New Zealand Extractive Industries Mining, Coal Mining, Quarrying and Tunneling ~ Serious Harm Accident Summary 2003

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	3
Struck by moving object	4
Struck by stationary object	2
Slipping/falling	2
Falling from height	0
Handling materials	0
Body stressing	2
Exposure to fumes/dust	0
Submersion in water	0
Exposure to heat	1
Exposure to sound	0
Caught in machinery	8
Total	22

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

Struck by falling object	4
Struck by moving object	5
Struck by stationary object	2
Slipping/falling	3
Falling from height	0
Handling materials	0
Body stressing	2
Exposure to fumes/dust	1
Submersion in water	0
Exposure to heat	1
Exposure to sound	0
Caught in machinery	11
Total	29

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

A Head:	2
B Eye:	0
C Body:	0
D Back:	0
E Leg:	1
F Foot:	2
G Hand:	6
H Arm:	5
I Internal:	1
J Mutiple:	4
K Senses:	1
Total:	22

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

A Head:	2
B Eye:	0
C Body:	1
D Back:	0
E Leg:	3
F Foot:	2
G Hand:	8
H Arm:	6
I Internal:	1
J Mutiple:	4
K Senses:	2
Total:	29

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

DATE	OPERATION	INJURY	COMMENT	No	S*	BP*
7th January	Henry Walker Eltin Rotowara OCCS	Broken bones in foot	Foot caught in HIAB unit stabilising ram	1	L	F
22nd February	Henry Walker Eltin Stockton OCCS	Fractured arm	Arm trapped by falling engine belly plate	1	A	H
26th February	Adcock and Donaldson Raine Quarry	Amputation of fingers	Caught hand between handrail and striker plane on mobile screen	1	L	G
22nd April	Fulton Hogan Reliable Way Quarry, Auckland	Fatal, Multiple injuries	Caught under feed chute on conveyor while clearing blockage	1	L	J
7th May	Winstone Aggregates Quarry, New Plymouth	Fractured wrist	Caught arm in steering wheel of front end loader	1	L	H
19th June	Karamuramu Island Quarry	Broken bones in foot	Loader bucket dropped on foot	1	A	F
14th August	Higgins Aggregates Ltd, Palmerston North	Fatal, Multiple injuries	Fell into primary crusher feed bin	1	D	J
10th September	Winstone Aggregates Hunua Quarry	Multiple injuries	Dump truck flipped over backwards on tip	1	L	J

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

Table 6: All Surface Mines and Quarries

	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
No. Persons	3303	3108	3103	3215	3215	3156	3086	2984
No.	22	19	15	28	13	21	19	22
Frequency Rate	2.66	2.45	1.93	3.48	1.62	2.66	2.46	2.95
Incidence Rate	0.67	0.61	0.48	0.87	0.40	0.67	0.62	0.74

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

	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
No. Persons	4171	4179	4179	3861	3930	3610	3389	3316
No.	35	32	34	44	25	33	26	29
Frequency Rate	3.36	3.06	3.25	4.56	2.54	3.66	3.07	3.50
Incidence Rate	0.84	0.77	0.81	1.14	0.64	0.91	0.77	0.87