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New Zealand Extractive Industries Mining, Coal Mining, Quarrying and Tunneling ~ Serious Harm Accident Summary 2002

Definitions

Serious Harm means death or

  1. Any of the following conditions that amounts to or results in permanent loss of bodily function, or temporary severe loss of bodily function: respiratory disease, noise-induced hearing loss, neurological disease, cancer, dermatological disease, illness caused by exposure to infected material, decompression sickness, poisoning, vision impairment, chemical or hot metal burn of eye, penetrating wound of eye, bone fracture, laceration, crushing.
  2. Amputation of body part.
  3. Burns requiring referral to a specialist registered medical practitioner or specialist outpatient clinic.
  4. Loss of consciousness from lack of oxygen.
  5. Lack of consciousness, or acute illness requiring treatment by a registered medical practitioner, from absorption, inhalation, or ingestion, of any substance.
  6. Any harm that causes the person harmed to be hospitalised for a period of 48 hours or more within 7 days of the harm’s occurrence.

SHIFR means Serious Harm Injury Frequency Rate, which is the number of serious harm injuries per millions of hours worked.

Table 1: Classification by Source - All Surface Mines and Quarries

Struck by falling object

2

Struck by moving object

4

Struck by stationary object

0

Slipping/falling

2

Falling from height

1

Handling materials

0

Body stressing

1

Exposure to fumes/dust

0

Submersion in water

0

Exposure to heat

1

Exposure to sound

0

Caught in machinery

8

Total

19

Table 2: Classification by Source - All Mines, Coal Mines, Quarries and Tunnels

Struck by falling object

5

Struck by moving object

5

Struck by stationary object

0

Slipping/falling

2

Falling from height

1

Handling materials

2

Body stressing

1

Exposure to fumes/dust

0

Submersion in water

0

Exposure to heat

1

Exposure to sound

0

Caught in machinery

9

Total

26

Table 3: All Surface Mines and Quarries - Classification by Body Part

A Head:

2

B Eye:

1

C Body:

2

D Back:

1

E Leg:

3

F Foot:

1

G Hand:

5

H Arm:

2

I Internal:

0

J Mutiple:

2

K Senses:

0

Total:

19

Table 4: All Mines, Coal Mines, Quarries and Tunnels - Classification by Body Part

A Head:

3

B Eye:

1

C Body:

2

D Back:

1

E Leg:

3

F Foot:

3

G Hand:

7

H Arm:

2

I Internal:

0

J Mutiple:

4

K Senses:

0

Total:

26

Table 5: All Mines, Coal Mines, Quarries and Tunnels - Major Serious Harm

DATE

OPERATION

INJURY

COMMENT

No

S*

BP*

7th January

Winstone Aggregates

Fractured finger, lacerations

Arm caught between conveyer belt and drum drive

1

L

H

16th January

Parkside Quarries Ltd

Broken leg

Leg caught in conveyer belt

1

L

E

31st January

Winstones Pukekawa Quarry

Eye penetrated by metal fragments

Struck by steel splinters while doing maintenance

1

B

B

17th January

Bellingham Quarries

Laceration and broken ribs

Struck by falling jack

1

A

C

4th March

Manapouri Tailrace Tunnel

Broken bone and crush injuries

Hit by falling object

1

A

J

8th March

Ohai Coal Mine

FATAL multiple injuries

Struck by fall of roof

1

A

J

20th March

Professional Pipelines Ltd (Poplar Lane Quarry)

FATAL multiple injuries

Crashed in runaway truck

1

L

J

2nd April

Wilsonville Quarry

FATAL multiple injuries

Caught in rotating drilling rods

1

L

J

11th September

Karamuramu Island Quarry

Fractured right arm

Arm trapped in tail drum of main conveyer

1

L

H

24th September

Ashburton Contracting Ltd

Dislocated hip joint

Tractor rolled over while towing water tanker

1

B

E

13th November

GRD Macreas Ltd

Post concussion syndrome

Hit by light vehicle in mine

1

B

A

5th January

Solid Energy North

Broken nose

Drill steel left in cradle jammed and was ejected, striking victim

1

B

A

*S = Source
*BP = Body Part
(see tables 1 and 6 for classifications)

Table 6: All Surface Mines and Quarries

1995

 1996 1997

1998

 1999 2000

2001

2002

No. Persons

3175

3303

3108

3103 3215 3215 3156 3086

No.

18

22

19

15 28 13 21 19

Frequency Rate

2.27

2.66

2.45

1.93 3.48 1.62 2.66 2.46

Incidence Rate

0.57

0.67

0.61

0.48 0.87 0.40 0.67 0.62

Table 7: All Mines, Coal Mines, Quarries and Tunnels

1995

 1996 1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

No. Persons

3950

4171

4179

 4179 3861 3930 3610 3389

No.

27

35

32

 34 44 25 33 26

Frequency Rate

2.37

3.36

3.06

 3.25 4.56 2.54 3.66 3.07

Incidence Rate

0.68

0.84

0.77

 0.81 1.14 0.64 0.91 0.77