Total fatalities, 1995–99:
541
Average fatalities per year:
108
Five-year average fatality rate:
3.8
Wisconsin
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
5
120
117
108
114
97
100
105
4.5
4.2
4
4.0
3.8
3.7
3.3
3.5
80
3
60
2.5
2
40
1.5
1
20
.5
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
0
1999
1995
108
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
347
Male
Self-employed
194
Female
1997
487
54
Under 20
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1999
3.8
AGE
RACE
28
White
506
20 to 34
133
Black/African American
35 to 54
230
Hispanic/Latino
9
55 and older
150
Other races/Not reported
8
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
168
1998
State average:
GENDER
Wage/Salary worker
1996
18
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
10%
Fires/
explosions
3%
Other
1%
Transportation
incidents
43%
(27% Highway)
W O R K - R E L AT E D FATA L I T I E S
BY MAJOR INDUSTRY
Agriculture,
forestry, and fishing
128
Mining
Falls
10%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
21%
13%
NP
Construction
77
(14%)
Manufacturing
77
(14%)
Transportation and
public utilities
50
30
Wholesale trade
(9%)
(6%)
62
Retail trade
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
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
Farming operators and managers
MOST
NUMBER (%)
(24%)
8
(11%)
(1%)
56 (10%)
Services
47
Government
(9%)
79 (15%)
0
Transportation and material moving occupations
78 (14%)
Number of fatalities
Other agricultural and related occupations
55 (10%)
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Sales occupations
51 (9%)
Executive, administrative, and managerial
49 (9%)
30
60
90
120
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169