Total fatalities, 1995–99:
289
Average fatalities per year:
58
Five-year average fatality rate:
7.7
West Virginia
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
R A T E S*
Rate per 100,000 workers
10
90
8.9
9
75
8
66
60
A N D
57
56
57
7.6
7
53
7.7
7.5
1998
1999
7.1
6
45
5
4
30
3
2
15
1
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
Self-employed
23
Male
Female
1996
1997
State average:
GENDER
266
1995
58
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
0
1999
AGE
273
16
RACE
Under 20
—
White
20 to 34
89
Black/African American
35 to 54
150
55 and older
46
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
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7.7
280
8
Hispanic/Latino
—
Other races/Not reported
—
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
7%
Fires/
explosions
3%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
42%
(26% 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
8
(3%)
Mining
Construction
Falls
8%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
33%
7%
(22% Struck by object)
39
O C C U PAT I O N
MOST
NUMBER (%)
Transportation and material moving occupations
(17%)
66
5
Wholesale trade
THE
48
Transportation and
public utilities
(23%)
(2%)
25
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
WITH
(18%)
(13%)
Manufacturing
Retail trade
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
52
(9%)
NP
Services
16
(6%)
29
Government
(10%)
83 (29%)
0
Forestry and logging occupations
34 (12%)
Number of fatalities
Construction trades
25 (9%)
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
23 (8%)
Sales occupations
12 (4%)
15
30
45
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