Total fatalities, 1995–99:
154
Average fatalities per year:
31
Five-year average fatality rate:
11.6
Wyoming
W O R K - R E L A T E D
F A T A L I T Y
N U M B E R S
Number of fatalities
A N D
R A T E S*
Rate per 100,000 workers
15
60
13.5
50
12.7
13.1
12.2
12.0
12
10.5
40
32
30
28
33
29
9
32
7.8
7.5
6
20
4.5
3
10
1.5
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
Self-employed
29
Male
Female
1996
1997
State average:
GENDER
125
1995
31
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
0
1999
142
12
Under 20
State Profiles
1999
11.6
AGE
RACE
6
White
147
20 to 34
33
Black/African American
—
35 to 54
77
Hispanic/Latino
—
55 and older
38
Other races/Not reported
—
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
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1998
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
Transportation
incidents
Other
3%
56%
9%
(31% Highway,
12% Aircraft)
W O R K - R E L AT E D FATA L I T I E S
BY MAJOR INDUSTRY
Agriculture,
forestry, and fishing
Falls
8%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
18%
5%
(11% Struck by object)
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
WITH
THE
O C C U PAT I O N
Transportation and material moving occupations
MOST
NUMBER (%)
31
Mining
19
(12%)
Construction
18
(12%)
Manufacturing
10
(20%)
(6%)
Transportation and
public utilities
35
Wholesale trade
NP
Retail trade
NP
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
NP
Services
14
(23%)
(9%)
21
Government
(14%)
41 (27%)
0
Other agricultural and related occupations
15 (10%)
Number of fatalities
Farming operators and managers
14 (9%)
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Construction trades
10 (6%)
Technicians and related support occupations
10
20
30
40
50
9 (6%)
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