| Number of Fatal Roof Fall Accidents by Operation at the Time of Accident in Coal Mines in India (2001 to 2009) | |||||||||
| Operation at the Time of Accident | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Cutting | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Charging | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (7) | 0 (0) |
| Drilling | 1 (3) | 3 (14) | 1 (6) | 0 (0) | 2 (11) | 1 (8) | 0 (0) | 2 (14) | 1 (4) |
| Maintenance of Machine | |||||||||
| Drilling and Charging | |||||||||
| Dressing | |||||||||
| Dressing and Supporting | |||||||||
| Inspecting | |||||||||
| Loading (Manual) | |||||||||
| Loading by Machine | |||||||||
| Stowing | |||||||||
| Supporting | |||||||||
| Blasting | |||||||||
| Withdrawal of Supports | |||||||||
| Operation of Machine/Vehicle | |||||||||
| Tramming | |||||||||
| Roof Testing | |||||||||
| Others | |||||||||
| Total | |||||||||
