. POWERED HAULAGE -- Haulage includes motors and rail cars, conveyors, bucket elevators, 

vertical manlifts, self-loading scrapers or pans, shuttle cars, haulage trucks, front-end 

loaders, load haul dumps, CAVO, forklifts, cherry pickers, mobile crane if traveling 

with load, etc. Accidents that are caused by energized or moving unit or failure of 

component parts. A car dropper who suffers an injury as a result of falling from a 

moving car - charge the accident to haulage. 

13. HOISTING -- Accidents involving cages, skips, ore buckets, elevators. The accident results from 

the action, motion, or failure of the hoisting equipment or mechanism. Included are 

equipment such as derricks and cranes only when used in shaft sinking; also suspended 

work platforms in shafts and mine cars being lowered or raised by hoisting equipment 

on slopes or inclines. A skip squeezed between timbers resulting in an accident, charge 

hoisting. An ore bucket tipped for any reason causing an accident, charge hoisting. 

14. IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST -- Accidents resulting as a consequence of the 

ignition or explosion of gas or dust. Includes exploding gasoline vapors, space heaters, 

or furnaces. (Note: An Aignition@ is defined as a smaller explosion that does no, or only 

minor, physical damage.) 

15. IMPOUNDMENT -- An unstable condition at an impoundment, refuse pile, or culm bank which 

requires emergency action in order to prevent failure, or which causes individuals to 

evacuate an area; or, failure of an impoundment, refuse pile, or culm bank. 

16. INUNDATION -- An unplanned inundation of a mine by a liquid or gas; the mine may be either a 

surface or an underground mine. 
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17. MACHINERY -- Accidents that result from the action or motion of machinery or from failure of 

component parts. Included are all electric and air-powered tools and mining machinery 

such as drills, tuggers, slushers, draglines, power shovels, loading machines, 

compressors, etc. Included derricks and cranes except when they are used in shaft 

sinking (see AHoisting@) or mobile crane traveling with load (see APowered Haulage@). 

18. SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON (From an elevation or on the same level) -- Accidents include slips 

or falls while getting on or off machinery and haulage equipment which is not moving, 

and slips or falls while servicing or repairing equipment or machinery. Includes 

stepping in a hole. 

19. STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT (SHARP OR LOOSE) -- Accidents are classified in 

this category only where the object stepped or kneeled on contributed most directly to 

the accident. 

20. STRIKING OR BUMPING -- This classification is restricted to those accidents in which an 

individual, while moving about, strikes or bumps an object but is not handling material, 

using handtools, or operating equipment. 

21. OTHER -- Accidents not elsewhere classified. 
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CODE DESCRIPTION

01 Electrical (current producing - directly responsible) 

02 Entrapment 

03 Exploding vessels under pressure (air hoses, air tanks, hydraulic lines, hydraulic hose 

burst, etc. due to internal pressure) 

04 Explosives and breaking agents (e.g. Airdox, Cardox) 

05 Falling, rolling or sliding rock or material of any kind 

06 Fall of face, rib, side or highwall 

07 Fall of roof (underground mines only) 

08 Fire 

09 Handling material (lifting, pulling, pushing, shoveling) 

10 Hand tools (not electric and air--powered tools) 

11 Nonpowered haulage: wheelbarrows; manually pushed mine cars and trucks. Motion of 

haulage causes accident. 

12 Powered haulage (include motors and rail cars, conveyors, shuttle cars, haulage trucks, 

front-end loaders, load-haul-dumps, CAVO, forklifts, etc.) Motion of haulage causes 

accident. 

13 Hoisting (cages, skips, ore buckets, elevators, etc.) Motion of haulage causes accident. 

14 Ignition or explosion of gas or dust. 

15 Impoundment unstable condition (include refuse pile, or culm bank) 

16 Inundation (inrush of water or mud or both, gas) 

17 Machinery (include electric and air-powered tools; mining machines; draglines, shovels, 

gathering arm loaders, stationary mucking machines, slushers, etc.) Motion of 

machinery causes accident. 

18 Slip or fall of person (include stepping in hole) 

19 Stepping/kneeling on object where object is cause of accident. 

20 Striking or bumping while not handling material, while not on machinery or haulage, or 

not using handtool. Code only where no other applies. 

21 Other (Not occupational illness; for occupational illness, see Item 32). 
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8.13 Occupational Illnesses

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY: Where occupational illnesses are reported on the 

injury form, do not code the numbers shown on the form. DO code the following numbers: 

CODE DESCRIPTION

26 Occupational skin diseases or disorders (contact dermatitus, eczema, or rash caused by 

primary irritants and sensitizers or poisonous plants; oil acne; chrome ulcers; chemical 

burns or inflammations) 

27 Dust disease of the lungs (pneumoconiosis: silicosis, asbestosis, coal worker=s 

pneumoconiosis, etc.) 

28 Respiratory conditions due to toxic agents (Pneumonitis), pharyngitis, rhinitis or acute 

congestion due to chemicals, dusts, gases, or fumes) 

29 Poisoning. Systemic effects of toxic materials (poisoning by lead, mercury, cadmium, 

arsenic, or other metals, poisoning by carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide or other 

gases; poisoning by benzol, carbon tetrachloride, or other organic solvents; poisoning 

by insecticide sprays such as parathion, lead arsonate; poisoning by other chemicals 

such as formaldehyde, plastics and resins.) 

30 Disorders due to physical agents other than toxic materials. (Heatstroke, sunstroke, heat 

exhaustion and other effects of environmental heat; freezing frostbite and effects of 

exposure to low temperatures; caisson disease; effects of ionizing radiation (radon 

daughters, non-medical, non-therapeutic x-rays, radium); effects of nonionizing 

radiation (welding flash, ultra-violet rays, micro-waves, sunburns). 

31 Disorders associated with repeated trauma (noise induced hearing loss, synovitis, 

tenosynovitis and bursitis, Raynaud=s phenomena and other conditions due to repeated 

motion, vibrations or pressure) 

32 All other occupational illnesses. (Infectious hepatitis, malignant and benign tumors, 

and any form of cancer, kidney diseases, food poisoning, histoplasmosis). 
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8.14 Time Charges

Permanent Partial Disability. Permanent partial disabilities, either traumatic or surgical, resulting 

from work injuries shall be assigned charges as provided in the Table of Scheduled Charges. These 

charges shall be used whether the actual number of days lost is greater or less than the scheduled 

charges, or even if no days are lost at all, except as noted under APermanent and Temporary Injuries in 

the Same Accident@, below. Included in incident and severity rates whether lost time or not. 

Scheduled Charges. See the table and the hand and foot chart on the following pages. 

Charges for Finger and Toe Amputations. For each finger (or toe) use only one charge the charge 

shown in the table or on the chart for the highest valued bone involved. For amputations of more than 

one finger (or toe), total the separate charges for each finger (or toe). 

Example: Amputation of the little finger with part of the metacarpal would be charged 400 

days. Amputation of the ring finger involving the proximal phalange would be charged 240 

days. If both of these occurred in one accident, the charge would be 400 + 240, or 640 days. 

Charge for Loss of Use. The charge for loss of use shall be a percentage of the scheduled charge, 

corresponding to the percentage loss of use of the member or part of member involved, as determined 

by the physician engaged or authorized by the employer to treat the case. An exception is made in 

respect to loss of hearing which is considered a permanent partial disability only in the event of 

complete industrial loss of hearing, in which case the full time charges shall apply as shown in the 

Table of Scheduled Charges. 

Example: An injury to the index finger resulted in stiffness at the middle phalange which the 

physician estimated at 25 percent loss of use, the charge would be 25 percent of 200 days, or 

50 days. 

Impairments Affecting More Than One Part of the Body. For permanent impairment affecting more 

than one part of the body, the total charge shall be the sum of the scheduled charges for the individual 

body parts impaired. If the sum exceeds 6,000 days, the total charge shall be 6,000 days. 

Permanent and Temporary Injuries in the Same Accident. In those few cases where an employee 

suffers a permanent partial injury to one part of the body and a temporary total injury to another part in 

one accident, the greater charge shall be used and shall determine the injury classification. 

Charges for Injuries Not Identified in the Table. The charge for any permanent injury other than those 

identified in the schedule of charges (such as damage to internal organs, loss of speech, damage to 

lungs, back, etc.) shall be a percentage of 6,000 days, corresponding to the percentage of permanent 

total disability which results from the injury, as determined by the physician engaged or authorized by 

the employer to treat the case. 
Figure 8.1 

CHART OF SCHEDULED CHARGES FOR HAND AND FOOT

HAND

Little

Ring

Middle

Index

Thumb

Ulna

Radius

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

900 600

300

600

500

450

400

200

100 50

240

120 60

300 150 75

400 200 100

Carpus 

Metacarpus 

Proximal 

Middle 

Distal 

Phalanges

3000

FOOT 

Metatarsus

Tarsus

Phalanges

350

350

350

350

600 150

150

150

150

300

75 25

75

75

75

150

35

35

35

2400
Figure 8.2 

TABLE OF SCHEDULED CHARGES 

A. FOR LOSS OF MEMBER -- TRAUMATIC OR SURGICAL 

Fingers, Thumb, and Hand (also see Chart of Scheduled Charges)

Amputation involving 

all or part of bone *♦ Thumb 

Fingers 

 Index Middle Ring Little 

Distal Phalange 300 100 75 60 50 

Middle Phalange ----- 200 150 120 100 

Proximal Phalange 600 400 300 240 200 

Metacarpal 900 600 500 450 400 

Hand at Wrist 3,000 

Toe, Foot, and Ankle (also see Chart of Scheduled Charges)

Amputation involving 

All or part of bone *♦

Great 

Toe 

Each of 

Other Toes 

Distal Phalange 150 35 

Middle Phalange ---- 75 

Proximal Phalange 300 150 

Metatarsal 600 350 

Foot at Ankle 2,400 

Arm

Any point above ■ elbow, including shoulder joint 

Any point above wrist and at or below elbow 

4,500 

3,600 

Leg

Any point above ■ knee 

Any point above ankle and at or below knee 

4,500 

3,000 

* If the bone is not involved, use the operator’s return-to-duty information. 

♦ For loss of use, without amputation, see “Charges for Loss of Use”. 

■ The term “above” when applied to the arm means toward the shoulder, and when applied to the 

leg means toward the hip
Figure 8.3 

TABLE OF SCHEDULED CHARGES

B. IMPAIRMENT OF FUNCTION 

One Eye (loss of sight), whether or not there is sight in the other eye 1,800 

Both Eyes (loss of sight), in one accident 6,000 

One Ear (complete industrial loss of hearing), whether or not there is 

hearing in the other ear 

600 

Both Ears (complete industrial loss of hearing), in one accident 3,000 

Unrepaired Hernia 50 

(Repaired Hernia should not be classified as a permanent partial disability) 
Figure 8.4 

DAYS OF DISABILITY

NATURE OF INJURY DAYS CHARGED

Death ........................................................................................................................................ 6,000 

Permanent total disability......................................................................................................... 6,000 

Permanent partial disability (dismemberment or loss of use of) 

 Arm above elbow, including shoulder joint .................................................................4,500 

 Arm above wrist, at or below elbow ............................................................................3,600 

 Hand, at or below wrist, above proximal joint of fingers.............................................3,000 

 Thumb, at or below proximal joint, above distal joint ....................................................600 

 Thumb, at or below distal joint .......................................................................................300 

 Thumb, metacarpal..........................................................................................................900

 Index finger, distal joint ..................................................................................................100 

 Index finger, middle joint................................................................................................200 

 Index finger, proximal joint.............................................................................................400 

 Index finger, metacarpal..................................................................................................600 

 Middle finger, distal phalange...........................................................................................75 

 Middle finger, middle phalange ......................................................................................150 

 Middle finger, proximal phalange...................................................................................300 

 Middle finger, metacarpal ...............................................................................................500 

 Ring finger, distal phalange...............................................................................................60 

 Ring finger, middle phalange ..........................................................................................120 

 Ring finger, proximal phalange.......................................................................................240 

 Ring, finger, metacarpal ..................................................................................................450 

 Little finger, distal phalange..............................................................................................50

 Little finger, middle phalange .........................................................................................100 

 Little finger, proximal phalange......................................................................................200 

 Little finger, metacarpal ..................................................................................................400

 Leg, above knee............................................................................................................ 4,500 

 Leg, at or below knee, above ankle..............................................................................3,000 

 Foot, at ankle, above proximal joint of toes.................................................................2,400 

 Great toe, distal phalange ................................................................................................150 

 Great toe, proximal phalange ..........................................................................................300 

 Great toe, metatarsal........................................................................................................600 

 Each toe, other than great toe, distal phalange..................................................................35 

 Each toe, other than great toe, middle phalange ...............................................................75 

 Each toe, other than great toe, proximal phalange ..........................................................150 

 Each toe, metatarsal.........................................................................................................350 

 One eye, loss of sight ...................................................................................................1,800

 Both eyes ...................................................................................................................... 6,000 

 One ear, loss or hearing...................................................................................................600

 Both ears, loss of hearing .............................................................................................3,000 

 Unrepaired hernia (repaired hernia should not be classified as a permanent partial 

 disability).......................................................................................................................... 50 
Figure 8.5 

Cranium

Face

Mandible

Clavicle

Sternum

Scapula

Humerus

Radius

Ulna

Ilium

Sacrum

Pubis

Ischium

Vertebra

Disk

Coccyx

Carpals

Metacarpals

Phalanges

Femur

Patella

Fibula

Tibia

Tarsals

Metatarsals

Phalanges

Calcaneus

Cervical vertebrae

Rib

Skull

Upper limb

Thorax

Spinal column

Pelvis

Lower limb

Foot

Hand
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8.15 Keywords

Keywords are not coded for all injuries or accidents. They are used only as a supplement to all other 

coding. Keywords are provided as an aid to researchers, for use in identifying narratives of interest 

which may not have been selected from other coded items. 

Keywords are associated with a classification. The words are listed in order of importance as 

determined by researchers. When a keyword is found on the form for the coded classification it is to 

be coded (no synonyms or interpretation). Some classifications do not have keywords. 

Keywords may be added as need is identified, but they will not be inserted. 

01 Electrical 

 0101 energized 

 0102 hoist 

 0103 ground 

 0104 arc, flash 

 0105 splice 

 0106 switch 

 0107 box 

 0108 battery 

 0109 sparks 

 0110 glasses 

 0111 ungrounded 

 0112 lightning (direct) 
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04 Explosives and breaking agents 

 0401 blasting machine 

 0402 blasting box 

 0403 misfire 

 0404 cardox 

 0405 airdox 

 0406 fuse 

 0407 primers 

 0408 booster 

 0409 spitter 

 0410 igniter 

 0411 premature 

 0412 blasting caps 

 0413 lightning 

 

 

05 falling/rolling . . . material 

 0501 chute 

 0502 grizzley 

 0503 FOPS 

 0504 canopy 

 0505 cab 

 0506 timbers 

 0507 rail 

 0508 pipe 

 0509 steel 

 0510 drill 

 0511 lightning 
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06 fall of face . . . 

 0601 pressure burst, pressure bump 

 0602 rockburst, outburst 

 0603 cab 

 0604 canopy 

 0605 shaft 

 0606 raise 

 0607 highwall 

 0608 drilling 

 0609 charging, load explosives 

 0610 cleanup 

 0611 support 

 0612 bolter 

 0613 loader 

 0614 scaling, bar down 

 0615 lightning 
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07 fall of roof . . . 

 0701 beyond 

 0702 inby 

 0703 outby 

 0704 cab 

 0705 canopy 

 0706 FOPS 

 0707 roof-support-failure 

 0708 roof-control-plan 

 0709 haulageway 

 0710 intersection 

 0711 bolting 

 0712 drilling 

 0713 scaling, bar down 

 0714 pressure-bump 

 0715 pressure-burst 

 0716 rockburst 

 0717 room, entry 

 0718 slope 

 0719 longwall 

 0720 pillar 

 0721 ramp 

 0722 kettle bottom 

 0723 lightning 
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08 fire 

 0801 methane 

 0802 dust 

 0803 gas 

 0804 gasoline 

 0805 oil 

 0806 heater 

 0807 salamander 

 0808 solvent 

 0809 drill, welder, any equipment 

 0810 spark 

 0811 spontaneous 

 0812 gob 

 0813 lightning 

 

 

09 Handling material 

 0901 entering/leaving vehicle 

 0902 pallet/skid 

 0903 glasses 

 0904 jumped - people 

 0905 self-rescuer 
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12 Powered haulage 

 1201 berm, bank, embankment, refuse pile 

 1202 ROPS 

 1203 FOPS 

 1204 seat belts 

 1205 cab 

 1206 canopy 

 1207 failed (not person) 

 1208 derailed, rerailed (not trolley wires)

 1209 engine, transmssion, clutch, drive train 

 1210 brakes 

 1211 lost-control - spun out 

 1212 hydraulic 

 1213 turned-over, flipped over, tilt 

 1214 backed 

 1215 jumped (person or machine 

 1216 collision, ran into, hit, struck (not holes and lumps in road) can 

 1217 not-turned-off 

 1218 ramp, slope, incline 

 1219 rail 

 1220 couple, uncouple - hook up 

 1221 slip, slid - people or machines 

 1222 switch 

 1223 beltline, belt, conveyor, roller 

 1224 bucket 

 1225 steering 

 1226 tram 

 1227 lightning 
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13 Hoisting 

 1301 rope, cable, chain, wire 

 1302 brakes 

 1303 control 

 1304 sinking 

 1305 galloway 

 1306 skip 

 1307 cage 

 1308 headframe 

 1309 stage 

 1310 crosshead 

 1311 platform 

 1312 speed 

 1313 wind (not wind blowing) 

 1314 travel 

 1315 guides 

 1316 construction 

 1317 bucket 

 1318 boom 

 1319 failed - failure 

 1321 jumped (machine or people) 

 1322 switch 

 1323 lightning 

 1324 electrical 
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14 Ignition of gas or dust 

 1401 rockdust 

 1402 explosives 

 1403 steming 

 1404 welding, torch, cutting 

 1405 drill - (any machine or equipment causing ingition; 

EXAMPLE: auger, roof bolter, continuous miner) 

 1406 blasting 

 1407 electrical 

 1408 flame 

 1409 lightning 

 

 

15 Impoundment 

 1501 construction 

 1502 seep 

 1503 leak 

 1504 crack 

 1505 slide 

 1506 overtop 

 1507 lightning/storm 
8-72 

17 Machinery 

 1701 brakes 

 1702 steering, control levers 

 1703 engine, transmission, clutch 

 1704 hydraulic 

 1705 failure, failed, broke, bent 

 1706 ran, run, (not people) tram 

 1707 backed (not people) 

 1708 lost control 

 1709 FOPS (falling objects protection) 

 1710 ROPS (roll over protection) 

 1711 cab 

 1712 canopy 

 1713 turned-over - rolled over, tip, tilt 

 1714 energized, turned on, operating (and should not have been) 

 1715 slip, slid, jumped (machine) 

 1716 jumped (people) 

 1717 temp. Roof supports - TRS, ATR, ATRS 

 1718 lightning 
8-73 

18 Slip/fall of person 

 1801 ladder, rung

 1802 steps, stairways

 1803 scaffolds, platform

 1804 water, wet 

 1805 ice, snow 

 1806 mud

 1807 oil, grease 

 1808 hole 

 1809 belt - conveyor

 1810 falling from vehicle

 1811 catwalk, walway, girders

 1812 handrail 

 1813 jumped

 1814 lightning

 

 

26 - 32 Illness 

 2601 blackdamp

 2602 carbon - monoxide

 2603 cement 

 2604 lime 

 2605 exhaust 

 2606 H2S, hydrogen-sulfide

 2607 Trona 

 2608 lead

 2609 resin 

 2610 chemical (NEC)

 2611 sulphur dioxide

 2612 toxic 

 2613 gas, fumes 

 2614 Vanadium, radon/uranium