Total fatalities, 1995–99:
62
Average fatalities per year:
12
Five-year average fatality rate:
3.9
Vermont
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
16
15
R A T E S*
Rate per 100,000 workers
18
16
A N D
5.2
5.0
4.3
1998
1999
4.5
14
4
3.5
12
2.9
3
9
9
2.5
7
1.9
2
6
1.5
1
3
.5
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
0
1999
1995
12
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
50
Male
Self-employed
12
Female
1997
State average:
GENDER
Wage/Salary worker
1996
AGE
54
8
RACE
Under 20
—
White
61
20 to 34
18
Black/African American
—
35 to 54
30
Hispanic/Latino
—
55 and older
12
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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WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Transportation
incidents
Other
15%
52%
(27% Highway,
15% Nonhighway—farm,
industrial premises)
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
Mining
NP
Construction
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
23%
11%
(19% Struck by object)
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
6
THE
O C C U PAT I O N
Transportation and material moving occupations
MOST
NUMBER (%)
11 (18%)
(10%)
Manufacturing
11
Transportation and
public utilities
8
5
Wholesale trade
WITH
(13%)
Retail trade
NP
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
NP
(18%)
(13%)
(8%)
16
Services
(26%)
NP
Government
0
4
8
12
16
20
Executive, administrative, and managerial
8 (13%)
Number of fatalities
Forestry and logging occupations
8 (13%)
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Other agricultural and related occupations
7 (11%)
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