Total fatalities, 1995–99:
782
Average fatalities per year:
156
Five-year average fatality rate:
4.5
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
166
177
153
150
R A T E S*
Rate per 100,000 workers
5
180
A N D
154
4.6
5.0
1996
1997
5.1
4.5
4
132
4.3
3.7
3.5
120
3
90
2.5
2
60
1.5
1
30
.5
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
0
1999
1995
156
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
GENDER
Wage/Salary worker
630
Male
Self-employed
152
Female
716
66
Under 20
State Profiles
1999
4.5
AGE
RACE
22
White
552
144
20 to 34
233
Black/African American
35 to 54
357
Hispanic/Latino
39
55 and older
166
Other races/Not reported
47
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
162
1998
State average:
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
9%
Fires/
explosions
3%
Other
1%
Transportation
incidents
42%
(21% 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
81
Mining
21
(10%)
(3%)
Construction
Falls
13%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
16%
17%
(10% Struck by object)
(12% Homicides)
173
Manufacturing
102
135
22
73
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
WITH
THE
MOST
5
Services
81 (10%)
73
NUMBER (%)
Transportation and material moving occupations
Construction trades
171 (22%)
0
102 (13%)
Number of fatalities
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
75 (10%)
Sales occupations
55 (7%)
Executive, administrative, and managerial
48 (6%)
(9%)
(1%)
Government
O C C U PAT I O N
(17%)
(3%)
Retail trade
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
(13%)
Transportation and
public utilities
Wholesale trade
(22%)
40
80
(9%)
120
160
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