Total fatalities, 1995–99:
550
Average fatalities per year:
110
Five-year average fatality rate:
3.9
Washington
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
5
4.5
128
4.6
4.1
3.9
3.9
4
113
112
109
R A T E S*
Rate per 100,000 workers
150
125
A N D
3.5
100
88
3.0
3
75
2.5
2
50
1.5
1
25
.5
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
Self-employed
87
Male
Female
1996
1997
497
53
Under 20
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1999
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AGE
RACE
21
White
455
20 to 34
136
Black/African American
35 to 54
290
Hispanic/Latino
47
55 and older
103
Other races/Not reported
41
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
164
1998
State average:
GENDER
463
1995
110
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
0
1999
7
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
9%
Fires/
explosions
3%
Other
1%
Transportation
incidents
45%
(22% 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
88
Mining
NP
Construction
Falls
12%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
19%
11%
(12% Struck by object)
84
109
Transportation and
public utilities
73
31
Wholesale trade
THE
O C C U PAT I O N
MOST
NUMBER (%)
Transportation and material moving occupations
108 (20%)
5
(20%)
(13%)
(6%)
35
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
WITH
(15%)
Manufacturing
Retail trade
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
(16%)
(6%)
(1%)
67 (12%)
Services
54
Government
0
30
60
(10%)
90
120
150
Construction trades
44 (8%)
Number of fatalities
Executive, administrative, and managerial
43 (8%)
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Other agricultural and related occupations
42 (8%)
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
39 (7%)
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